Chapter7
Cameron
I sat in her bedroom,my legs crossed, patiently waiting for Kate to open her eyes. A freshly brewed cup of coffee and a glass of water waited on her side table, and I was hoping that the smell would help her wake up. I wanted her to do so with me still in the room, but I had to be at mass in less than anhour.
She shifted in her bed, pulling the covers toward her chest, which exposed her behind and the skimpy panties I’d seen her wearing last night. My dick swelled in an instant. Somehow, when I was helping her get to bed, Kate had decided that it was okay to remove her tube top in front of me because I was a priest, and according to Kate, I was immune to her womanly charms. Had I mentioned that she wasn’t wearing a bra either?
She stirred again, this time twisting her body my way while keeping the duvet over her bare chest. It didn’t stop me from hoping it would slip from her grip. Her nose wiggled and her eyes opened slightly, squinting when the sun’s rays struck herface.
When she looked up again and our gazes connected, shock jolted her body upright. The duvet slipped from her grip and she yanked it back to cover herself. But it was too late for me, as for the second time in the last twenty-four hours I glimpsed her perky breasts. I lowered the paper I was holding down to my lap, covering evidence of my thoughts.
Her mouth was partially open, the perfectly shaped ‘O’ of her lips looking more inviting with every passing second.
“Give it a moment. It will all come to you,” I said, waiting.
“Oh, no! What did Ido?”
“Apparently tequila.”
She brought the cover over her head and slid down the bed, trying to disappear. When she pulled too much of the duvet, her feet wiggled at the bed’send.
“Why am I naked?” A muffled voice sounded from underneath.
“You undressed yourself.”
She shot back up, this time holding tightly on to the cover and looked at me with her big goldeyes.
“In front ofyou?”
I nodded.
“I wannadie.”
I chuckled.
“How did I gethome?”
“I carriedyou.”
“You?”
“Why? Did you want Brook to doit?”
Was that a hint of jealousy I heard trail on my voice? Had she noticed?
“Who’s Brook?” She looked around the room as if expecting my brother to be there, but he wasn’t.
“He’s gone. The man you know as Brady is Brook, my brother.”
“Why did he say his name was Brady?”
“Because Brook is… he’s careful with his identity because of his job.” That was partially true, but I couldn’t offer her a better explanation about my brother’s real job. She’d freakout.
I’d been thinking about how much to tell Kate about my brother since I laid her down in her bed last night. If I didn’t mention that Brook was related to me, she could have gone after him, and that was the last thing I wanted. I was hoping that perhaps as a friend-to-friend favor, she’d agree to never see my brother again. He wasn’t good for her. He wouldn’t understand her perky and innocently loving nature. He wanted a dangerous woman, and Kate was the last thing from dangerous. No, they definitely couldn’t see each other again.
Was I jealous? Of course. If it were any other woman, I would have given them a blessing and they could have lived happily ever after. But with her… I just couldn’t get her out of my mind. Since the moment I’d met Kate, my feelings became more complicated. It was her, all of her that made me question my faith and morals. I’d sinned with her on my mind so many times that I felt ashamed. But no matter how much I wanted her as a man, I knew I couldn’t touch her. It wouldn’t be fair to her and her faith.
An affair with a priest. I shook myhead.