Page 98 of Protected Promise

His hand cradled my face, and I could see hope in his eyes. He wanted to believe it was true. His thumb caressed my cheek.

Abby cleared her throat. “Uh, I think my work here is done,” she said grinning. “I’ll check on you later, Kaitlyn, but I think you’re going to be just fine despite Clover’s cowardly plan.”

She growled and instead of getting angry, Landon finally began to relax.

Abby grinned. “I’ll just leave you two alone.”

“Thanks, Abby,” I said as she closed the door behind her.

Landon’s eyes scanned my body and he growled.

It was the sexiest thing ever and I was more than ready for him.

I jumped into his arms knowing he’d catch me. I wrapped my legs around his waist and kissed him hard.

At first, he didn’t resist, but then he started to pull away.

“We shouldn’t,” he mumbled against my lips. “You need to heal.”

“I’m fine,” I insisted.

He leaned away from me and stroked my hair. “I don’t want to risk you having a relapse.”

I groaned in frustration, and then grinned up at him.

He gave me a quizzical look suspecting I was up to something.

“In that case, can you at least help me shower? I’m tired of stinking.”

He chuckled. “Yeah, I can do that.”

He carried me to the bathroom attached to the bedroom. Instead of starting the shower, he turned on the faucets to the large garden tub. It wasn’t what I was hoping for, but a hot soak in the tub sounded heavenly.

As Landon helped me into the hot water, I moaned my delight. My muscles weren’t aching as much since Cadence’s healing, but it was still relaxing everything. I thought he was going to leave me there to rest but instead, he slid in behind me and nestled me between his legs so I could recline back against his chest.

“Comfy?”

“Mmhmm.”

He chuckled as he worked up a lather with the shampoo and started massaging my scalp.

“Oh, Landon, that feels amazing.”

I could feel him rock hard and twitching against my lower back and realized quickly my praises were affecting him as much as his ministrations were turning me on.

I let him rinse my hair and take the bar of soap to begin washing every inch of my body. It was sweet that he was careful and caring, but the more he cleaned my body, the dirtier my mind got.

It amazed me just how quickly I’d crossed over. Touch had always been something uncomfortable for me, especially intimate touching. I had good reasons for that, but somehow with Landon, everything was different.

I was okay. Better than that, I craved his touch. I knew my body was safe in his hands and all the ugliness I’d thought sex would always be for me, was gone. He’d replaced the nightmares with light and love.

“You should get some rest now, gorgeous,” Landon said.

I turned to look at him like he was crazy. I was not going to sleep anytime soon.

My body was on fire.

“Not until I have my way with you,” I told him.