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Chapter Thirty Seven
Katherine watched Tim as he opened his gifts with excitement written all over his face.
She looked around with a smile on her face. Jon had done a great job arranging everything for the party and she was very grateful that son had the ninth birthday party he wanted. Tim was really growing up so fast. She thought.
"Who wants cake?" she heard her mother announce and seconds later, kids were running towards her shouting "I do".
She laughed as they crowded around Delia. Her mother loved kids. Even when she was little, Delia always encouraged her and Jon to bring her friends over. Which Jon the food lover never failed to do.
Her father sat in a corner, watching the kids with a smile on his face. Jon and his fiance, Kate were also present. Katherine had to admit, life was much better when you had your family around and you knew they would always be there for you no matter what.
She reached out for one of
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Suddenly, the afternoon had become more torpid than before. Even the insects had ceased their droning buzz. The air was too muggy to inhale. Katherine became aware of her clothing, and every place that it clung damply to her skin. Her hair felt heavy and hot against her neck.A butter colored sun beat down on the earth, which released it's heat in rising shimmers. It was like being in a perfumed sauna—only they weren't naked.She became very conscious of how close to her Jensen was standing, how near her shoulders were to his hips. Mere inches separated their hands on the rope.His scent mingled with myriad others, but she could distinguish it."I shouldn't have said that" she said."It's fine" he said. He lowered his hands and moved away from the swing, keeping his broad back to her."I have to go now. I will go say goodbye to Tim".------------------------"Mom" Tim said as Katherine tucked him into bed that night after his birthday party."Yes, sweetie" Katherine replied as she cove
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They were at Jonathan and Kate's wedding.Katherine sat very still in her chair with her hands folded tightly in her lap. Enough. Done. She was simply not going to think about it—about Jensen—anymore.The wedding mass was in English and the priest was concluding the homily drawn from scripture on the subject of Christian marriage. Katherine stared resolutely forward, trying to focus on the words. On the spare beauty of this little Catholic church, where her brother was getting married to his beautiful bride.She tried to focus on the couple... And not on the handsome best man standing there.The white frame church of the immaculate conception was simple and charming, as white inside as out. It smelled of candle wax and lemon furniture polish, with a faint echo of damp outerwear and old incense. The worn pews were of oak and all of them were full.What mattered was Jon
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Katherine doggedly ate what was put in front of her, assured Kate the food was great without knowing whether it was or not, forced adequate responses to the general chat at the her table, smiled when a smile was expected.She sat through the speeches without hearing a word, though her gaze remained fixed on each speaker as though she was listening avidly. But she was dying inside, drowning in a sea of painful confusion and frustration. She could only hope no one noticed.-------------------------It was her brother's wedding.Jensen grilled his teeth, fighting the surge of violence that urged him to wipe the smirk off the Kevin James face. He had obviously asked Katherine to dance with him and Jensen wanted to tear his arm from Katherine's waist, and break the fingers that were feeling their way up the erotic curve of her spine."She's very beautiful." His sister's voice filtered through the battle
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Which he did, with a speed that almost swept her off her feet. Pressed to another male body—a very different male body— Katherine struggled against the flood of excitement it stirred, a rebellious sense of pride insisting that she shouldn't surrender to it willy nilly."You didn't ask my permission," she tired at him, her eyes defying his arrogance in assuming he could keep her waiting for hours and still do whatever he wanted with her."No, I didn't." He returned her challenge with blistering mockery. "You can reject me if you want to."Katherine burned. From head to toe she burned with the need to be with him. But she was also very angry with him."How have you been?" she asked, moving to less contentious ground and being deliberately bland so he wouldn't know her whole body was a quiver from being in contact with his again."Very good. Work has been good" he answered, his chin tilting belligerent
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There was no chance of anything more than another brief encounter with him. He hadn't tried to reach her for so long. And now here he was, was being an asshole. Acting like he owned her. She had to stop this and do the walking away herself. Before she gave her heart and soul to him again. Jensen Packard was never going to change."Is there a reason why you are mad at me right now?" he asked.She stared at him like she couldn't believe he had just asked her that. "Screw you, Jensen" she said. "Get out of my way".She tried to move past him, but he stayed right where he, blocking her escape. She looked up at him and he grinned.He leaned towards her and said softly. "You know I'm getting a lot of mixed signals from you, Kitty Kat. It's really confusing" he murmured. "First of all you tell me to leave you alone, and when I do you get so upset. Why is that? I really want to know."His words jolted her i
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Her world was reduced to delicious insanity. Jensen and his arms and his mouth on hers. So hot and demanding. The touch and slide of his tongue against hers made her legs clench together to stop the pulse throbbing between them.Liquid heat was spreading outwards from the very core of her being…and Katherine had no hope of clawing back rationality or any pretence that Jensen wasn’t blowing her mind to pieces.But it was never going to be enough out here on a public veranda in open view of anyone who chanced to look their way. That frustration did eventually break into the head long rush to recapture all they had spent two long weeks remembering...or trying to forget.Jensen was the one to eventually pull back. Katherine opened heavy eyes, her breath coming hard and fast. Heart thumping. She felt hot and sweaty and desperately disorientated. As if her inner being had just shifted on some level and been reorganised.J
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One week later, Jensen pulled into her driveway as she was walking back with Tim from Claire's house. Claire's boys and Tim had had a play date. Tim immediately went bug eyed when he saw Rufus.“Maybe i can see the dog, Mom,” Tim said excitedly, and slid a look at Jensen's car. Uh-oh. Had they been conspiring over a way for Tim to play with Rufus? She wondered. She wouldn’t put it past them. Tim and Jensen seemed to be getting closer. She wasn't too surprised when she walked into the living room one afternoon and Tim was on her phone with Jensen. He had picked the call when he saw the caller ID and saw Jensen's name.So she made a noncommittal noise. “Come on, Tim, let’s get inside,” she urged, but Tim was still staring when Jensen got out of his car. So was she, but for a completely different reason. Watching him unfold his long frame made her pulse flutter.Goodness. She swallowed. “Tim,” she said in her best warning tone, then wo
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“Makes sense.” Jensen said. He didn’t press or make her feel judged for turning down Tim's fondest wish.Jensen took a step closer and inclined his head so he couldn’t be heard over Tim's giggling. The closeness raised goose bumps on her arms. "I have missed you, Kat. I just wanted to stop by and say hi. It's been a while. I sincerely hope you haven't been avoiding me"Katherine looked down at the sidewalk, then back at him. "No of course not. I have just been busy, that's all. I'm sure you have been too"He nodded.Letting him in meant he’d be in her life, in Tim's life, with all the associated risks. She wasn’t sure how she felt about that yet. Still, she knew he and Tim liked each other a lot and wasn't it fair to use her mixed feelings to prevent them from learning more about each other. So far he hadn't done anything to hurt Tim. Infact he had been so helpful.
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