you marry me?” he asked, looking deeply into my eyes with intensity.
I lowered myself slowly and silently to the sand and placed my hands on his chest, and then gently moved them up to around the back of his neck.
“Ben, you know there is nothing more that would make me happier. Yes, I will marry you. I love you,” I replied emotionally, tears falling from my eyes.
He kissed me tenderly, lingering. I could feel his deep passion for me building. He pulled away and then held me close.
“I love you forever,” he whispered with a rough voice.
As we walked along the remainder of the beach to the car, Ben insisted that we marry very soon. He was hoping to set the wedding date for two weeks away.
I stopped walking and looked at him, shaking my head. But then I leapt with joy at the shortness of our engagement. He lowered his head and smiled shyly.
But then, I saw him lift his head up and look to the sky, and briefly close his eyes. His emotions were not of joy, but of worry as if he harbored some emotional pain. I wondered what he knew. I wondered about what the rush was to become man and wife. Was he keeping some secret from me that would affect our lives?
Chapter 13
Pursuit
He parked the car quietly outside my house . He took my hand in his and lightly traced over my fingers. I knew that he was trying to decide whether to go into the house with me tonight or not. I watched him carefully.
He traced his fingers lightly up my arm and to my neck, placing his hand gently in my hair. Then he brought his face close to mine and kissed me tenderly before pulling away. I took a deep breath, and then I closed my eyes. He was too delicious.
I slowly opened my eyes to look at him.
“Stay with me tonight Ben,” I whispered.
He looked deeply into my eyes. He did not speak. He kissed me lightly on the lips, and then opened his door and got out.
He walked around to my door, opening it for me, taking my hand as I got out of the car. Together, we walked to the front door.
I leisurely unlocked the front door of the house. I was unsure whether Ben would stay. He was leaning at the side of the front door, his face serious, brooding.
I lifted my hand to the side of his face and whispered, “Stay!”
Again, he did not speak. He hesitated, closing his eyes, and then he followed me through the front door. I turned on the light, and Ben turned to close the door, facing the front garden.
It was then that he suddenly took off, jumping the fence, as if chasing something.
H e was gone for several minutes, but then he returned to the house, walking back casually, although, he was breathing in deeply, and then blowing his breath out through his lips as if breathing out anger.
By the time that he reached Katie’s Gate, I was standing on the porch waiting for him, worried.
“Ben?” my single word was infused with one hundred questions.
“I thought I saw something Cate, and so I took off to confront it. I jumped the fence and ran in the direction that I thought it went. The street is well lit, and I could not see what I thought that I saw, but I kept running for a bit just to be sure. Once I was satisfied, I turned around to come back. The only thing that I saw was a black cat. Maybe that’s what I had seen out of the corner of my eye as I closed the door,” he said.
I looked at him for a moment, searching his face. He certainly was calm, and he continued to look me in the eye. I knew that he was reading my mind to see if I believed him.
We went inside, and again Ben closed the door. This time, I sensed that he wasn’t fighting his strong emotions for me, he seemed more….protective of me.
I sat on the sofa and turned on the television, flicking through the guide to find something interesting. I thought that if we did something together that would take our minds off our attraction to each other, it would make it easier for Ben to stay. I did not want Ben to go
I lowered myself slowly and silently to the sand and placed my hands on his chest, and then gently moved them up to around the back of his neck.
“Ben, you know there is nothing more that would make me happier. Yes, I will marry you. I love you,” I replied emotionally, tears falling from my eyes.
He kissed me tenderly, lingering. I could feel his deep passion for me building. He pulled away and then held me close.
“I love you forever,” he whispered with a rough voice.
As we walked along the remainder of the beach to the car, Ben insisted that we marry very soon. He was hoping to set the wedding date for two weeks away.
I stopped walking and looked at him, shaking my head. But then I leapt with joy at the shortness of our engagement. He lowered his head and smiled shyly.
But then, I saw him lift his head up and look to the sky, and briefly close his eyes. His emotions were not of joy, but of worry as if he harbored some emotional pain. I wondered what he knew. I wondered about what the rush was to become man and wife. Was he keeping some secret from me that would affect our lives?
Chapter 13
Pursuit
He parked the car quietly outside my house . He took my hand in his and lightly traced over my fingers. I knew that he was trying to decide whether to go into the house with me tonight or not. I watched him carefully.
He traced his fingers lightly up my arm and to my neck, placing his hand gently in my hair. Then he brought his face close to mine and kissed me tenderly before pulling away. I took a deep breath, and then I closed my eyes. He was too delicious.
I slowly opened my eyes to look at him.
“Stay with me tonight Ben,” I whispered.
He looked deeply into my eyes. He did not speak. He kissed me lightly on the lips, and then opened his door and got out.
He walked around to my door, opening it for me, taking my hand as I got out of the car. Together, we walked to the front door.
I leisurely unlocked the front door of the house. I was unsure whether Ben would stay. He was leaning at the side of the front door, his face serious, brooding.
I lifted my hand to the side of his face and whispered, “Stay!”
Again, he did not speak. He hesitated, closing his eyes, and then he followed me through the front door. I turned on the light, and Ben turned to close the door, facing the front garden.
It was then that he suddenly took off, jumping the fence, as if chasing something.
H e was gone for several minutes, but then he returned to the house, walking back casually, although, he was breathing in deeply, and then blowing his breath out through his lips as if breathing out anger.
By the time that he reached Katie’s Gate, I was standing on the porch waiting for him, worried.
“Ben?” my single word was infused with one hundred questions.
“I thought I saw something Cate, and so I took off to confront it. I jumped the fence and ran in the direction that I thought it went. The street is well lit, and I could not see what I thought that I saw, but I kept running for a bit just to be sure. Once I was satisfied, I turned around to come back. The only thing that I saw was a black cat. Maybe that’s what I had seen out of the corner of my eye as I closed the door,” he said.
I looked at him for a moment, searching his face. He certainly was calm, and he continued to look me in the eye. I knew that he was reading my mind to see if I believed him.
We went inside, and again Ben closed the door. This time, I sensed that he wasn’t fighting his strong emotions for me, he seemed more….protective of me.
I sat on the sofa and turned on the television, flicking through the guide to find something interesting. I thought that if we did something together that would take our minds off our attraction to each other, it would make it easier for Ben to stay. I did not want Ben to go
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