In Your Shadow by J Middleton Page A

she ready for what's to come. She was tired of fighting her attraction to him, an attraction that was more than a tiny bit of chemistry that ignited her fire. Drawn to him as she has never been before. She was a lost soul until he came alone. Now he opened up a new world, something that she resisted for years. Her feelings were taking over her cold heart and she didn’t like it.
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    John was getting frustrated with her she was a hard woman to get close to. He knew he was over playing the part, but last night wasn’t the part. It was real to him and he wanted to pursue her and make her forget the past.
    “Was she ready, did he jump to soon?” his mind going crazy with emotions.
    At first, it was a game now it was something totally different he wasn’t playing. At the same time, he would have to work harder to win her over. He had never met a woman that got under his skin like she did. John could have any woman he wanted they were easy for him. With his money and power, he could anyone are anything. He knew it was his money they were after that why he never settled down. When he met Katie he knew she was different. She never came on to him are even act interested. There was something about her that attracted him. Maybe it was because she had her own money and didn’t need him.
    “Go to her,” Daniel said interrupting his thought.
    John didn’t realize Daniel was watching him.
    “I can see how much you care for her, just give her time. She will come around.” Letting him know it was alright.
    John excused his self from the table and walk to the door. He stood there looking for Katie on the long stretch of white sand. There she was sitting at the shoreline as the waves pushed against her.
    “Here she will need this” Daniel was standing there beside him as he hands him a couple of towels.
    “Thank you.”
    John took off his shoes and walked down the beach. The wind was blowing her long hair wildly behind her. She looked like a small child huddled up in a ball.
    Katie didn’t hear John approach she was in her own world. She jumped as she felt something go around her. Her head turned and seen John sitting beside her she looked up at his deep blue eyes and never said a word. His arm wrapped around her holding the towel in place. He brushed a strand of her hair back as he gently kissed her forehead. His gentle touches caused fresh tears to burst forth.
    “I want to apologize I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable, that is something I didn’t want to do. Are you alright.”
    The gentle tone sent warmth across her body.
    “You haven’t don’t anything wrong, it is just me.”
    He turned her to him and cupped her cheek so she could look deeply into his eyes.  Her face and body were longing for passion and love. He could feel it.
    “John I have been lost in a swarm of grief and anger after I lost my husband and mother. I don’t want to feel the rejection of that kind of lose again, but every time I am around you, my feeling change.” He eyes full of moisture.
    She turned her head from his as she stared out into the blue waters.
    “You will be gone soon and things will get back to normal again.” Her voice low and scratchy.
    “Katie when I came to your door that evening I wasn’t expecting to see you, but I am glad I did because my life changed the night my eyes laid eyes on you.”
    Katie didn’t’ know what to say, she was lost in his words. “Did he mean it?” her heart was hoping but her mind was screaming at her.
    John pulled her onto his lap and kissed her hard and long. Water was splashing against their legs and body as they stayed locked in each other’s arms. Just like he had wanted to do every second he was around her. She pulled away from his lips as she giggles like a child and jumps up and runs down the beach.
    “Oh, so you want to play again, you are a woman of many moods.”
    John gets up and runs after her, as he catches her and grabs her waist and pulls her to him. They