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All Chapters of LOVE IN THE DARK: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27
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CHAPTER 21
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
A few minutes later, he arrived in the opening, looking tall, dark, and dangerous in jeans and a white T-shirt, with his hair still ruffled and a scowl on his too-handsome face. Ignoring him, Electa continued her angrily research.“Explain to me why you need the bag,” he invited abruptly. Rummaging through a drawer, she slammed it shut and opened the next one.“I want my phone.”“Are you thinking of leaving me again, Electa?” Adrastos sighed out. “Hoping to call a cab? This isn’t London. Cabs don’t turn up in five minutes around here.”“If I was intending to leave you, I would have just gone… walked back to Athens if I had to.” Straightening up, Electa lanced him an icicle glance.“I can’t leave,&
Last Updated : 2022-03-25CHAPTER 22
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
She caught the sound of a door opening and then closing with a quiet click into its housing. Her heart skipped a beat as she lay there, listening to Adrastos’s quiet tread. The whole suite was shrouded in darkness because she’d switched off all the lights before she’d climbed into bed, so she lay listening to the rustle of clothing, then picked up the scent of brandy as he lifted the covers and slid next to her.“I know you’re awake,” he said slowly. Turning over, Electa peered at him through the darkness. He was lying on his back, staring up at the ceiling, the covers riding low across his chest. And he looked so very somber Electa wanted to reach out and stroke her fingers along his unsmiling lips.“Listen, I’ve been thinking,” he declared quietly. “We don’t communicate about the right things. This must cha
Last Updated : 2022-03-25CHAPTER 23
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
Resting her forearms against the rail on the sunny balcony, Electa looked down at the swimming pool situated directly below her, where Adrastos was currently cutting through the water like a man-eating shark. A word came to her mind while watching him. ‘Lust.’ That was what they shared on this honeymoon. No mention from either of them since the night they’d arrived here of that other word… love. Watching him cut through the water in a long, bronzed slither of supple male magnificence, Electa wasn’t in the least bit surprised to feel her lust for him tangle up the sensitive muscles low down inside.
Last Updated : 2022-03-26CHAPTER 24
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
Electa uncurled from her huddle and made herself sit up in the bed. She was already beginning to feel a bit better now the sickening shock had started to wear off.“Can I get some water?” she asked, pushing back the tumbled tangle of hair from her face. Adrastos stretched out a hand to pick up the flask standing on the bedside table and poured some chilled water into a glass.“Thanks,” she mumbled but she kept her eyes lowered as she sipped. She couldn’t look at him. She wished he would just go and… and get dressed, or something. Because she needed to be on her own so she could think. ‘Maribel…’ was playing over and over inside her head, alongside old lurid headlines like ‘The G
Last Updated : 2022-03-27CHAPTER 25
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
Entering the master suite as Electa strode out from the dressing room, Maria pulled to a breath-catching standstill.“You go out, Mrs. Leventis?” Maria asked, in a voice laced with disbelief, Her reaction wasn’t that surprising when the last time she’d seen her, Electa had been in the bathroom while throwing up. Now she was dressed in a breathtakingly elegant white linen dress touched with stylized brushstrokes of emerald-green. The dress skimmed Electa’s long slender figure and had couture sewed into every invisible seam. The neckline was square, the bodice cinched into the waist by a shiny green belt, and the skirt skimmed midway down her amazingly long thighs. And the shiny green shoes she was wearing elevated her height by an
Last Updated : 2022-03-28CHAPTER 26
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
And the line went dead… Adrastos bit out a string of filthy curses. ‘Lost in the hills…’ He turned full circle, a set of long fingers scoring through his already disheveled hair, then grabbed hold of the back of his neck. She’d been gone for hours, so she could be anywhere. Adrastos tried to connect to her phone again, hoping to hear her voice again. But she wasn’t answering… He had no idea that Electa was simply ignoring his calls willing to try and save herself from that ugly situation. She kept touching the display and the buttons until she finally brought the satellite navigation screen to life, then she sat staring at the screen. It showed h
Last Updated : 2022-03-28CHAPTER 27
LOVE IN THE DARK/Emma Swan
Trying to drag himself out of the dark place his mind had gone into, Adrastos blinked his eyes. The one small ray of light he could see in what Electa had just confessed to him, was that at least, this time she was standing here telling him, instead of running away to hide. And she had every right to feel scared. He felt scared. And the same damn issues that had torn their marriage apart twelve months ago were still hanging around, threatening to do the same thing again.“I bought the apartment from Maribel’s husband this morning. They have decided to move to the States,” he said, not surprised when Electa quivered in front of him. He’d hurt her by ignoring the import of what she’d said. But he was not ignoring it. He was cleaning it.“When I explained to hi
Last Updated : 2022-03-28
