A French Whipping (28 page)
Authors: Nicole Camden
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Four weeks later
NICK WAITED IMPATIENTLY
outside the bar for Blake to leave and head back to her apartment. How long did it take to close out a shift on a slow Thursday evening? His shoulder ached and the cat he held was getting restless inside her carrier.
He’d gone back to work today, hoping that Roland would have found out something regarding Keenan’s whereabouts, but he’d disappeared again, and Angela with him.
The door to the Hairy Lemon opened, and Blake came out dressed in her work uniform as usual, but she’d taken down her hair and let it fall around her shoulders.
She saw him immediately and stopped, a slight smile coming over her face in the spotlights that highlighted the sign above the entrance to the bar.
“Are you following me?” she asked in her husky voice.
“Yes,” he answered simply. “I wanted to ask you something.”
She walked toward him, her gaze puzzled as she looked at the bag he carried. “Your bag is moving,” she said and laughed when a loud meow seemed to respond to her voice.
“Missy.” She looked up at him with a wide smile. “You got her back from Regina’s sister.”
“Apparently she didn’t get along that well with their cat El Greco, so it was easier than I thought it would be.”
“Good.” Her lips twitched. “So you’re feeling okay?”
“No,” he answered shortly.
Her brows drew together in concern and she took a step closer. “What’s wrong?”
He waited until she was within reach and caught her hand, pressing something against her palm.
She hesitated. “Nick.”
“Just look at it,” he urged.
She did, opening her hand and looking at the small ring. She picked it up. Woven of tiny threads of gold, the ring was a designed to resemble a rope secured with a French whipping knot; he’d designed it himself.
“Nick, no. This isn’t . . .” She paused. “I love you, but we’re not ready for—”
“I’m not asking you to marry me,” he said softly.
She exhaled, but her voice held a note of disappointment when she said, “You’re not?”
“Not at the moment.”
“Then what are you asking me?”
“I’m asking you to take a chance again. I’m not perfect and I have a few things to work on, but I miss my friend, my lover, my fellow cat owner. I miss you. And I want you back messing up my quiet peaceful world.”
“That’s what this means?” She held up the ring. “All that?”
“It’s a promise. No matter how many times we break and unravel. No matter how often we hurt each other, I will always be there to hold you together.”
Tears had gathered and pooled in her eyes, but she was smiling widely. She slid the ring on her finger and held out her hand.
“And if you can’t do that, you could always tie me up.”
He chuckled and took her hand. “There’s always that.”
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Nicole Camden, author of “The Nekkid Truth” in
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, has returned to erotica after a decade of teaching, dog-rescuing, and other mayhem. She lives in Houston with her husband and two dogs.
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