Page 5 of Sinful Desires

Chapter Three

Aiden stared down atthe woman.He had a hard time taking his eyes off her.She looked like a doll.She was so perfect.Her features were even, as if she had been made by machines rather than nature.Her skin was very white, like she rarely saw the sun.

Besides the marks she’d gotten from her track through the forest, she had absolutely no blemishes or old injuries at all.It was like she’d lived in a bubble her whole life.

The light from the fire made her long blonde hair sparkle, and her blue/greens eyes made him think of Caribbean water he’d seen off the coast of Belize.They were beautiful and something he would never get tired of looking at.

She was short and very slim, too thin, more so than he liked, because she didn’t look healthy and he would do what he could to get some pounds on her to make her strong.

He tipped his head to Malik, indicating the kitchen.They walked in.Malik sat at the table with his cup of coffee, and Aiden cleaned out the cup he’d used before, filled it, and sat.

“What are we going to do?”

Malik sighed.“Not much we can do right now.We can’t take her to the hospital.Besides the fact that we couldn’t safely make it down the mountain.We have to consider how much it terrified her.The last thing we want to do is scare her.”

“She’s terrified of something or someone, and until she gives us more information, we’ll take it day by day.”

Malik nodded.“I agree.I just hope no one’s going crazy with concern and is out in the storm trying to find her.”

“Hopefully, they are smart enough to hold off.”

“If she were mine, I’d still be out there looking.”

Aiden glanced into the living room where she lay.

“Yeah, I would be, too.But there’s nothing we can do about it now.There’s no way our reception is working, so we can’t call, and I’d rather hear more from her before I call the sheriff.”

“I agree.”Malik stood and walked over to the sink.“Did you get everything out of the truck?”

Aiden nodded.“Yeah, most of it’s piled on the back porch.”

“Let’s take care of that and the other things like the generator forwhen, notif, the electricity goes out.”Because it always did with these storms.“We need to make sure we’re ready to be stranded for several days.”

Aiden snorted.“We did most of it before we left.”

“I know.I want to get everything done so we can spend time with her.”

Aiden studied his friend's face.“I can tell you’re attracted to her, too.This is the first woman who’s ever grabbed both of our attention.”

“Yeah, and we don’t know anything about her.”

Aiden slapped Malik on the shoulder as he passed.