This week I've got another snippet from my work-in-progress, Kola, the first in The Essien Trilogy spinoff. Tari has just finished a phone conversation with her fiance. This is what happens next.
It's way longer than seven sentences but I hope you don't mind.
Hands shaking, Tari switched off
the phone. It slipped and clattered onto the wooden top. Head bowed, hands
gripping the table edge, she fought tears stinging the backs of her eyes. She
wouldn't cry, damn it.
Skin on her nape prickled. Lifting
her gaze, she met Kola's fiery one. Shoulders bunched, fists clenched, he
looked ready to pound something.
“Did I hear you right? Did that
bastard just threaten you?” his voice came out low and gritty.
She didn’t respond. Instead she pushed
off the table and stared out of the kitchen window. The sun reflected of the
calm pool and she sucked in a deep breath, hoping to draw the same serenity
into her troubled mind. After a few deep breaths the anger inside abated, replaced
by a different sensation. A deep awareness of the man standing behind her, of his
masculine scent and body heat cocooning her in safety.
“Tell me, Tari. Did he threaten
you?” his tone gentled as if he decided that demanding a response wouldn't work
with her.
She turned around. Despite his
obvious fury, his gaze softened when she raised hers. Her protector. Always quick to come to her defence in the past. Now,
she'd grown up and could fight her own battles. Peter didn't scare her. She
could take care of her cheating fiancé.
However she needed Kola in other
ways, if only he would oblige her.
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