Title:
Fallen Angel, Part 3
Author: Tracie
Podger
Publication
Date: December 28, 2014
Tour
Sponsor: Passionate Promotions
Being
married to the dark and dangerous Robert Stone doesn't come without its
problems - trust being one of them.
Trusting
your average husband means you believe he won't cheat on you. Trusting a
man like Robert is accepting that he will kill to protect his family.
Brooke
loves her husband - mind, body and soul - she will do whatever is necessary to
protect that love.
But
what happens when Robert discovers he wants something Brooke can't give him?
This
is a story of an extraordinary couple who find the strength to become the
people they want to be.
But
can they have it all?
“Home,” Robert said,
cutting off Gary’s excuse.
I caught Gary’s eye in
the rear view mirror and gave him a sly wink and a smile.
“Don’t mind Robert, he’s
being grumpy” I said without thinking.
I saw Gary quickly look
towards Robert before starting the car and pulling out into the traffic. A
minute later Robert placed his hand around my chin, turning my face towards
him. His mouth was millimetres from mine, I could feel his breath on my lips.
“Don’t ever undermine
me,” he whispered.
I opened my mouth to
speak as Robert sat back in the seat and stared stonily ahead. I snapped my
mouth shut and we drove home in silence. I didn’t wait for either Gary or
Robert to open the car door, opting to do it myself. As Gary drove the car back
down the drive, I turned to him.
“What was that all
about?” I asked.
“Gary fucking falls
asleep while he’s on duty, I don’t like it and you give him a wink and a smile.
Then tell him, what was it, don’t mind Robert. That is
undermining me, Brooke.” He unlocked the front door and we climbed the stairs
to the lounge where he threw his suit jacket over the back of the sofa.
“I’m not undermining
you,” I said, totally confused by this change in him.
“You apologised for me
snapping at him. He fucked up, he knows it and you apologise.”
He was really angry and
now so was I.
“I was embarrassed, I
wasn’t apologising on your behalf. It wasn’t the worst offence in the world,
Robert.” As soon as the words left my lips I knew I’d said wrong.
He spun around.
“He falls asleep, Brooke.
What if someone took that fucking moment to attack you or me? That’s his
fucking job, to stay awake and protect you. He nearly got you killed once and
now he’s not on the fucking ball,” he shouted.
“Don’t swear at me,
Robert. If you think I undermined you, then I’m sorry and I sure as hell don’t
like you shouting at me.” My voice rose on every word until I was shouting
back.
“I’m not swearing at you,
for fucks sake. I’m pissed, big time. How do I keep control of those guys if
you do that, because you’re embarrassed?” he spat the word embarrassed.
“And to tell him ‘not to mind me’. I’m his fucking boss, he better fucking
mind me. He’s not your friend, he’s here to protect you, drive you around,
nothing more.”
Robert paced, running his
hand through his hair, a sure sign he was really mad. I shouldn’t have said
what I did, I realised that, but I was not happy with being sworn or shouted at
in that way. Robert’s temper could be turned on as quick as a light switch and
I wanted to find a way to flick that switch to off again. I wasn’t scared, I
wasn’t being a feeble wife whose husband could walk all over them, but I was
someone who would rather talk than stand and shout. I took a couple of calming
breaths.
“Will you stop pacing and
calm down? I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said what I did,” I told him.
“Calm down? You made me
look a fucking idiot.”
“You’re acting like one
now,” I shouted, all attempt at being reasonable gone.
I stood facing him, he
stood facing me, both of us breathing hard. Shit, this was our first argument.
We had sniped at each other in the past, I had shouted that day after being
shot at, but we had never had a full-blown row. A silence followed. As he stood before me,
pumped with his fists clenched and his eyes black, a hard hitting punch of
wanting, of arousal hit me square in the stomach. As I took a step towards him,
he did the same.
Tracie Podger currently lives in Kent, UK with her husband and a
rather obnoxious cat called George. She’s a Padi Scuba Diving Instructor with a
passion for writing. Tracie has been fortunate to have dived some of the
wonderful oceans of the world where she can indulge in another hobby,
underwater photography. She likes getting up close and personal with sharks.
Tracie wishes to thank you for giving your time to read her
books and hopes you enjoy them as much as she loves writing them. If you would
like to know more, please feel free to contact her, she would love to hear from
you. She will be signing at Peterborough, York, Birmingham and Aberdeen in
2015, and in the U.S. at some 2016 events; drop in if you can and say hello!
Twitter (@TRACIEPODGER)
Coming
Soon:
Travis
Fallen
Angel, Part 4
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