He massaged her ass and pulled from her body. In a swift motion, he turned her around and pulled her up into his arms.
“I love you, baby. I love you.” He kissed her mouth and devoured any chance for her to respond until he released her lips.
“I love you, too.”
* * * *
Kenny thought about the unidentified Jane Doe out in Detroit and how that could have been Lena.
“Are you okay, Kenny? You seem upset.” Lena’s voice interrupted his thoughts as he re-clipped his belt after he tucked in his shirt and fixed his uniform.
He stared at Lena as she wrapped the towel around her body and sat on the bed, staring up at him so innocently.
“I was just thinking about you, Anna, and Stacy’s idea about the women’s shelter. I was talking to Wyatt about it at work this morning.”
She smiled then knelt up on the bed and helped to fix his tie. He stared down at her delicate, soft fingers, his mind wandering in another direction. First that she cared enough to fix his tie and uniform after he practically mauled her in desperation to be inside of her and then how innocent she was. That young, unidentified woman could have been her.
“I think it’s a great idea. I also think that word of mouth will probably flood Pearl with women in need.”
He reached up and caressed her cheek. Her bruised one still looked ugly, and he wished she hadn’t been at Rocky’s that night when the fight broke out.
“When I was in Wyatt’s office, he was reading over the daily alerts we get at the sheriff’s department. We get information on missing persons, unsolved murders, suspects, accidents, and lots of other things. He was reading about a case in Detroit.”
She looked at him, eyes wide, and he turned away a second. He was overwhelmed with the fear still that it could have been her.
Then he felt Lena’s palm against his cheeks.
“What is it, Kenny? Why are you so upset?”
“There was a young woman found brutally murdered and raped multiple times. She’s listed as a Jane Doe. No one can identify her.”
Lena swallowed hard.
“It scared me to see that, Lena. I can’t stop thinking that it could have been you. What if you hadn’t gotten out of there?” he stated. She stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck as she kissed him deeply on the mouth. He held her tight, and then his radio went off.
“They’re calling me in. I have to go, baby. Sorry that I kind of attacked you,” he teased as he squeezed her ass then gave it a smack.
“No apologies, Kenny. I kind of liked you breaking into my cottage all dressed in uniform and demanding sex. It was hot.”
He lifted her up over his shoulder and smacked her on the ass a few more times as he headed toward the doorway.
He set her back on her feet then kissed her again.
“You be good. I’ll call you later.”
“Okay, I’ll be with Bryant. I want to see if he’ll walk over to the horse training stables with me to visit Blake and Quinn.”
“Good luck with that,” he teased then headed out the door.
* * * *
As she began to get dressed, she heard the knock on the door.
She could see through the sheer curtain that it was Bryant.
“Come in,” she yelled, and he opened up the door.
“What’s going on?” she asked him, and he smiled as he limped into her room. Her facial expression must have shown her concern as she hurried to him.