Strong Reflection: Book 2 of the Dark Series Trilogy Read Free Page A

charity.”
     
    “You told me there is nothing going on between you two.”
     
    “There isn’t!  Our relationship is strictly that of boss and employee.”
     
    “So, you kiss all your employees and fondle their asses and get ragging hard-ons for them?”
     
    “Listen, I am only going to say this once more and then I am done with this conversation.  There has never or is there now anything between me and Agent Mackenzie.  Other than constantly being summoned to her hospital bed after she has pulled one of her crazy, death wish stunts or me having to reprimand her for not following protocol and policy, and to assign her duties, I don’t have interaction with S.S.A. Mackenzie!”
     
    Bunny had smiled then.  “I’m sorry.  You’re right.  I shouldn’t get upset.  I know there could never be anything between you and that woman.”
     
    They had hugged and Kyle had given Bunny a makeup kiss before returning to the party.  But something had changed inside Kyle when he kissed Agent Mackenzie.  The all-consuming electricity that had arced between them the instant their lips touched had him trying to recreate the feeling with Bunny.  But, it was useless.  No matter how amorous he was with Bunny, he could not bring back the wonderful tingling sensation he had had with Agent Mackenzie.
     
    In the past several years since that perception altering kiss, Kyle had been doing his best to cement his relationship with Bunny and forget Ashley, forget her soft luscious lips, forget her sexy firm ass, forget the heat of her mouth and the honey glide of her tongue.  Absolutely nothing he had done -- extra exercises, extra mile or two added to his run in the mornings, all and any kind of sexual position he could think of to do with Bunny, sexy weekend getaways and steamy hot tub trysts -- could make him forget the wonderful heat between him and his agent.
     
    He tried to avoid her at work except when it was absolutely necessary.  But each time Ashley had gotten hurt or almost hurt, Kyle hadn’t been able to control his emotions towards her. He had gone rushing to her side as though Ashley were his.  He had used his position as her boss to get personal medical information, very personal information.
     
    And the information he had received during her last hospital stay had sent him reeling.  He still constantly thought about the doctor’s words.  At least once a day, the words,  Ashley Mackenzie has an intact hymen.  Ashley is a virgin,  went through his mind.
     
    When he had first inquired whether or not Ashley had been raped by the Newburgh Slasher, Kyle had really wanted to know for both business and personal reasons.  He still felt the rage he had felt the first time hearing Ashley had been sodomized.  But, as he listened to the horrible news from the doctor, Kyle was also given a miracle, only seconds later, when the doctor informed him that although Ashley’s anus had needed repair, she still had an intact hymen.
     
    And from that day on Kyle had thanked God for sparing Ashley that pain.  It was also why he asked about her memory every day.  Kyle didn’t want Ashley to remember how she was violated. He had taken certain liberties regarding her medical information.  When she had finally awakened from her coma he had asked the doctor to allow him to tell Ashley of her injuries.  By the time she had been fully cognizant she was almost completely healed.  She had needed some PT to regain her muscle strength and flexibility.  He had told her about the blunt trauma to her head, the removal of her gall bladder and the many bumps, bruises and abrasions.  Kyle had felt no guilt leaving out the information that would haunt and possibly hinder Ashley’s healing progression.
     
    He knew he would have a lot to answer for if she actually ever remembered or if it came up in her therapy.  Kyle would deal with that situation if and when it ever arose.  For now he had to follow his instincts and feelings.