Lakeshore Secrets: The McAdams Sisters - Kate McAdams (By The Lake Series Book 1) Read Online Free PDF Page A

his clothes off, abandoning them wherever they landed, from the front door all the way to the bathroom. He reached directly for the chrome shower handle, allowing the water no time to warm, before standing beneath the streams of icy water slapping against his betraying body. The drastic change from the hot sauna startled his body, but he leaned his flat palms against the tiled wall and welcomed the onslaught of water cascading over his head, suffering the punishment he deserved following that little episode.
    It wasn’t long that his thoughts were cleared. Thank goodness! They’d been a jumbled mess in that hot sauna.
    After maintenance had finally arrived, he’d anticipated a clarifying quick walk back to his suite to decipher what in the hell had actually unfolded in there. With Kate’s half naked body seared into his mind, replaying repeatedly like an old skipping movie there hadn’t been room for anything else.
    What the hell had happened in that sauna? He was mortified for allowing himself to surrender to her touch like a helpless animal curling around the alluring caress of its owner. He was livid the betrayal behind Kate’s round hazel eyes wasn’t enough to influence the desire creeping up through his body to a direct halt.
    The anger consuming his years, had led him to believe such emotions and desires of his heart, his thoughts, and his whole body, where she was involved, were labeled hazardous, and unsafe. Yet, a six minute greeting after six years apart and all that caution had vanished into the heated steam, like fog stealing the night. He would have kissed her had she not spoken and slashed the cloud of desire they had created around them. He would have laid her down in that floor and...
    He rubbed his hands across his face in aggravation then lathered up his body with masculine scented wash that began erasing the traces of warm vanilla scent from Kate marinated his skin during the topple. Her hot, warm, soft body pressed against his . This shower was not as helpful as he’d originally contemplated, with his mind dragging the sexy, brunette’s body into the shower with him. He would rather be lathering her tender skin beneath his hands than his own. And Izzy had been right, Kate was definitely gorgeous. She’d grown into a woman and every new curve was even more attractive.
    He rinsed off, wrapped a towel around his waist and made his way to the kitchen for a cold beer. About to pop the cap off, a light rap on the back door pulled him from his goal. His petite, charming mother greeted him as she entered with a light-hearted smile. She glanced down at the towel wrapped around his waist. “A bath in the middle of the day, Marcus?”
    He nodded. She had no idea. “Give me a second to grab some pants.”
    When he returned wearing slacks and a t-shirt, he found his mother pulling a kettle he didn’t even know he had out of the cupboard. Two clear mugs sat on the counter with tea bags awaiting the liquid to boil and his beer nowhere to be seen. Her theory was tea could heal or relax anyone. She was wrong in this case.
    She smiled up at him. “I stopped by your office but you weren’t there.” He occupied one of the stools and quickly told her about the sauna, omitting Kate McAdams entirely.
    “I had a nice lunch with the girls this afternoon.” He had intentionally avoided that gossipy social event. “The visitations for Grace are tomorrow,” his mother was saying quietly. She had moved across the room and was standing on the opposite side of the counter facing him, her arms resting softly folded across her rose colored chiffon blouse. She was always dressed fashionably chic and today was no exception. Her blouse was tucked into high waist black pants that fell into wide legs just above black heels and strands of large pearls around her neck. Her silver hair was cut in a short bob that brushed just above her shoulders, softly swaying whenever she turned her head to try and read his expressions. “I