loosened his tie as he looked
up and down the street. The tingling sensation was still there but not as
strong as it was before. Somewhere in the area, particularly close to where he
stood, was the woman he had waited for all his life. Or so he thought. How
could he feel her so close? An electric charge had ignited inside him the
moment he knew she was nearby. It could only be her. No other woman had made
him feel this magnetic pull the way she did. That same magnetic pull that
signaled to him as he closed his eyes at night to be beside her once again.
Desire began to swirl in his gut, first as a spark then an ember that glowed
with molten heat making his rod stand in attention. Damn it, he couldn't walk
around with a hard on!
Alec swore underneath his breath
in frustration before he entered the hackney waiting in the taxi bay. A huge
part of him wanted to look for her and he didn't care how long he had to be in
the area. But he had another important meeting with another client that would
take him to the other side of the city. Away from the Royal Mile. He wouldn't
be able to look for his woman.
His woman.
Alec paused, his mouth curved
into a soft smile. Yes, she was his even if she didn't know that yet. He would
make her know she belonged to him. If the incredible sex they had in his
sleeping moments was anything to go by, he doubted he'd have any trouble
convincing her.
With a reluctant sigh, he gave
the address to the cab driver, much to the silent protest of his hard shaft. He
settled on the back seat, discreetly putting his hand on his crotch to adjust
his erection so that it didn't graze against his trousers' zipper. He continued
to look out of the window. The further the hackney went from the Mile, the
fainter the tingling sensation became.
It didn't matter. He would
return to the Royal Mile tomorrow.
And when he found her, Alec
would never let her go.
* * * *
Tamsyn inserted the key into the lock
and let herself into the B&B. It was already eight in the evening, but the
sun was still a little over the horizon. It had been a long afternoon, but it
felt good walking without having to hurry to get to work on time. She allowed
her feet to take her where they wanted to go. She decided to join one of the
ghost tours starting from the Auld Reekie . The
underground caverns were cold and gloomy and yes, a bit scary. Goosebumps
became a permanent fixture on her skin. Her skin tingled as though someone had
brushed against her even though no one was there. But then again, Tamsyn could blame that tingling sensation she felt
underground as what was left over from the delicious shivers she felt while
inside Starbucks.
She had walked on towards Castlehill and Lawnmarket and the
further she was from Starbucks, the fainter the shivers became. At one point
when she was close to The Hub at the top of the Royal Mile and closer to
Edinburgh Castle, she even turned around, hoping to get a glimpse of someone
who might be standing in the middle of the Mile staring at her. The only person
she saw in the middle of High Street was a street sweeper.
Tamsyn wondered if that was him, but
when the sweeper moved into one of the alleyways, the tingling still remained.
Resigned and suddenly losing her desire to explore, she did a walkabout of the
Edinburgh Castle's parking lot before deciding to return to the Bed and
Breakfast. She'd return the next day to visit the castle. Not that there was
anything to see except loads of tourists like her having their pictures taken
with an honest to goodness Scot wearing a kilt.
Entering her room, Tamsyn dumped her purse and sunglasses on the bedside
table. She switched on the telly before peeling off
her clothes and entering the shower. She exhaled contentedly as the soft
needles of warm water relaxed her aching muscles and cooled her sweat-dried
skin. The steam from the enclosed cubicle escaped into the bathroom, misting
the mirror as she got out. Tamsyn wiped the mist with
her wet hand. She