Free Living Again by L.L. Collins Page B

her hand for a month, and they were busy planning their wedding. Alex suggested taking a break today to get outside and spend some stress free time together, and Kayley quickly agreed.
    “I could look at you all day,” Alex murmured, dropping down next to her and kissing her, running his hands in her hair as he played with her mouth. Kayley groaned, bringing her hands up and pulling him closer, quickly feeling desire pooling in her body.
    “Ditto,” Kayley grinned as they finally pulled apart. She ran her hands down Alex’s sculpted chest, stopping at the waistband of his shorts. A mischievous gleam entered her eye.
    “Watch it,” Alex whispered in her ear, giving her goose bumps down her body. “We’ll both be arrested for public indecency if you even think about going anywhere near that part of me.”
    Kayley laughed, rolling over on top of Alex and kissing him again. “I love you, Alex Carson.”
    “I love you, Mrs. Soon-to-be Carson.”
     
    The sound of a loud engine nearby shook her back to reality. Kayley opened her eyes slowly, enjoying the warmth of the sun and the memory of that wonderful day with Alex at the park. Am I ever going to stop dreaming and thinking about him every day? As much as she loved every part of her life with Alex, the daily reminders of what she was missing was horribly painful. Every single thing reminded her of a time that she and Alex shared together.
    She looked over to the sound that had broken her memory and saw a sleek, black Camaro pull into the spot in front of the bench where she was sitting. The engine rumbled and then fell quiet as the owner turned off the ignition. Kayley closed her eyes, knowing this was probably her new client and she would have to go in and get things ready while he did his paperwork.
    “Kayley,” a familiar voice purred her name. She had to be dreaming. That voice was something she wouldn’t forget, not in a million years. It dripped sex and passion. And he was standing there, saying her name.
    She opened her eyes in disbelief. “Ben?” Kayley couldn’t believe he was here. After two weeks of not seeing him and trying to push what he said out of her mind, seeing him standing in front of her was a shock to her system. Before she could register it, her heart started racing and her hands became damp. He looked edible. Dressed in worn jeans that fit his body like a glove and a simple blue cotton tee shirt, he was breathtaking. She knew he had a body when she saw him in the scrubs, but seeing him like this made him so much more of a- man. Polarized shades hid the beautiful eyes she knew were there, and the fact that she also wore sunglasses made her feel braver checking him out unabashedly. The muscles of his arm flexed as he put his keys in his pocket. This man definitely worked out. And he just got out of that hot sports car. She mentally chastised herself for being such a… girl.
    “What are you doing here?” she finally got out, after raking her eyes up and down his body several times. He grinned and sat down next to her on the bench. He was close enough that she could smell his cologne, a subtle but manly fragrance that made her weak in the knees.
    “Well,” he began, a small smile playing on his luscious lips. If only Emily were here now , Kayley thought, smiling to herself. “I met this great PT once that said this was a good place for therapy. So, it seems I’m having some trouble and thought I would check it out.”
    Her heart thrashed wildly in her chest. She had told him where he could find her, right before she walked out of the hospital with Alexis. She didn’t know why she told him that then, but here he was now. “So, you ’ re my new patient?” Kayley asked, connecting the dots to her new patient ‘Benjamin’. His dazzling smile got wider as she realized what he had done. He nodded as an answer to her question and she searched her memory for what the intake sheet said his ‘problem’ was. “And what can I help you with