Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 33695 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 168(@200wpm)___ 135(@250wpm)___ 112(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33695 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 168(@200wpm)___ 135(@250wpm)___ 112(@300wpm)
She had no idea that this wasn’t the first time he’d seen her sleeping. There was a lot Galina didn’t know. Like the fact he had a key to her dorm—the time she saw him, she figured he’d picked the lock or broken in. The truth was, being the son of the owner of the school, he had access to whatever his heart desired. He’d gotten Galina’s key the moment she had gotten her dorm room. He’d never woken her up. She hadn’t known he’d been watching her sleep, or that sometimes he would sit on her bedroom floor at the dorm and just wait for the demons to settle.
He never told anyone what he did, not even Peter. Mikhail didn’t know what it was about Galina that calmed the monster inside him, but she did. Those nights, being close to her, surrounded by her lovely lavender scent, he was able to relax and eventually fall asleep.
There was once when Galina had woken up. She’d been half-asleep, but she’d stumbled to the bathroom. He had no choice but to hide in her closet. Galina had no idea, even as she stumbled back to bed, collapsing and falling back to sleep. He’d still stayed the night, and then in the morning, he’d left her dorm and gone right back to bed.
In sleep, Galina didn’t look troubled. Even at school, she had this partial frown on her face, as if something was just too complicated to work out. There was no frown, no confusion, just a peaceful woman sleeping.
He didn’t want her to look like this only in sleep. In time, he wanted her to look like this always, especially when she saw him. He also hoped that one day she’d look at him with the biggest smile on her face as she watched him. That was a long way off, but he was determined to become her whole world.
Mikhail knew he had a lot to answer to. Bullying Galina hadn’t been the brightest of ideas, but it was in the past. He had hated the hold she had over him. While he couldn’t seem to get enough of her, Galina had treated him as if he didn’t exist, and that had pissed him off in a big way.
Galina let out a sigh, and he had no choice but to create some distance between them. She wasn’t ready to know he’d held her all night in his arms, and that it was one of the best night’s sleep he had in a very long time.
She opened her eyes, and for several minutes she didn’t move a muscle, just her eyes. Slowly, she turned her head and sighed. “It wasn’t a dream.”
“At least I now know I’m in your dreams.” He couldn’t resist blowing her a kiss as he climbed off the bed, laughing as she grabbed the pillow and launched it toward him.
“Ugh! You’re not in my dreams. Trust me, you’re the last person I would ever dream about.”
“Keep telling yourself that.”
He looked back toward the bed, and even though her hair was all over the place, and the clothes she wore covered every inch of her body, he didn’t care. He saw her as the sexiest woman he’d ever seen.
Mikhail had been on his way to use the bathroom, but now he took a little detour and made his way right back to her, and climbed on the bed, pushing her down so that she was laid with her head against the pillows.
She released a little growl, which was so incredibly cute.
“Let me go,” she said.
“Nah, I don’t think I will, not yet. Not until you say the magic word.”
“There is no such thing as a magic word. Telling you to get off should be enough.”
“In most people’s lives, that is enough, and seeing as I have no intention of hurting you, or … taking this too far, you’ll still be a virgin on our wedding night, I think it’s okay to have some fun.”
“You’re insane.”
“No, I’m very much sane, but when it comes to you, I seem to be a little bit … I don’t know what the word is.” He couldn’t help but smile.
“Crazy. Stubborn. A jerk?”
“Either one suits, again, I don’t think they’re insults.” He held her hands beside her head and stared down into her eyes. “Go on, Galina, keep wriggling.”
The moment he said it, she stopped and glared at him, as he knew she would. The truth was, he loved her wriggling. His cock was close to being hard as rock, and it was taking every single ounce of control to keep it together and not break his promise.
On their wedding night, Galina would be a virgin.
He had until then to get her used to him, to realize his bullying was all in the past, and that he hoped to have a good future with her. No, not just a good future, but a great one. If she gave them both the chance, he knew they’d make this work. He had no doubt in his mind.