Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 91925 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 460(@200wpm)___ 368(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91925 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 460(@200wpm)___ 368(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
“Hey, your phone is buzzing somewhere. I couldn’t find it,” she calls as she steps back into the bedroom.
“I dropped it under the bed sometime this morning, I think. I’ll get it eventually.”
I’m not waiting for any important calls. Reminisce is the only one I’ve been waiting to hear from. Once in my sweats and a thermal, I climb under the sheets.
“Rest, I’ll be in with your food and drink in a few,” she says as she places my phone on the nightstand.
Stubborn. I should’ve known once I gave her a location she’d find the damn thing. It’s one of the things I love about her. She’s determined and focused.
Reminisce
He’s knocked out. I don’t want to wake him up. His nose is still red, and his cheeks are flushed, but he looks better than when I first got here. Smells a hell of a lot better too.
He looks so peaceful in his sleep. I place the tray on the nightstand and chew on my lip. I don’t know if I should get dressed in my clothes and leave or stick around for a bit to make sure that he eats and downs the hot toddy.
“Stay,” he murmurs, his eyes still closed.
“What?”
“Stay with me,” he says slowly opening his eyes.
I want to say no. I know I should say no. Yet I find myself in his shower before placing on another of his shirts. I then climb into bed beside him.
With those blue eyes watching me, I settle at his side as he sips at the soup I made. He places the bowl down and smiles at me. One of those smiles that scrambles my head every time.
I may have just fucked up.
CHAPTER 7
Old Friends
Knight
I haven’t laughed this much in I don’t know how long. Her laugh is infectious. I want to hear more of it and laugh along with her.
Her cheeks glow when she laughs. It’s endearing and enticing. The best part about it is that she doesn’t even know it. Rem is just Rem. She never puts on like she’s something that she’s not. Another thing I love about her.
“We have to go back to that place sometime,” I say as I look up into her eyes. She’s sitting with her back to my headboard as I lie flat against the mattress with pillows stacked under my head.
Her smile falters a little. “As friends?”
“As old friends.”
“Okay, I think I’d like that.”
I clench my fists. I want to be more than friends, but I won’t push. Not now.
“When was the last time you went to Aspen?”
“Oh my God,” she says and covers her face. Yeah, I’ve hemmed that pussy up in a whole lot of unusual places. “I think I met you in my young and dumb years.”
“I think you met me at just the right time for adventure. Who wouldn’t want to fuck on top a ski slope? That shit was fantastic.”
“Knight,” she says in warning.
“Rem. We’re adults. Two consenting adults who have a deep past. I’ve loved every moment I’ve gotten with you. We’ve been adventurous together. Nothing wrong with that.”
“Nothing wrong with it, but I don’t think we should talk about it.”
“Why not?”
“For one, it will lead to things I don’t think we should get involved in. Second, I don’t know how many others have gotten to be adventurous with you.” She shrugs. “Therefore, I want to keep those moments in those moments.”
I lift until we’re face to face and search her eyes. I love that her chest heaves and her lips part. She’s never as unaffected as she tries to be.
“Despite what you may think, I’ve yet to meet a woman who brings that shit out of me like you do. Half the shit I do with you, I’ve never done with anyone else.”
I kiss the tip of her nose before returning to my resting position. It’s a fact. The freaky, adventurous shit I do with Rem is something I only do with her. I’ve never fucked anyone else in a bathroom, coat closet, on a ski slope, in the back of a car, on the hood of a car, the list goes on.
It’s like when I have her in my sights, I have to have her. I can never get enough of her, and I seem to never be able to wait. She makes me insane.
She scoffs. “You can’t be serious.”
“Have you ever fucked anyone else the way we fuck?”
She’s silent. Our eyes lock but she quickly looks away from me. It’s in her cheeks. Hell no, she’s never let anyone else have her the way I have. I can’t help grinning my ass off.
“Didn’t think so,” I say when she doesn’t reply. “So why is it so hard to believe that I haven’t?”
She shrugs. “I don’t know. You have this thing about you. Like you’re this sex god who goes around granting wishes.”