2 Peas: A Boutique Series Romance by Stephanie Ruth

Author:Stephanie Ruth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tī Kōuka Publishing

Jac could admit she and Jonno were no longer just having sex. She’d allowed it to move past that, and into an entirely different category. Where that category actually lay was a tricky conundrum, though. Were Jonno and herself making out, making love, or merely making a progressively entangled series of mistakes?

On Friday morning, she woke up in the futon-bed Jonno had been using in the den. Rather than her usual upside-down-under-the-covers position, she was snuggled under the builder’s hairy armpit. That she’d accidentally slept over was not what disturbed her most, nor was it the musky body-part itself. Most disconcerting was the fact her unconscious mind seemed content to undertake a deep, dreamless sleep cocooned naked next to the man as if she couldn’t be more safe.

Not at all her norm, this blind acknowledgement of trust.

Why this particular human? Her holiday fling was turning into more of a make-yourself-at-home thing, which wasn’t going to work. Jonno lived in Dunedin, and she lived in Wellington—among a multitude of other concerns which admittedly faded a little from the forefront of her mind when snuggled in close to his warmth.

“What happened to the motorbike thief?”

In close range to his ribcage, Jonno’s voice boomed and Jac nearly jumped out of her skin.

“Son of a…” She caught herself before the curse escaped. “I thought you were still asleep!”

“I probably would’ve been if you hadn’t just licked my armpit.” Jonno stretched his arms above his head in a lazy movement, evidently still waking up.

“I did not lick your armpit!” Jac refuted vehemently.

She didn’t think she had. Surely not? Unless he meant the taut ridge of sinew that ran alongside it? Then, yes. Perhaps she had.

“No? That’s what it felt like. Maybe you’ve just got a really cold nose.” Jonno chuckled, and Jac got the distinct impression he was laughing at her, not with her. “So what happened to him?”

“Who?”

“The motorbike thief.” Jonno brought his arm back down, nudging at the back of her head until she complied, lifting her neck to let him slide under.

“He got nicked, and went to juvie.”

“Ah…” Jonno pulled her in a little closer, his thigh lining up against hers. “Was he special to you?”

She was reminded in a very tactile way that not only was she naked, but Jonno was in the same state.

“Special enough for me to steal his name.”

Jonno made a little grunt of surprise. “Oh, I didn’t realise… O’Neil? You were married?”

“No.” She laughed. “That’s the one I’ve had since birth. I took on the name Jac, so we could be Jac and Jack. Jack Delaney was his name. We were pretty much inseparable.” Before all the bad shit had gone down all at once. Delaney arrested, Deb getting a scholarship for Uni, and Chrissy losing her rag over her latest toe-rag boyfriend.

“Where is he now?”

Despite the warmth of the body next to her, a chill crept in. “I don’t know. We lost touch.” It came out sounding nonchalant, maybe flippant, and she became aware of Jonno’s sudden stillness.

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