A Dangerously Sexy Secret by Stefanie London

Author:Stefanie London [London, Stefanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

9

AFTER THEIR SHOWER, Rhys took Wren to his place. They didn’t want to fall victim to a lack of condoms again, and it wasn’t long before they wound up on his bed in a tangled heap of limbs. She’d lost count of the number of times he’d made her body soar.

It was a new experience for her, this contentment and trust that she had with Rhys. Sure, he teased her about her messy, disorganized lifestyle—and she gave it back to him—but that kind of teasing had an inherent sense of familiarity. In fact, she felt more at home in his arms than she ever had in Charity Springs.

It would be hard to say goodbye to him, but she couldn’t forget about the people who needed her back home.

With her cheek pressed against his rib cage, the slow rhythm of his breathing soothed her. Her fingertips gently traced the dark trail of hair that ran from his belly button to underneath the white bedsheet. Even after what they’d done, he was still semi-hard, his length tenting the sheet.

“Go on, I don’t bite,” he said, his voice husky. “You can touch me.”

“I thought you were sleeping.” She tilted her face up to his and kissed him. His tongue moved against hers with a lazy confidence that made her whole body tingle.

“Hard to sleep with a beautiful girl getting handsy with me.”

“I can stop.”

He brushed her hair back from her forehead. “Don’t you dare.”

But just then her stomach grumbled. Outside, the sun had started to dip and rich gold beams of light filtered through her blinds.

“I forgot to have lunch today,” she said. “I guess brownies and chocolate sauce don’t make for a very good meal replacement.”

“Want to order in?”

A happy bubble expanded in her chest. “It’s like you can read my mind.”

“Let me get it.” He pushed up from the bed and pulled the sheet over her.

Within the hour they were curled up on his couch, eating Chinese food.

“I can’t believe you don’t like fried rice,” she said, tucking into her chow mein. “And don’t even get me started on the tofu.”

“My body is a finely tuned athletic machine,” he said, but he couldn’t keep a straight face. “I’ve never had as many empty calories as I did this afternoon.”

“Those calories were one hundred percent delicious and worth it.”

“Agreed.” He dug around in the container with his chopsticks. “But I do take nutrition seriously.”

“You take everything seriously.”

“It’s a product of my upbringing, I guess.” He popped a piece of chicken into his mouth and chewed.

At the mention of his past, his face hardened. The warmth in his eyes dulled and small tension lines formed at the corners of his mouth.

“How so?”

“I guess I thought that if I became the perfect son then my mother would love me again,” he said. “I studied my ass off. I ate whatever crazy green shit she put on my plate. I never talked back, never broke a rule.”

Her heart bled for him. She knew how hard it was to be the “other” child, to always be second place.

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