Arrogant Neighbor: A Navy SEAL Romance by Kira Ward

Author:Kira Ward [Ward, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Sloane

My body ached but in a good way. I lay with my back to him, his arms around me like I was a teddy bear and he was a child, but his cock pressed semi-erect against my ass kind of ruined that image.

I closed my eyes, the exhaustion that had come over me after dinner coming back with a vengeance. I don’t know if I’d ever quite felt so tired before. But work was hectic—we were way behind on the number of books we were supposed to have ready for publication by the end of the quarter next week—and stress was always hard on my sleeping habits.

“You never cease to surprise me, babe,” Major said, his lips against the curve of my jaw.

“Don’t want to be boring.”

“You could never be boring.”

I smiled even though I didn’t open my eyes. But I ran my hand slowly over his forearm, pressing my fingers between his.

“I’m sorry about Jack,” he said. “He’s just…he’s not used to me being with someone steady.”

“He doesn’t like me.”

“He doesn’t know you like I do.”

“Do you like me?”

“Very much,” he said, nuzzling his face against my neck. “Didn’t I just show you how much I like you?”

“You did.” I squeezed his hand. “But that’s not quite what I meant.”

“I like you,” he said again, pulling me tighter against him as he lay his head down with a little sigh.

“Do you miss it?”

“What?” he mumbled.

“Going out to the clubs. Picking up strange girls.”

His arm tightened against me for a second. “Not really.”

“What about hanging out with Jack?”

“I’d much rather hang out with you.”

I settled down against the mattress, sleep just at the edges of my consciousness. I felt good. It didn’t seem like I’d ever felt quite so good in all my life. Content. Safe. Warm. Secure. I was happy despite everything else that was happening in my life and I wanted to hold on to that feeling as I drifted off to sleep.

“Besides,” Major said groggily against my ear, “it’s not like we’re getting married, or anything. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of opportunities to go out and be stupid in the future.”

Why did that make my heart sink? Why did it take away the little bit of the happiness that had buoyed my heart?

Plenty of time to be stupid. True. But did I really want that?

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