Beneath the Surface by M.A. Stacie

Author:M.A. Stacie [Stacie, M.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“I’m freezing. It’s colder than I thought.” Dale folded her arms around her middle in an attempt to stay warm.

“You should have brought a coat. And I told you we should have stayed in bed.”

It wasn’t raining, but the clouds were looming, and the wind had begun to pick up. Dale had wanted a day out even though Kyran would have preferred a hot, sweaty workout in his bedroom. Maybe she was right.

He had never skipped work before, so he should make it a day to remember.

“Well, I guess I should have listened to you, huh?” She punched his shoulder.

He stared at her, feigning boredom. “Yes, you should have. You should always trust me to make the right decisions for you.”

Dale rolled her eyes but smiled nevertheless. “Whatever.”

Kyran threw his head back, laughing so loudly he scared a flock of birds that were perched on the wall. They shot up into the air, flapping their wings violently. He grabbed her elbow and tugged her closer to him. “Your expression and the way you said ‘whatever’ make you look like a sullen teenager.”

“If you didn’t annoy me, I wouldn’t pout.”

“And how do I annoy you? I thought I was pretty good to you . . .

considering.”

Dale crossed her arms over her chest. “Considering what?”

Locking his hands around her wrists, he pulled her arms apart and held them at her side. “I was messing with you.”

“You’re not funny.”

She looked wistfully out to sea and pouted, but she didn’t try to free herself from his hold. Her brow furrowed as though she was deep in thought.

“What are you thinking about?” Kyran asked.

“You,” Dale said and wrapped her arms around his waist. “This. Us.”

“Wow, that’s a lot to shove into those few moments you were quiet.”

Dale ignored his attempt at humor. “I don’t understand this. Any of it.”

Kyran hugged her close. “Explain.”

“This is just sex, yeah?”

Slightly panicked about where she was leading, he answered, “That’s the plan.”

Dale made eye contact with him as she delivered her verbal uppercut.

“Then why do you have your hands on me? Why do you kiss me in such a tender way? This isn’t just sex. Just sex is a booty call every now and then.

Just sex is fucking with no extras. We have extras, Kyran.”

“And that’s wrong?” He dodged the point she was trying to make.

“No, but you said this between us didn’t need a label, and yet you feel the need to label it as just sex. I don’t know what’s acceptable around you, Ky.”

His heart always skipped a beat when she called him that. Ky. No one had ever shortened his name. He doubted they’d dare to, but Dale didn’t give a shit about that. She gave him honesty and met him head to head every step of the way. She would never bow to his dominant nature. He had started to wonder if her strength had attracted him to her in the first place.

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