Beyond Just Us (Remington Medical Book 4): A Single Parent Marriage of Convenience Romance by Kimberly Kincaid

Author:Kimberly Kincaid [Kincaid, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimberly Kincaid Romance
Published: 2020-05-18T18:30:00+00:00

18

Declan had always been shite with words. As soon as he’d hit puberty and properly grown into his body, his quiet nature had come off as gruffness. It hadn’t been an issue with his mam, who had known him so well she’d understood, nor had it worked against him once she’d passed and he’d enlisted. But now, lying here with Tess all warm and soft and naked in his arms?

If he so much as opened his mouth, he was going to bollocks this up. And it felt so good, he couldn’t make himself ruin it, even though he knew he was in more danger than ever. He couldn’t belong here with her. He’d already lost too much, too many times.

One more would kill him.

“Declan?” Tess finally whispered. “You’re awake, right?”

Oh, the irony. He never fucking slept. Not well, anyway. “Right here,” he said into her hair.

“I know we had a pretty solid agreement about the orgasms—well done, by the way. And thank you. A lot.”

Declan had no choice but to laugh, albeit softly. “Feeling’s quite mutual.”

Tess’s cheek warmed against his shoulder, and when she pulled back to look at him, her smile was a thing of perfection, crooked and just the tiniest bit bashful. “I guess I didn’t really plan for this part in my head. You know, what we’d do after.”

He should have known Tess would just go with an honesty policy. Just as he should’ve known it would turn him the hell on when she did. “I don’t s’pose I did, either.”

“Okay. So, do you want some ice cream?”

Of all the things he’d have guessed she’d say, that was probably in the bottom ten percent. “Seriously?”

She shrugged, her bare shoulder gliding over his chest. “Seems like a pretty good way to cap off incredible sex, don’t you think? And since we don’t have a plan otherwise…”

“You have a fair point,” Declan agreed. He probably wouldn’t have more than a few bites of the stuff, but watching the pleasure on Tess’s face as she dug in to a big bowl of ice cream seemed as enticing a plan as any. “Lead the way.”

They both cleaned up and dressed quickly, then padded down the hallway together. Tess had piled her tawny brown hair in a loose knot on top of her head and pulled on an oversized T-shirt that read Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, along with a pair of—God help him—microscopic black shorts. Her toenails, Declan noticed as they made their way into the kitchen, were unpolished yet neat, her calves well-toned from spending a ton of time in motion at work, and on second thought, he was far past helping right now, even the godly sort.

“The usual?” Tess asked, gesturing into the freezer with a smile. “We have plenty.”

As soon as Declan had realized that ice cream was her comfort food, he’d stocked up on her favorites, and also found an organic, sugar-free brand that didn’t taste like total garbage so he didn’t have to worry as much when he indulged along with her.

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