Charade by Jamison Jade C

Author:Jamison, Jade C. [Jamison, Jade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-22T18:00:00+00:00

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Holy shit, was he in trouble. Erica returned from the bathroom wearing a fluffy black robe and matching slippers—nothing exciting. But when she peeled off the robe, he spied out of the corner of his eye—although he pretended to be watching the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie on the television—a long, filmy nightgown in lilac. Even though it swayed against her form, his peripheral vision was able to make out the curves of her breasts and hips.

Not good. He was going to have to keep his hands and eyes to himself in this bed.

While she was gone, he’d taken the liberty of changing his own clothes. He’d taken off what he’d been wearing—sweater and jeans—and traded them for gray sweatpants and a white t-shirt and socks. Normally, he’d sleep either in underwear or nothing, but he’d promised to be dressed over the covers, so he had to find something halfway comfortable in his luggage. And while this getup might be too hot underneath a comforter, it should keep him warm on top of the bedding.

She held her phone in front of her face for over ten minutes, and he finally said, “You must have the most interesting Facebook feed of anyone on the planet.”

Laughing, she replied but kept her eyes on the phone. “No, I have a Kindle app. I haven’t really read much in the past year, but now I have a little free time. I have like forty or fifty ebooks on here that I bought a long time ago when I graduated and thought I might have some time for leisure reading.”

“So what are you reading?” He imagined Erica to be the type to read nonfiction.

She almost giggled but he could see that she suppressed the impulse. However, she said, “None of your business.”

“Aw. You can’t say that to your fiancé and expect him to ignore it.” She rolled her eyes but it didn’t stop him from leaning in her direction and peeking at her phone.

“You can’t tell what it is anyway.”

“The way you’re acting, I’d think it’s the Communist Manifesto or something.”

“Not quite.”

He studied her face as she resumed reading—and then he realized that her cheeks had actually been pink.

“Hmm. Are you embarrassed about what you’re reading?”

“Why would you say that?”

“Because you were blushing.”

She sighed. “Here. You’re so curious, why don’t you read a little?”

He took her little Android phone and looked at the screen. At the bottom of the app, it said she was 64% of the way through the book, but that didn’t mean anything to him. All he knew was she appeared to be in the middle of a chapter.

He started reading in silence.

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