Cross Stroke by Elizabeth Hartey

Author:Elizabeth Hartey [Hartey, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-01-15T23:00:00+00:00

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There’s no other light in the room other than the glow of firelight when we snuggle under the down filled comforter a few minutes later. Dak has no problem falling asleep. He’s making little snoring noises almost the minute his head hits the pillow.

Lying on my back, staring at the ceiling, I’m trying to process everything that’s happened in the last few hours. Glancing at my watch, I note it’s only eleven. It feels like we’ve spent way more than a few hours together. With all the promises I made to myself when I transferred to Bernard, how did I end up revealing things to him I never told anyone else? And how the hell did I end up sleeping next to the hottest guy on campus and wanting said hot guy with every cell in my body in a few weeks’ time?

He shifts in his sleep, turns on his side facing me, and his warm breath brushes my cheek. My heart starts beating in a pulse matching the rhythmic dance of the shadows on the ceiling caused by the flickering flames. And then it occurs to me what I want and what I need to do about it.

“Dak?” I whisper, staring at his beautiful, peaceful face. I don’t get any response, so I try again a bit louder, but quiet enough not to interrupt the comforting tranquility of the moment. “Dak? Are you sleeping?”

“Hmm bfflltr,” he stirs and makes an attempt at the English language, at least I think it’s English. I’m envious at his ability to fall into such a deep sleep so fast. It doesn’t matter how tired I am, once my head touches the pillow, thoughts come whirling through my head and I lay there in an immobile dance with my brain, spinning around the thoughts of things I need to get done. And I need Dak to join in my current thought process because it concerns him in a big way.

“Dak.” I touch his face softly and his drowsy eyes flutter open. His lids blink a couple of times like he’s trying to focus on what he’s seeing.

“Trace,” he says in a gravelly voice. “Are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine.” I shift so I’m facing him. We’re so close our noses are almost touching. “I thought about what I want.”

“What’s that, baby girl?” He brushes a strand of hair behind my ear and I quiver at his touch. Sparks of electricity shoot out to every part of my body. I resist the overwhelming urge to push closer to him and press my body against his.

“I want to have sex with you.” I’m still whispering, but my words are resolute. Dak is the first guy whose touch hasn’t sent me running, the first guy I could let get close in a long time. This feels so right. He blinks a few more times in rapid succession and bolts straight up to a seated position.

“What? What now? Can you repeat that, because I’m pretty sure I’m in some kind of sleep-induced coma?” He runs his hand back through his sexy bed-tousled hair.

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