Defiant Heart by Walsh Brighton

Author:Walsh, Brighton [Walsh, Brighton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781685180133
Goodreads: 58418666
Publisher: Bright Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

LUNA

The faint sound of a ringing phone woke me, my body curled around a pillow that smelled an awful lot like Brady as if it were a raft in the middle of the ocean. I buried my face in the cotton cloud and inhaled deeply as images of last night—both times—crashed through me. My body heated all over, recalling exactly what Brady had been able to evoke in me and shuddering at the thought. After less than twenty-four hours, he already knew how to turn my brain into mush and turn my body into a live wire, so I’d hate to see what would happen if we spent any more naked playtime together.

Okay, that was a lie.

I wouldn’t hate to see it. In fact, I was damn curious. Would it only get better the more we learned, growing hotter and hotter until I burned from it, or would it fizzle out and fade away to nothing when he’d uncovered every bit of me and decided he didn’t like the raw, undiluted version of me, like every other relationship I’d ever had?

Though, truth be told, none of my other relationships had ever started like this. With a pull so deep, it felt like an actual tug under my skin. A connection so undeniable, I ached to be near him, even if just to bicker.

I reached around blindly, hoping to come in contact with a very warm, very hard body and see if he was up for round three, but ultimately came up empty. Lifting my head from the pillow, I glanced around the space I hadn’t gotten a good look at last night to find I was alone.

Sunlight streamed through the partially closed curtains, brightening Brady’s bedroom. It was clean and fairly barren—just this gigantic, ridiculously comfortable bed, a dresser, and a nightstand made of dark wood…none of which held any personal effects, though the faint scent of Brady still hung in the air. How long ago had he left, and why hadn’t he woken me up to kick me out when he’d gone?

The quiet of the space was interrupted by the sound of my phone ringing from down the hall, and I realized that was what had woken me in the first place. I shoved the fluffy dark-blue duvet off myself, catapulted off the bed to the floor, and picked up Brady’s discarded T-shirt before slipping it on. I padded down the hall to the guest room and picked up my phone, wincing as I found an incoming FaceTime call from my mom. I hadn’t stopped to glance at myself in a mirror, but I probably looked like a woman who’d been fucked within an inch of her life last night. But, well, it wasn’t like she thought I was a virgin.

I smoothed my hair back and accepted the call, holding the phone out in front of me as I plopped down on the guest bed.

Before I could say a word, Mom said, “Well…” with far too much excitement,

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