Floored by Harlow Melanie

Author:Harlow, Melanie [Harlow, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary, contemporary romance, Adult
Publisher: Melanie Harlow
Published: 2014-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

After successfully battling the urge to call Charlie after Thanksgiving weekend, I was thrilled when he texted me the first Monday in December, asking if I wanted to meet for coffee the next morning.

We met at the Starbucks by me at ten thirty, just after I taught an adult ballet class and before he had to be at work. When I saw him waiting for me near the entrance, my heartbeat quickened, which I decided was a sexual reaction rather than an emotional one. Of course, I refrained from hugging him hello, although I wanted to. It annoyed me how much I wanted to.

We ordered drinks and found a table by the window. “You could have woken me to say goodbye on Friday night, silly,” I said.

Charlie grinned as he shrugged out of his coat. “I tried, I swear. You were out cold.”

“Really?” I wrinkled my nose. “Sorry. I am kind of a heavy sleeper, I guess.”

“Back or stomach?”

I tilted my head, confused. “What?”

“Do you like to sleep on your back or stomach?”

“Oh. Neither. I’m a side sleeper. And I have this body pillow thing I like to hug.”

Charlie thought that was funny.

“What?” I said indignantly.

“Nothing. That’s cute. You’re a cuddler, even when you sleep.”

“I guess so.” I’d never really thought about it. I’d spent plenty of nights with my exes, but I didn’t remember cuddling much. Now if Charlie spent the night… No. Stop that. No night-spending¸ no cuddling, no feelings.

“Why are you frowning?” Charlie sipped his black coffee and set it down.

“Was I? Sorry. I was just thinking about my exes.” That was sort of the truth.

He leaned forward, elbows on the table. “Do tell. Expert cuddlers, were they?”

“Honestly I don’t remember. It’s been a while. The first guy was my college boyfriend—he turned out to be gay, actually.”

“You turned a man gay?”

I gave him a murderous look. “No. He was already gay, thank you. He said he liked women too, but in the end decided he liked men more. He said when he met me it was maybe fifty-fifty, but after we dated for a while he knew it was more like ninety ten.”

“See? You did turn him gay.”

I wadded up my napkin and threw it at him. “Shut up, I did not.”

“Come on, Erin. I’m only teasing. If he wasn’t attracted enough to a girl like you, he clearly preferred men.”

“Thank you. I think.” Did that mean he still found me attractive? Wait, he’s looking at my chest. And now my lips! Good.

He made eye contact again. “So what about the other one?”

“The other one talked in his sleep so we didn’t actually spend that many nights together.” I wasn’t about to tell him that one became a priest. He’d have a field day with that. “So what about you?” I blew on my latte to cool it off. “Stomach or back?”

He picked up his coffee. “Back.”

Good. That’s perfect for straddling, which I happen to be good at since I’m flexible. “And let me guess—you’re not a cuddler when you sleep.

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