Forbidden Desires: A Stand-alone, Age-Gap, Billionaire Romance by Erika Wilde

Author:Erika Wilde [Wilde, Erika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Jasmine

Light filtered into the hotel room through the parted drapes the following morning, and I burrowed closer to the man beside me beneath the covers, reluctant to wake up because Eric was an incredible person to snuggle against. His body temperature always seemed to be at a comfortable toasty warm. Not so much that my body pressed to his made me overheated, and not so little that it was more like hugging a block of ice than a hunk of man.

I didn’t want to move even as I began to stir. There was something about the way that Eric’s chest rose and fell softly with small snores that kept me lulled beneath a veneer of restfulness, and I had no desire to pull myself out of it anytime soon.

His arm was cradled around my waist, keeping me close to him. Foolishly, I felt almost like it was an intentional thing, and not something that just happened because, well, you snuggled accidentally while you slept. I wanted to believe that he held me that close because even subconsciously, he wanted me that near him.

It was a too fanciful notion, and I pushed the thought away as quickly as I had allowed it to enter my mind. I knew what Eric and I were to each other. Possibly more friends than just client and escort, but I knew better than to start entertaining more romantic notions about us, or even our future together.

I chalked it up to the heightened emotions that came with our talk from yesterday. When you were vulnerable, you were always more open and susceptible to feelings and I couldn’t allow myself to catch those any more than I already had. There was always an end date to these contracts and arrangements, and as much as I wished differently with Eric, I knew we’d part ways eventually. He’d made it clear from the beginning that he wasn’t a man to commit for the long term, and I’d do well to remember that.

Eventually, Eric began to stir, too.

“It’s morning,” he muttered, his voice groggy and rough, tinged in that sleepy gruffness that was fairly irresistible.

Despite how emotionally draining yesterday had been, he’d slept well, it seemed. “Yes, it is,” I said, lifting my head and propping my chin on his chest to admire his handsome face, complete with that sexy morning stubble. “Sun’s peeking through, trying to wake us up and energize us for the day, but I could lay here for hours and just bask in the left over carb coma that we enjoyed last night.”

Eric groaned at the reminder. “The past two nights are going to set back any and all good eating and workouts that I’ve had for the last few months. You’re a bad influence, but I think it might have been worth it. Nobody makes garlic knots like that back home.”

We laughed, and after a moment Eric rolled over to prop himself on top of me. The mood shifted just as fast, my pulse, and other body parts, quickening in response to his arousing proximity.

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