Halloween Honeymoon by Merline Lovelace

Author:Merline Lovelace
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781459279056
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury
Published: 2012-05-19T14:48:28+00:00

Six

Josh had expected that sharing a cabin with Cari might lead to an awkward moment or two. He hadn’t expected to spend the entire first night of his so-called honeymoon wide awake and staring at the ceiling while his wife tossed and turned with maddening frequency.

She wasn’t a quiet sleeper. Every time she flopped over, her arm hit the mattress with a whump. Whenever her legs scissored on the satiny sheets, the sound hissed in his ears. Occasionally, she huffed. There was no other word for it. She pushed out little, breathy puffs of air that carried clearly to the sofa across the cabin. Once, she sat straight up and mumbled something about pieces of cod, of all things, then toppled down onto the pillows and yanked the covers over her head. At that point, Josh considered his choices.

His first was to tie her to the bed. Somehow he suspected she might not appreciate that solution.

His second was to climb under the covers and anchor her restless body so tightly against his that she wouldn’t be able to thump her arms or legs or anything else. She’d probably appreciate that solution even less.

His third also involved climbing into bed. Only this option included a few extras. Like playing footsie with her sexy little toes. And burying his face in that silkysoft banana-colored hair. And making wild, extravagant love to her, over and over, until she was so exhausted and limp from pleasure that she couldn’t move, much less flop and thump against the mattress.

Unfortunately, the more Josh thought about the last option, the less he could sleep. He lay wide awake, listening to the sounds from the other end of the suite until he was rock-hard and aching. If this hadn’t been the first night of his blasted honeymoon, he might have gone on deck to cool down. Or to the exercise room to sweat the wire-tight tension out of his muscles and the image of Cari all sleepy and languid from lovemaking out of his mind. Since he was supposed to be wrapped in his bride’s arms, however, all he could do was give his own pillow a solid whack or two, turn over, and try to sleep.

The sound of another whump jerked him awake some hours later. He sat up, relieved to see a hazy blue-gray light sneaking under the drawn curtains. Tossing aside the spare blanket Cari had found in a closet, he rose and stretched. In T-shirt and briefs, he padded to the closet and slid its mirrored panel sideways on its silent, well-oiled rollers.

Not wanting to wake Cari by turning on a light, he groped around until he found his gray jersey sweats and tennis shoes. Once dressed, he folded the blanket and stowed it away. Then he settled down on the couch again to wait for the time a new groom might reasonably be expected to go topside in search of a cup of coffee.

Cari was still sleeping when he let himself out of the cabin, some time later.

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