Healing Hearts (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Reina Torres

Author:Reina Torres [Torres, Reina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01N155ZA0
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Dawn came too soon for Kyle. It was a curse really. That first ray of light that came in the window was like an alarm clock on crack. When he was with his pararescue team, he'd had to cover the windows if he needed to sleep during the day. But even now, several years out of the service, it was the same.

Sprawled out in bed beside him, Stella was passed out, taking deep even breaths beneath the blanket he’d pulled up over her body. It was strange. Given all the time she spent over-sharing the thoughts in her head, he would have thought she'd be someone who tossed and turned in bed.

But ever since she'd fallen asleep with his hand tracing broad circles on her back, she'd stayed right where she was.

And now, while he sat up, his back against the headboard of her bed, he wondered just how awkward the morning after was going to be.

Sneaking a look at the clock he knew he could let her sleep in a little bit more before he took her back to the hospital. Sure, they'd have to run by his place first. Doing the ‘walk of shame’ while you're going to visit the father of your-

And that's what drew him up short. His what? Girlfriend? Friend with Benefits? Or maybe more accurately what Stella had called them when she was falling asleep, Frenemies with Benefits?

As far as he knew, they were still locked in a battle of wills over the construction project. He wasn't stupid enough to think that just because he'd spent the better part of an hour tangled up in Stella’s arms that she would just give in and let him have his peace and quiet, but he also had a little hope that they might be able to work something out that didn't involve screaming at each other in a parking lot.

Stella drew in a long lingering breath before letting it out in a sigh, and at the end, when her body settled just a little deeper into the bed, she mumbled a few unintelligible words, ending in, “Kyle.”

Reaching out, Kyle gently finger-combed a twisted knot from the hair at the back of her head. It was slow going for a minute, carefully working through the lengths of inky black hair that looked like thick corkscrews. It was bad enough that he’d once made fun of Dax for learning how to braid hair. This was something he'd never mention to him, ever.

And that's when it hit him. Would he be doing ‘this’ ever again?

The feeling that moved inside of his chest could have come from any number of places. He just wasn't in the mood to name any of them.

“Hmm, morning.”

His hand froze, his fingertips tangled in the ends of her hair. “Hey, Babe.”

And again, he froze, but she didn't seem to notice. Rolling onto her side she stretched, the blankets sliding down her body. His eyes followed the downward progress of the worn patchwork quilt, until it held, draped over her like she'd been carved in marble and put on display in a museum.

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