I Gotta Feeling by Kress Alyssa

Author:Kress, Alyssa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, suspense, adventure, humor, contemporary, san francisco, science, artist, cafe, boston, intrigue, security, mit, big bear, warmhearted
Publisher: Alyssa Kress

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Felix clasped his hands behind his head and gazed fixedly at the ceiling. He was afraid if he turned his head to look at Aletheia lying next to him in bed he'd find her gone, the whole night nothing more than a figment of his imagination.

But no, he knew she was there. He could feel the warmth of her body and the small weight that couldn't counterbalance his own.

An odd emotion, quite alien, sifted through him, something soft and heavy, like a warm blanket on a cold night. For a moment, one long, sweet moment, he savored the sensation. If he had to put a name to it, he'd have to call it...happiness.

The thought made Felix still. Happiness? This, what he'd gotten into with Aletheia, made him happy?

The warm blanket sensation departed. A cold, twisting feeling took its place. He shouldn't feel happy, not about this.

No longer warm and comfortable, Felix eased his way out of bed. On the floor by the wall, he found his pants. Taking care not to make any noise, he pulled a sweatshirt from his dresser.

While zipping his pants, he glanced toward Aletheia. All he could see was a gently rounded form under the burgundy sheets. That was enough. Desire—a large, vague, and not completely sexual want swelled in his chest. She looked so right there. She'd felt so right in his arms.

But—it hadn't been right, had it? It hadn't even been honest.

With a strained grimace, Felix left the bedroom and padded down the hall to the kitchen. A typical San Francisco summer morning lurked outside the windows: overcast with a dose of fog.

He reached for some coffee, then remembered Aletheia's face yesterday morning on tasting his brew, the hastily disguised scrunch of her nose. Though he bought gourmet beans, they were from the grocery store and evidently didn't come up to the standards of a café-owner professional.

Shrugging, Felix opened the can, dumped a couple spoonfuls of grounds into the filter, and shoved it home. Failing to come up to snuff on the coffee front was the least of his deficiencies. He turned on the machine and wandered toward the tall windows in the breakfast nook. Brooding, he stared over the bay.

Last night, he'd slept with Aletheia. Yep, he'd gone and done what he'd wanted to do since first meeting her. In fact, he'd gone and done it quite a few times over the course of the night.

Had all of this activity abated his desire for her? Had it dimmed the possessive need that clawed at him?

Not one bit.

Every time his body had joined with hers had only driven deeper his desire to maneuver this woman into his life, to make her his.

And now this new absurdity, this creeping idea of happiness.

Crossing his arms over his chest, Felix stared out over the gray. He had to admit, an evil temptation hovered. In order to lure her in, could he pretend to be something he was not? Could he pretend to do something he knew

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