Icebound Rivals (Arctic Titans of Northwood U Book 4) by Hayden Hall

Author:Hayden Hall [Hall, Hayden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

Grayson

Frost on the window softened the morning sunlight that poured into the cabin. In my arms, the sexiest guy on the planet slept peacefully. His face was tranquil, his body half covering mine, his right arm reaching over my torso, and his right leg nestled between my legs.

I looked at the ceiling and listened to his breathing. I could listen to it all day long. It was steady and shallow. I didn’t want to move from here. I didn’t want to wake him up from whatever dream he was dreaming.

My right arm was under Avery, elbow free to bend enough that I placed my fingertips on the side of his ribcage and traced a wavy line all the way to his hip. As I rested my hand flat on him, it traveled the curve of his round butt.

I held him so.

Last night had been wonderful. I hadn’t known what to expect. The truth was, I had only known I liked him enough to want whatever he was offering. And when that turned out to be a universe of mutual pleasure, it felt better than winning the lottery. A boyfriend. A hot, sexy, handsome boyfriend with a big heart and a dirty mouth, with a facade that shielded him and a willingness to show himself to me. The silly old me. I couldn’t believe my luck.

“Whatever devil made you chase me all these weeks, I’m glad it did.” His words rang in my mind and I pushed them aside. I couldn’t face them just now. They made my heartbeat quicken and my breaths grow more shallow. I couldn’t parse through it yet.

He liked me enough to be my boyfriend.

The concept was so big and beautiful that I couldn’t fit it into my mind. I had never had a boyfriend. I had never had any practice.

I needed to step it up. I needed to do what boyfriends did. But could I? Or was I just a disaster in the making? I’d been a hook-up artist since the moment I had a taste of freedom from my parents.

New fears filled my heart as soon as I silenced the old ones. Would I just break his heart in some stupid moment of weakness? I didn’t want to. He was too sweet underneath that cool exterior.

I looked at him and my heart murmured. The sudden need to be closer to him took control of my limbs. I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed him so tightly that he woke up with a start.

I laughed. “Sorry.” But I wouldn’t let go. “Didn’t mean to scare you,” I whispered into his hair.

“No? Only smother me?” he murmured into my chest. I only tightened my hold on him.

“Precisely,” I said in my evil voice, rolling him over until he lay flat on his back. I sat on his abdomen, one knee on each side of his torso, and wrestled him for a moment or two. He grunted in protest, but I grabbed a pillow and pressed it over his face as he flailed with his arms.

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