L is for Luminous by Amity Cross

Author:Amity Cross [Cross, Amity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2016-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Episode Sixteen

Dangerous Liaisons

There was this feeling you got when you rise from sleep to find yourself in an unfamiliar place.

For a split second, you wonder if this is a dream world or if it’s cold, hard, reality.

In the harsh light of morning, Jude’s apartment seemed different altogether. It had lost its mysterious quality, and the sparkle had faded. Outside, the Atlanta skyline was grey and drab, a stark contrast to the stars it shone with last night.

At some point, Jude must’ve pulled a blanket over us because I didn’t remember even falling asleep, and it took me a full five minutes to realize the warmth wasn’t coming from that. It was coming from a body pressed up against my back.

Jude was lying behind me, an arm around my middle and another underneath the pillow, cradling my head. My body began to go haywire as it surfaced completely from sleep, and I closed my eyes, willing this moment to go on and on forever.

Carefully turning so I could see if he was awake or not, I paused, taking in a new angle of him I hadn’t seen before.

He was sound asleep, his lips were parted, and his eyelashes rested on his cheeks. I didn’t think he could be more handsome than he usually was, but like this… I wished with everything I had that he was mine so I could curl up beside him and run my fingertips along his jaw, that we could just lay here and tell each other all our secrets and kiss and kiss until our lips were swollen.

But he was someone else’s even though they were taking time apart, and the only thing I could do, the only right thing, was to walk away.

I was terribly afraid that I would be leaving at the end of the week or that Tessa would shit all over my life, and I’d never be able to get another screenwriting gig. I didn’t realize until this moment how much this opportunity meant to me…and how much I liked doing it.

Jude, Candy, Maisy, and the crew were all icing on top of a pretty spectacular cake, even if one of those people gave me heartburn on a daily basis.

Running my hand along Jude’s arm, I gently nudged it off me but not before lingering. Touching wasn’t something we usually did. Not in the intimate sense, just the everyday kind. A hug, a gentle nudge, a brush… Touching was too tempting.

He stirred as his arm slipped onto the mattress, and I paused, almost expecting him to wake, but he just nestled deeper into the pillow. Sliding off the bed, I put my shoes on, avoiding the mess of papers on the floor, and grabbed my bag.

Casting one last look at my crush, I tiptoed out of the bedroom and slunk down the hall, making a quick getaway. If he woke up with me like that… It was a bridge too far.

Riding the elevator down to the ground floor, I was confused at the fact that such a small space felt so…ginormous.

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