Love by a Landslide: A GrumpySunshine Adventure RomCom (Stranded in Leavenworth Book 1) by K. L. Parsons

Author:K. L. Parsons [Parsons, K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-five

Monday morning: Jonathan

Jonathan awoke feeling refreshed. The night before, an unrelenting slumber crept in and blocked out the rest of the world. Ordinarily, he didn’t allow himself to drift so deeply while leading a backpacking excursion. Typically, he remained alert—if only slightly—to tend to whatever needs or perceived emergencies his customers happened to have. He’d gotten so adept at sleeping lightly that he could wake to the sound of a cautiously opened tent zipper from across the campground. The slightest noise drifted through the air, and boom—Jonathan was awake and ready to handle anything. That was how he’d been so quick to respond to Lucy’s screams of terror the other night when she’d had the run-in with that opossum. But, because of this self-proclaimed superpower, he rarely felt restored after crawling out of his hammock each morning. Full recharges happened after an outing once he collapsed into his bed at home. It was bizarre that he had blacked out so completely this time around.

It must have been the stress and exertion from the day before.

Jonathan reached his elbows up above his head to stretch his stiff shoulders. Settling back down, he placed his hand on his belly.

Wait.

Not his belly. This was firm and round yet supple.

In a forgetful panic, Jonathan jerked his head up. Lucy had sprawled out at some point during the night, finding her more in his space than her own. A little smile tugged at his lips. Clearly, he wasn’t the only one comfortable enough to pass out so hard. He let his eyes appreciatively drift over her. She’d thrown her left leg entirely over his waist. Her left arm was completely wrapped around his leg, hand cupping his calf. The side of her face cradled between his shins. A tangled halo of chocolate waves splayed haphazardly. Her breast rested heavily against his lower thighs, rising and falling with each breath.

And his hand was resting squarely on her ass cheek. Parts of him stirred in response to the contact.

He pulled back abruptly, feeling like an accidental creep. The hammock was close quarters. It wasn’t exactly outside the realm of possibilities that one of them would end up getting a handful of the other. Jonathan was just glad she hadn’t woken her up to his unintentional morning grope session.

Priority one: detangle himself from Sleeping Beauty. The trick would be doing so without startling her awake. With as much care as he could muster, he was able to straighten Lucy’s leg and slide it off his waist. Next, he gently rose to a seated position and gripped the hand that cupped his lower leg. At this, she roused, rolling her head off his shins, and deposited a hand between Jonathan’s thighs. It was far too close to his straining boxer briefs than he felt comfortable with, especially given her state of unconsciousness. Scoping his fingers under her wrist, he was able to shift out from beneath her.

Jonathan quietly opened the cover and slid his legs over the side of the hammock and into the crisp morning air.

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