Love & Ghosts by Carrie Pulkinen

Author:Carrie Pulkinen [Pulkinen, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Sean scratched his pencil fervidly across the thick cream-colored paper. Golden sunlight poured in through the bedroom window, perfectly illuminating the gorgeous angel sleeping next to him. Her red hair fanned out around her head, and her right hand lay palm up, fingers gently brushing her cheek. The sheets were pulled down around her waist, exposing her flawless breasts, and the sunlight caressed her at just the right angle to brighten her features, giving her an ethereal glow.

A pins and needles feeling shimmied up his leg, and he shifted position to ease the sensation. Emily’s eyes fluttered open, a tiny smile lighting her lips.

“Don’t move. I’ve been waiting for you to open your eyes.” He moved his pencil faster.

Her smile widened, melting his heart. “Are you drawing me?”

“Mm-hmm.”

“You didn’t need me to open my eyes. You know what they look like.”

“Not when you first wake up in the morning after a night of passionate lovemaking.”

A pink blush spread across her cheeks. If only he had his pastels with him, so he could capture the endearing color. He put the finishing touches on the sketch and dated and signed the bottom corner.

“You can move now.”

She pushed to a sitting position, not bothering to pull up the sheets to cover herself, and leaned toward him. “Can I see it?”

He put the pencil on the nightstand and handed her the sketchbook. Her eyes widened when she looked at the drawing, a slight hitch in her breath revealing her surprise. Then she pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes.

“What’s wrong? Is it that I drew you naked? I promise I won’t show it to anyone.”

“No, it’s not that.” She handed the sketchpad to him. “It’s just you…” She took a deep breath and lifted one shoulder in a slight shrug. “You draw me prettier than I actually am. I wish I looked like that.”

“You do look like this, Emily.” He held up the drawing and examined it next to his subject. How could she think the sketch was prettier than she really was? “I draw exactly what I see. Maybe you see yourself differently than I do.” He set the sketchbook aside and scooted closer to her, nuzzling into her neck. “All I see is beauty, inside and out.”

“And apparently you like what you see.” She nodded to the tent he’d made of the sheets.

“Apparently, I do.”

A playful grin danced on her lips as she slid her hand beneath the covers and gripped his arousal. “It would be a shame to waste this.”

“A terrible shame.”

He made love to her again. Slowly. Passionately. And when they finished, he pulled her into his arms and held on to her as if he’d never let her go. Emily belonged here with him. In his bed. In his life.

He’d laughed when his mom told him love at first sight was real. Love was an emotion he doubted he’d ever feel again. But now, lying here with Emily wrapped in his arms, her naked body pressed against him, her rhythmic breaths warming his skin, he couldn’t deny it.

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