Monster: A Seven Sinners Novel by A.G. Henderson

Author:A.G. Henderson [Henderson, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-04T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Josie

Monster didn’t join me for my second shower of the day, and it was probably for the best.

The soap and hot water washed away the evidence of what we’d done earlier. I turned and dragged my hands through my hair, lifting it from my back so the heat could seep into my skin. Everything from my shoulders down to my hips was tight and achy, matching the feeling between my legs. But no matter how clean I was getting, I couldn’t get rid of the memory of his last kiss.

I wasn’t the girl who believed in happily-ever-after.

Being poor and trying to take care of someone else simplified things big time.

There was surviving. Then there was everything else.

How could I ever have time to worry about more complicated feelings when I was never sure where my next meal was going to come from?

Hint?

I didn’t have time. So, I didn’t worry about it. There was always going to be another guy somewhere, looking to get into my pants even if I’d just spent the night punching his friends in their faces.

The fact that I didn’t trust most men farther than I could throw them—which wasn’t very far at all—made things easier.

I didn’t do sleepovers or cuddles.

I didn’t do pet names and holding hands.

Most important of all, I didn’t kiss the men I slept with.

And yet I’d let Monster check several of those things off the list, multiple times. Even when I turned the faucet off and listened to the quiet drip of water falling onto the tile, I remembered all the times he’d kissed me already.

Worse than that, my lips tingled with the anticipation of him kissing me again. He was downstairs, sitting at the kitchen island on his laptop in nothing but a pair of shorts with his stupidly sexy self.

Just from the intensity of that last kiss, I knew I could waltz right into the room. Curl up in his lap. Be safe and happy and protected for however long it took for him to take care of all my problems.

I even knew that was still his main priority.

When I’d glanced over his shoulder, he was researching the men I used to have an uneasy alliance with. Now that they were on the Sinners radar, that problem was all but taken care of.

It would be so easy to get comfortable with him, and that was a huge fucking issue.

Comfort was a lie I couldn’t afford to be deceived by, no matter how tempting the idea might be.

If living this life had taught me anything over the years, it was that the moment I got comfortable, something would sweep the rug out from under my feet. I was lucky to have fallen on my ass without breaking anything as often as I had. Taking the risk that same luck would stick around would be foolish.

I stalked from the bathroom without a towel and glared at my freshly washed clothes sitting on the bed. Choosing to ignore that he’d washed them

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