Muse by M. Lynne Cunning

Author:M. Lynne Cunning [Cunning, M. Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 33644892
Published: 2015-04-13T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

The sunlight streamed blindingly through the open window of Lauren’s dorm room, and she squinted as her eyes struggled to adjust to the brightness. She reached beside her bed for her cell to check the time, but felt only the scratchy carpeting of the floor. Her eyes opened a bit more and suddenly a flood of awareness came over her. Her cell phone wasn’t where she always left it. The curtains weren’t drawn the way she usually kept them to prevent the invasion of the morning sunlight. Steady, rhythmic breathing could be heard close beside her. Seeing as Lauren was holding her own, she knew the breath was not hers.

Dean. My God, she thought to herself as a flurry of images from late last night bombarded her mind. The taste of urgency in his kiss, the fury of fingertips and tender touches as they stripped away any material that prevented their heated skin from touching, the tangled sheets that twisted and cocooned their bodies as they moved together in passionate unison. Lauren stifled the groan that yearned to escape from her mouth, an audible exclamation of shock and disbelief at her actions.

With as little movement as possible, she lifted her head from the pillow and peered out through tangled hair at her room. The lamp had been knocked to the floor, but thankfully it wasn’t broken. There were articles of clothing strewn carelessly across the floor and desk chair. Lauren’s laptop had been slid to the far corner of her desk, and she vividly remembered why. She would never be able to look at that desk the same way again.

“Good morning.”

The words struck Lauren’s ears loudly in the silence of the room. She squeezed her eyes shut, counted to three to regain her composure, and then turned to face Dean’s lopsided grin. His dark hair was no longer gelled to perfection. A messy bed-headed look remained. His eyes still carried the remnants of sleep.

“Hey,” Lauren whispered uneasily. She pulled the sheets up against her as she awkwardly sat up in bed. A twin-sized bed was confining enough for one person. Two made it extremely restrictive when trying to move without touching the other person at the same time.

“What time is it?”

“I don’t know. I can’t find my phone.”

“Can’t imagine why.” The amusement in Dean’s voice made Lauren blush.

She turned away from him, searching for something to put on so she could get out of bed and put some distance between her and the heat she could still feel radiating from him. She caught sight of her cell phone on top of the dresser, splayed out with the rest of the contents of the clutch purse she’d been carrying the night before. She avoided Dean’s gaze as she pulled the blanket from the bed and wrapped it around her as quickly as she could, leaving him covered in only the sheet.

As Lauren made her way across the room and fidgeted to get her phone turned on, Dean sat up in bed, letting the sheet fall to his waist.

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