Once a Bridesmaid by Courtney Hunt

Author:Courtney Hunt [Hunt, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B015JNHYKG
Goodreads: 26866417
Published: 2015-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

A loud thump woke Lauren on Christmas morning. She opened her eyes to the muted gray light of a winter dawn, blinking up at the exposed rafters in consternation. Why was she asleep in her studio? She turned her head to see an indignant Kyle, glaring at her from the floor, his eyes very green in the early morning light.

“You pushed me out of bed.” Kyle complained.

“Sorry.” Lauren raised the warm blankets for him to crawl in, the cool air from the attic rushing over her skin, raising gooseflesh. She scooted aside, still sleepy and sated from their lovemaking. “I’ve never slept in the same bed as someone before.”

“Never?” Kyle stood, all his glorious, tanned skin on display. Even sated as she was, Lauren felt the slightest bit perkier at that morning view.

“Not since I was a kid.” Lauren patted the bed. “Come on back to bed, handsome. I’ll make it up to you.”

Kyle smiled at her, putting one knee on the bed before he glanced at the window. “Oh, look! It snowed! A white Christmas. Come see.”

He dashed to the window, unabashed by his nudity, and rubbed condensation from the pane, peeking out at the neighborhood. Lauren wrapped the blankets around her, though more for warmth in the drafty attic than out of any modesty, and pried herself out of the bed to shuffle to the window. Outside, dusting of snow covered the neighborhood like confectioners sugar on a cake, masking the dreary sepia of early winter. Fat, fluffy flakes fell still, blanketing the world in stillness, silence, and light, in the magic of a Christmas snow.

“Pretty.” Lauren was transfixed by the childlike wonder and joy on Kyle’s face, a wide, beaming smile on his lush mouth. “I’ve never seen a Christmas snow before.”

“Me, neither. Want to go on a photo walk with me?”

“What’s a photo walk?”

“Pretty much what it sounds like. Just walking around snapping shots. It’s my favorite way to relax.” Kyle put an arm around her, dropping a kiss on her forehead. “Maybe we could go downtown. I bet Boston will be pretty in the snow.”

“Okay. But it’s not a date.”

“Definitely just a walk,” Kyle agreed.

“But coffee first. Maybe even breakfast.”

“Worked up an appetite, did you?” Kyle pulled her into his arms, cuddling her against his broad chest. “Well, I can cook exactly two things. Got eggs? Got bread? I can make French toast or scrambled eggs. Which would you rather?”

Lauren nodded. “Both. And coffee.”

“Not a morning person, huh?”

“Someone kept me up all night.” Heat crawled up Lauren’s face as she remembered loving him at midnight and again just as the sky lightened. She couldn’t be blushing, could she? Not her, not the girl of a thousand conquests. She snuggled close to Kyle and turned her burning face into his shoulder to hide.

“Someone kept me up all night, too.” Kyle whispered near her ear. “In more ways than one.”

“Oh, you’re a cheese ball!” Lauren laughed, shaking her head. He laughed, too, a deep, rumbling sound that she felt all through her, entwined with him as she was.

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