Room One Hundred and Fourteen: Masked Love by Mayra Statham

Author:Mayra Statham [Statham, Mayra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

12

ROSA

Ismiled politely at the movers as they walked past me and headed out of the house. They had arrived about two minutes after Malcom had come home with the prettiest arrangement of purple flowers in his hands.

For me.

The bed they delivered into Malcom’s room was massive. I didn’t know they made beds that big. The thing had to have been custom made. Not that the one he had in there hadn’t been big to begin with; it had. I winced wondering if he got rid of it because I had thrown up in it. I noticed Mal had stopped sleeping in there after Casey made me sleep with him. The next night, I let Jett lead me into his room, where Mal had slept on the other side of me. The night after that, we snuggled in the movie room.

But I had been sleeping alone since my work week had ended and I’d gone back to my sister’s couch in her basement. When I returned, I’d tried to act like the week before hadn’t happened. Like those lines hadn’t been crossed and we hadn’t become a little too familiar, cozy, with one another.

But I caught myself failing at every turn.

I’d let them talk me into sitting down with them at breakfast or dinner. I’d even watched a movie with Jett the night before. I’d talked myself into putting some serious space between us the entire day. It wasn't like we had done anything.

Nope.

All they did was take care of me. Watch over me. Hold me.

I shook the longing to be back in their arms. I had a plan. I was going to serve their dinner and head straight to my bedroom tonight. I was going to really put some space between us instead of lingering around them too long.

Not that they had suggested I sleep with them again either. Maybe it was just a moment? I shook the thought away and went into the kitchen to get things ready to set the table.

I had just reached for a plate from one of the cabinets when I felt his body heat cover my back. I didn’t have to turn to know it was Malcom.

Jett and Casey had texted they would be late. In the moment, I hadn’t really thought anything about it, but now I wondered if they had planned it.

“What do you need?” he asked. A big hand covered my right hip. I glanced over my shoulder and was at risk of melting when our gazes locked. I couldn’t believe I used to find Mal’s brown eyes cold.

Now that I thought about it, maybe they had been guarded and I had somehow misunderstood?

“What?” I found myself asking, completely lost in his chocolatey gaze. “What do you need me to reach for you?” His voice sounded deeper, thicker.

Instead of moving out of the way, I turned to face him completely. Our chests brushed against one another. His free hand moved up and tucked a short strand of my hair behind my ear.

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