Ruffles & Beaus by Carina Adams

Author:Carina Adams [Adams, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

Roman

I was really fucking sick of alarms. Why in the hell would I set one when I’d been out drinking the night before? Worse was the fact that I was such an asshole I plugged my goddamn phone in on the other side of the room so that my lazy ass had to crawl out of bed to stop the incessant sound.

I attempted to roll to my side, ready to smash the thing into a million pieces, but couldn’t. Something was wrong. I opened my eyes slowly in an attempt to not make the pounding in my head worse.

So much for getting sober.

It wasn’t my room that greeted me. It took a second to see the dim space, but I knew immediately I was at Soiree. If the outlines of the mannequin and Randy’s sewing table hadn’t given it away, the piles of material on one table and the rolling rack of costumes next to me would have. I just didn’t know why or how I’d gotten there.

The damn alarm clock, with Minions screaming, “Wake Up!” in their annoying squeaky voices started to go off again. Definitely not my phone. I was going to murder it anyway.

It took extra effort, but I sat up and look around the room. I could just make out a bump on the floor in the corner. When it didn’t budge to shut off the horrid noise, I pushed myself out of the chair.

Grabbing the phone, I squinted and pushed buttons until I’d silenced it, then I muted the ringtone and put it back. The room was still mostly dark, which meant it was too early for everyone to be awake, even the people who hadn’t gotten drunk the night before. I needed sleep.

Chore finished, I stared down at the lump. Cady. She looked so peaceful in slumber, snoozing away.

Her spot looked much more comfortable than mine. I looked back at the chair disgustedly. Without any real thought, I peeled off my jeans and shirt and crawled in behind her, threw my arm over her waist and pulled her back into my chest. I was asleep in seconds.

Someone spoke to me, trying to get my attention, but I ignored it. I was too comfortable. Too warm.

“Roman.”

The pillow I was clinging to moved suddenly, as if someone had jerked it out of my arms, and a cold air washed over me.

“What in the hell?” I heard the voice, yet it was too far away for me to care. Someone nudged my leg. “Wake up.” I recognized the voice and fought the sea of my subconscious. “Now!”

It took me a few seconds, but I forced my heavy eyelids up to find a very irate Cady glaring down at me. I sat up and scrubbed at my face. “Mornin’.”

Her eyes went wide as they moved over me, hesitating on my shirtless chest. “Don’t you ‘morning’ me.” She barred her teeth. “What in the hell are you doing?”

Before I could answer, the door swung open. Randy and Peaches were deep in conversation and it took a moment for them to spot us.

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