Secret Lucidity by E.K. Blair

Author:E.K. Blair [Blair, E.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: EK Blair LLC
Published: 2018-02-25T18:30:00+00:00

“I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU EAT your marshmallows like that.”

I give him an evil grin from behind the flame and then blow it out. “It’s better than the way you eat yours.”

“What are you talking about? This is how every red-blooded American eats them.”

“You completely ruin it with the graham cracker and chocolate.” Sitting on the hearth next to David, I pull my scorched marshmallow off the skewer and shove the whole thing in my mouth with an exaggerated, “Mmmmm.”

He laughs at me, chuckling, “You’re eating ash.”

“And it’s so good,” I tease before stabbing another marshmallow onto my stick.

It’s Christmas Eve, and when I woke up with a heavy ache weighing me down, I threw myself together and drove over here. The sadness I felt on Thanksgiving doesn’t even compare to this holiday, and I didn’t have to say a word to him. David knew everything I kept unspoken the moment I walked in. He sees straight through my nonexistent tears, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that. It spares me the pain of having to explain the whys of my mood every time I’m feeling down.

“I’m done,” he forfeits, dropping his half-eaten S’more onto the plate that’s sitting between us and taking a draw from his beer.

“Not me. I could eat these things all day.” I shove another burnt masterpiece in my mouth before David takes my hand and sucks melted marshmallow off my thumb. “I thought you were done?”

He takes the skewer out of my hand, wraps his arms around me, and slides me off the hearth and onto the floor. A giggle falls from my sticky sweet lips as he crawls over me. With his hands braced on either side of me, I hang on to my smile as I stare into bright blue eyes. I run my fingers along day old stubble and watch as a lock of hair falls over his forehead.

“You’re so beautiful,” he says, and I pull him down to kiss me, tasting the sugar on his lips.

I circle my arms around his neck, savoring the stain of his flavor on my tongue. With the fire crackling next to us, my body soaks up the heat from all around. Hand on flesh, he slips under my sweater and over my bra.

He exhales, his kisses falling down my cheek to my neck, and I bow into him.

The sound of the doorbell cleaves our bodies apart, and we both startle, sitting up in a panic. His finger presses against my lips before he takes my hands and pulls me to my feet. His eyes mirror the alarm in mine as we lock on to each other.

“Come here,” he whispers, pulling me into his bedroom. “Stay in here and don’t come out.”

I nod as I sit on the edge of his bed. He closes the door behind him, leaving me alone with horrified fear that somehow we’ve been found out. But fear turns into confusion when I hear a woman’s muffled voice. Quietly, I walk over to the bedroom door, and when I do, the voice clears.

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