Shameful (The Shameless Trilogy Book 2) by M. Malone & Nana Malone

Author:M. Malone & Nana Malone [Malone, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Malone Squared
Published: 2017-06-04T18:30:00+00:00

Lucia woke while he was carrying her up the stairs. She smiled and turned her head into Noah’s chest. It was fascinating to observe him when he wasn’t aware. Her warrior. That was what it felt like. Maybe it was shallow but she couldn’t deny it was insanely sexy the way he insisted on picking her up all the time. How was she supposed to resist a guy who treated her like the most precious thing in the world? She imagined this was what the queens of old had felt like being protected by knights who’d pledged their lives.

Lucia sobered slightly at the thought that Noah truly would sacrifice his life for her. That was the last thing she wanted. In a perfect world, she imagined them spending decades together in the future, growing old and cranky together. He’d annoy her with his overbearing nature and she’d drive him crazy by defying him at every turn.

And she’d love him until the day she died.

“Sleep, princess.” Noah tucked her under the covers and smoothed the hair back from her face.

Lucia scooted over and held the covers open. “Not unless you come, too?”

He hesitated, glancing over his shoulder at the open door. The muted hum of voices floated up from the floor below. Lucia sighed. Having her around was probably putting a huge strain on Noah’s workload because he obviously wasn’t used to taking meals or retiring at a decent hour. But she couldn’t help herself. She wanted more of him; no, needed more of him. It felt like nothing too bad could happen if he was there. She didn’t mean to use him as the human equivalent of a blankie, but there was no denying that his presence comforted her.

“Okay, let me just check on a few things.”

He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead before walking back out, pulling the door closed behind him.

Lucia rolled over to face the window. He was probably hoping that she’d fall asleep in the meantime so he could get back to work. Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes. She didn’t know what to do with all these new feelings. Noah had always been there as a part of her life, but he’d never been the center of it. Their new relationship had thrown her completely off balance, and it was scary to be out here on the limb dangling all alone. Noah said that he loved her, but she didn’t know if it meant the same thing to him as it did to her. Lucia hated to feel so needy, but truthfully, she had to acknowledge that she’d always needed Noah. It was only recently that she’d been able to openly admit it and embrace the way he made her feel.

It was probably way too much to hope that he felt the same way.

She wasn’t sure how much time passed before the door opened, the hum of voices getting louder and then cutting off again when the door closed. Lucia squeezed her eyes closed, as if it would keep Noah from seeing how upset she was.

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