Stolen Flame by D W Marshall

Author:D W Marshall [Marshall, D W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996872959
Publisher: Wicked Moon Penning
Published: 2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Faking Sleep in My Chamber

When the last stranger leaves, I have to restrain myself so that I don’t haul ass to my en suite bathroom and wash him away. Just in case there are cameras other than Tyson’s—and I’d bet my life there are—I’d better make this appear to be any normal night. The smart thing would be for me to pass out, like this night in The Chamber just got the best of me, and I didn’t have the strength to make it down the stairs.

I can’t.

There is no way I can spend the night with Tyson with another man’s sweat dried up on my body. I jump into the shower and wash up with the speed of a cheetah. Once I’m clean, dry, and very naked, I would normally head to my bedroom, tonight I stop short at my Chamber bed.

How do I fake this? I move slower, exaggerating exhaustion. I sit on my Chamber bed and stare out into space for a while. Then I collapse backward onto the bed. I lie still for a few minutes.

I feel like an idiot. Next time I’ll just pass out, because the shower has made everything awkward. I’m acting now, and I’m a terrible actor. I roll over and move deeper into the bed. That is the best I can do. All I’m missing is the back of my hand to my forehead.

I hope my year in drama club paid off. I’m doubtful.

When the light filters into my Chamber, I tuck my face to hide my smile.

Twice in one night. How did I get so lucky?

I don’t move. I don’t react. I wait. If I were really asleep, I’d be scared shitless because he is stealthy. He has a part to play, too. The part of sex-starved guard, surprising the unsuspecting Chambermaid who mistakenly fell asleep in her Chamber. This is no mistake. I have waited for what seems like an eternity for this moment.

“Hello there, stranger,” Tyson whispers into my ear. He plants a soft, tender kiss just under my lobe.

My heart flutters and joy fills me like sunshine. Hmm.

“Hi.” I stretch, pretending to be awoken. I turn completely over to face him. “I missed you.”

Tyson brings his lips to mine slowly, sensuously. His breath teases me, sending tiny tingles across my skin. I inhale his natural scent, mixed with the crisp sage and jasmine of his cologne, and I want to climb inside of him. His tongue slides into my open mouth, and I lose myself in his kiss, pulling him as close to me as I can. This is the first night I have fallen asleep in my Chamber and I plan to make it memorable—plenty of mental screenshots of us enraptured to recall later when I need them.

He is responding favorably to my advances, his breathing is quicker, his movements more frantic, but he doesn’t allow me to pull him on top of me like I want. Instead he stays put, his fingers playing in my hair, leaning over me, enticing me with each kiss.

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