Sugar Love by Callie Bardot

Author:Callie Bardot
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calinda B

Chapter 24

Zander

Zander woke up the next day, his thoughts as tangled as the sheets wrapped around his legs.

Effie lay next to him, snuggled against his back, like a trusting little kitten.

He’d slept fitfully, tormented by his past and tortured by his current reality. Never in a million years had he dreamed he’d meet anyone like Effie. Kind, compassionate, sexy as hell, intelligent…She was the total package. And, his fucking feelings were growing hot and hard for her. Yet, he couldn’t let her in. He’d proved that fact by being cool and aloof to her after leaving the zip-line park.

When they were in the hot springs, he’d experienced the kind of shared connection he’d always longed for with Trisha—a perfect skin on skin encounter of the sweetest kind. But, then, reality snapped into his brain. He’d paid for her companionship. This encounter was supposed to ease him back into the dating game—test his mental stability to see if he could cope. But, with Trisha’s call and the discovered underwear, he fell right back into paranoia. Kent was right. He was a jackass by falling for Effie. He should have kept things casual.

He slid his finger underneath the sleeve of his biotech arm and scratched. His stump itched underneath the prosthesis. Usually, he slept with his fake-arm off so he could give his skin some air. But, not with Effie by his side. No way. He’d never take off this frigging piece of technology while in her presence. He wouldn’t even take it off to shower. This vacation home didn’t have a lock on the bathroom, and he couldn’t risk her walking in on him.

He sighed. It was a huge mistake to get a sugar baby. She deserves so much more. Christ.

Hoping not to wake her up, he slid his legs off the bed, pulled on the shorts that lay on the floor, and turned to look at her.

Her mouth parted, her breathing deep, she looked like a beautiful angel—an angel who would surely break his heart when their three months were up. He shook his head, then tiptoed downstairs.

“Morning, stud,” Kent said. He sat on the sofa next to Charlie. A cup of coffee stood by his side.

Charlie’s legs were slung over Kent’s. She didn’t look up from her tablet. Her uncombed hair draped over her arms.

Kent stroked Charlie’s legs with his two, perfectly normal hands, driving home the point that Zander could never do normal things anymore—like feel a woman’s skin with his dominant hand.

“How was the zip line?” Kent flashed his new challenging smile at Zander.

Zander didn’t feel like answering. “I thought you two were going to bring home fish?”

He crossed to the kitchen where he retrieved a mug from the cupboard.

“We didn’t catch any. We ended up eating take-out, then we went to bed early and watched some movie Charlie wanted to see.” Kent’s fingers brushed the inside of Charlie’s thigh.

Charlie closed her eyes briefly. “Mmm. That feels good,” she said, quietly. Then, her eyes opened. “Yeah, it was some chick-flick.

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