The One by Kristin Vayden

Author:Kristin Vayden [Vayden, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Tulip Publishing
Published: 2016-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

SUNLIGHT MADE MY eyelids seem far too bright, even though they were closed tightly. Good Lord, what time is it?

Groaning, I rolled over and reached for my phone.

My hand hit something warm and solid instead. What the hell?

I drew my hand back slowly and opened one eye.

Kirby was sprawled out next to me, his face less than a foot away from mine. I opened my other eye. The smile lines around his eyes were softer, his expression peaceful, and I studied him, memorized the way everything about him was unguarded.

“It’s creepy when you stare at someone when they are asleep, Merry,” Kirby spoke with a gravely tone. “Go back to sleep.” He rolled over and laid a heavy arm across my chest.

“Move, you’re heavy.” I tried to lift his arm, but he was lying on his stomach and his arm didn’t exactly bend backwards.

“It’s just my arm, you’re fine. Go to sleep.” He pulled up the covers and pulled me in closer. His body was so warm, so inviting. I dozed, even as part of my brain tried to register that I was sleeping next to Kirby.

Basically cuddling.

And I liked it.

It was a sweet middle ground between sleep and awake. I rolled to my side and paused. My body was pressed up against Kirby… only Kirby.

As in, there was nothing between us. No blankets, no clothes.

“Holy shit, you’re naked,” I whispered, freezing in place.

“Holy shit, you’re really slow in the mornings. You’re naked too. Go back to sleep.”

“Wait… why am I naked? Why Kirby?” I thought back over last night. It was kind of blurry, I remember losing at cards…

“Kirby?” I asked, my heart starting to pound. I didn’t sleep with him… did I?

“Lass, if I’d bedded ye, you’d not be wondering.” He heaved a deep sigh, rose up on one arm, and regarded me. “Give me a little credit.”

“So we didn’t…?”

“No. But…” He grinned, his gaze raking across the quilt covering my body. “You were right about one thing…”

I swallowed. Oh no. “What?”

He leaned in. “You don’t snore. You do purr. Like a freaking lion.”

“Shit, you freaked me out! I told you I purr!” I grabbed the pillow from under him and smacked him with it.

“Yeah well… let’s just say I get it now.”

“Pain in my ass.”

He chuckled, then smacked me in the head with the pillow.

“Fine, we’re even.”

“Not even close.” He rose from bed and walked to the bathroom. “Oh, and check your phone. It’s been ringing like crazy, and I finally silenced it.”

“When did you silence my phone?” When did it ring for that matter? I must have slept really hard.

“Mid purr.” He gave me one final and glorious view of his naked body and then closed the door.

I bit my lip. Even with the mild headache starting to pulse through my head, I was still more than tempted to blame it on the whisky and meet him in the shower.

I took a deep breath and got out of bed. First thing I pulled my clothes from the dryer and put them on, then searched for my phone.

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