The Road Trip by Jerry Cole

Author:Jerry Cole [Cole, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

We drift in and out of sleep for the next few hours, both of us exhausted from the drive and the sex. It’s hard to get comfortable in the little bed, and we’re constantly shifting around as arms go numb and chins dig into chests. At one point, I try to extricate myself from his arms and move over to my bed. I don’t want to, but I’m uncomfortable and I know he must be, too. I start to move, but as I do, Jordan’s arm snakes around my chest and pulls me back against him.

“No,” he murmurs sleepily. “Stay.”

After that, it doesn’t matter how uncomfortable I am. I lay with him, with his arms wrapped around me and drifting in the space between sleep and wake, until the sun starts peeking through the thin curtains on the windows.

At that point, I can’t stay anymore, no matter how much I love being in his arms. The whole right side of my body is numb, and I desperately need to get up. I wiggle out of his arms, trying my best not to wake him, but he wakes despite my efforts. He blinks and rubs his eyes, giving me a sleepy smile.

“Morning,” he says.

“Morning,” I murmur, stretching as far as I can from fingertips to toes. I bend over at the waist and groan as all the vertebrae in my back crack. I go over to the window and look out at the sunrise. It’s early, and no one is moving just yet. I didn’t notice the evening before, but the town is quite pretty. It’s wide open, and houses snuggle up together instead of businesses like back home. Flowers and succulents adorn lawns and gardens. I’m surprised to find myself feeling more peaceful than I have in a long while. I’m not sure whether it’s because of what’s happened with Jordan or if it’s the way this place is making me feel. Maybe it’s a mixture of the two.

I think about getting back in the car today and my stomach rolls. “Do you think we could hang here for today?” I ask.

“Like not go anywhere?”

“Yeah. I don’t want to get back in the car. I’m going to throw up if I have to sit there for a single minute today.”

I grin, and he gives me a half-smile back, but it doesn’t quite sit right. He glances at the door. “I don’t know…we have a long way to go.”

I shrug. “Yeah, but it’s not like we’re on a deadline or anything.” When he doesn’t immediately agree, I look at him more closely. He’s still looking at the door. “Right?” I push.

He finally looks up at me and gives me an unconvincing smile. “Yeah, right. I guess we can stay for today.”

He still doesn’t seem completely on board though. Jitters run down my spine. “I mean, unless you don’t want to stay in the room with me all day. I get it, if you don’t.”

His eyes widen and he sits up a bit more.

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