This Time Next Door by Gretchen Galway

Author:Gretchen Galway
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: A Romantic Comedy
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

THE SUN WOKE HER UP.

Mark’s face was above hers, watching her sleep.

“Did you let John go down on you?” he asked.

She closed her eyes. “Good morning to you, too.”

His hand was on her tummy, gently stroking, almost as distracting as his penis pressing into her thigh. They’d made love once more after the first frenzied time, slow and drowsy. Even now, with his naked body stretched along hers in the bed, she found it hard to believe the confident, talented lover from the night before was her stumbling, shy, awkward, antisocial ex-neighbor.

She brushed a swath of light brown hair off his forehead. The morning sun made his eyes seem bluer than she’d realized, almost as blue as the midday sky.

Which was what she saw out the window. No fog, no haze—bright, midday light.

She started. “What time is it?”

Kissing her neck, he found her nipple and gently kneaded it between his fingers. “Who cares?”

“Seriously, what time is it?”

He drew back, his eyes narrowing. “Why, do you have a date?”

“More like an appointment. I have to get dressed.” She rolled out of bed, found her phone mixed in the folds of last night’s outfit. Crap. Already 11:51. She hurried into the bra and panties, but she couldn’t wear that dress without looking like a hungover, wrung-out Elvira.

He braced himself up on his elbow, the sheet tangled around his waist. His sexy, piercing gaze raked over her as she struggled into her underwear.

He was incredibly hot. But not helping. “Can you please get up?” she asked. “I don’t know how much time I’ve got before they get here.”

He glanced down at himself. “I’ve been up for a while.” Then he looked back up at her and frowned. “Before who gets here?”

“People are looking at the house today.”

Grinning, he flopped onto his back. “I’d think you’d want to scare away potential buyers for as long as possible.” He stretched out, wiggled his toes. “I think I should stay right where I am.”

Her eyes fell on the chaos of bedding. “Oh, God. I’ve got to get that put back together.”

He still wasn’t getting out of bed. Where had she put her suitcase? The closet. Right. She jogged out into the hall and pulled it out, unzipped it, dug through for jeans and a T-shirt. Oh, clean underwear, too.

Shivering in the hallway, she wriggled out of last night’s thong and pulled on something cotton and clean. Not sexy, but Mark would understand.

If they got together again later today…

No time to think about that right now.

Breathing a sigh of relief as she pulled the shirt over her head, Rose kicked the suitcase back into the closet. Then she realized they might look inside so she pulled it back out, zipped it up neatly, rolled it in next to the other bags, and closed the door.

There. Now if only Mark would get up, they could make the bed and go out for brunch somewhere. Luckily she hadn’t made a mess in the kitchen. Or the bathroom. Which reminded her she really, really had to brush her teeth.

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