Trainwrecks & Back Checks by Heather C. Myers

Author:Heather C. Myers [Myers, Heather C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

11

Chloe

I woke up the next morning with a slight ache in my neck. It was only then that I realized I was covered by the exact same blanket I had brought down for Art to use. Which didn’t make any sense because I got cold easily, so my bedroom is filled with blankets and quilts and covers since I rarely turned on my heater.

And then I felt movement underneath me. And then my mind finally registered the fact that I slept with Art. Not in the sexy sense of sleeping with him, but we fell asleep together. My head was on his chest and his arm was wrapped around my waist and I felt safe. Protected. I wasn’t even afraid if Tim ever caught us this way because Art’s arms just made me feel like no matter what happened to me, everything would be okay. He would protect me no matter what. Tim couldn’t get to me anymore.

I could feel him shift underneath me and I turned my head, picking it up so I could look down at him. His tawny gaze was already on me, studying me with an intensity I had never seen before. I felt myself turn red at the feeling of those eyes on my flesh and wondered what, exactly, he saw when he looked at me.

Without warning, he reached up and curled a stray strand of hair behind my ear. I felt my eyes close..

I barely knew this guy. I hadn’t really even talked to him until the beginning of this week. I went to one of his hockey games and he gave my ex shit for what he did to me. It felt as though we had been through a lot more than just five days.

“Do you want some coffee?”

I knew I killed whatever it was that was sparking between us. I knew it and I still did it anyway. I pushed myself off of his incredibly muscled body - oh my God, his muscles had muscles - so I could stand on my own two feet and headed into the kitchen. I didn’t even wait around to hear his answer. I just needed to get away from him. To give myself a little bit of space.

Once I got to my kitchen, I started preparing coffee. I tried not to think about last night even though we didn’t do anything except talk. Who knew that something as innocent as talking could have such profound consequences? Who knew I could barely be around him without feeling like I was going to hyperventilate?

This wasn’t good. We were supposed to pretend to be lovers. How could we be lovers if I couldn’t even stay in the same room as he was because... because...

Because I thought he could shatter me with one glance. He was too beautiful for his own good and beautiful guys did not look at me twice.

“We should probably talk about this.”

His gruff voice made me freeze in my tracks and I looked over my shoulder and found him standing there.

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