Unfiltered & Unsaved by Payge Galvin & Bridgette Luna

Author:Payge Galvin & Bridgette Luna [Galvin, Payge]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: faith, college, Christian, contemporary, romance, coming of age, Suspense, sexy, love, new adult
ISBN: 9781497400221
Amazon: 1497400228
Barnesnoble: 1497400228
Goodreads: 21521123
Publisher: Payge Galvin
Published: 2014-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Hope stared at the blinking message on Elijah’s phone.

And stared.

The sound of the shower running faded into white noise, and the glow of those letters on the illuminated screen grew until they seemed the size of a movie screen. She couldn’t think. Didn’t want to think.

GOT IT YET?

The sound of the shower shutting off jerked her hard out of the trance, and when she blinked, she saw the afterimage of those letters displayed in the darkness. Haunting her.

Hope paged through the phone for more info, but there wasn’t much beyond the phone number to the device and a couple of programmed contact numbers, simply labeled One and Two. She slipped the phone back in his pants and let them drop to the floor, then wrapped herself up in the sheets and covered herself with the duvet. She felt exposed now. Exposed and very chilled.

She heard the bathroom door open, and the pad of footsteps on carpet, and then Elijah was sliding beneath the covers. His warm, damp body curved to hers and dammit she couldn’t stop the response that leaped through her in a white-hot, involuntary thrill. She wanted him. Still. Again. And yet, when she closed her eyes, those words still hung there in the darkness … GOT IT YET?

“I should probably check your stitches,” she said. It was almost mechanical, something to say while the rest of her brain struggled to process information. His chuckle was half-smothered by his lips against her shoulder.

“They’re fine. And the bandage is fine. I took it off before I showered and put it back on after. Hey, you’re a little cold,” Elijah said, and wrapped his arms around her to pull her closer against his skin. “You should have jumped in the shower with me.”

If she had, she’d have missed that damning phone call and text, and oh, how she wished she’d succumbed to the temptation. She didn’t say anything, because she wasn’t really sure what she could say in that moment. Questions pushed at her, but she still wanted to cling to some last sad shred of delusion, and believe that he really cared.

GOT IT YET?

Elijah’s lips gently pressed to a sensitive spot just below her ear, and it was warm and seductively calming. “Hope? Anything wrong?”

“No,” she said, and pressed against his body to let its heat drive away her inner chill. “No, I just don’t want this to end.” That wasn’t a lie. She wanted to believe in him. She wanted to trust him.

“Let’s just enjoy what we’ve got,” he said. “Worrying about tomorrow will just drive you crazy. You’re safe; I’m safe. It’s all okay.”

There had to be some explanation for that call, that text, that didn’t involve betraying her. Her body was still echoing with the delights he’d given her, and the idea that it was all a lie, or worse, all a deliberate plot, was something she just couldn’t accept. She couldn’t be that blind. That stupid.

She could still see the glowing screen and letters against her closed eyelids, but it was fading now.

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