Up The Ante by Trebelhorn PJ

Author:Trebelhorn, PJ [Trebelhorn, PJ]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781626392908
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2015-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jordan opened her eyes cautiously the next morning, not sure where she was or how she’d gotten there. Or who she was with. She half expected a warm body to be pressed against her, but she was alone. She breathed out a sigh of relief. It was always awkward to wake up with a woman and have to admit to her you didn’t remember her name. Thankfully, she’d been in her twenties the last time that happened—the last time she’d been so plastered.

She turned over and realized she was in her own hotel room. She sat up quickly and did her best to ignore the pounding in her head. How the hell had she gotten back to the hotel? The last thing she remembered was the bartender asking her where she was staying.

No, wait, she recalled Ash being there. Standing next to the bed. Or was that merely wishful thinking? When the headache finally subsided to a dull roar, she heard the shower running. This was not good.

“Damn it, Stryker, this is one of the reasons you don’t drink so fucking much anymore.” She got up and went to the bathroom door, hesitating only slightly before opening it and walking right in. It was her hotel room after all. She opened her mouth to say something but realized she didn’t have a clue what to say, so she shook her head and turned toward the sink. She gripped the edge of the counter and hung her head, but before she could focus on her embarrassment, she saw the box of her medication under a towel. A towel she was pretty sure she hadn’t put there.

She grabbed the box and put it in the drawer she should have put it in the night before when she was finished with it. But damn it, who knew she’d come back to her room drunk out of her mind, and apparently with company?

“Do you mind if I brush my teeth?” she asked, raising her voice to be heard over the shower.

“Go ahead.”

“Ash?” she asked, turning to face the shower. She heard Ash laugh at the surprise she knew was obvious in her tone.

“Who did you think I was?” Ash asked, pulling back the shower curtain just enough to stick her head out. Her expression turned dark. “Wait, don’t answer that.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I stayed the night.”

“You what?” Jordan felt lightheaded all of a sudden. A fuzzy memory of asking Ash to stay was tickling her brain. Had they slept together? She had on her T-shirt and shorts, which would indicate they hadn’t been intimate, but then again, she had absolutely no recall of getting out of her clothes and into these. She sat down hard on the toilet, thankful the cover was down. “Ash, did we…”

She couldn’t bring herself to ask. And evidently Ash was going to make her sweat it out because she didn’t answer right away. Instead, she finished her shower and reached out to grab a towel that she wrapped around her body before pulling back the curtain and stepping out.

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