WRECKER by Sasha Gold

Author:Sasha Gold [Gold, Sasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Sage woke just before sunrise and found him watching her. He lay on his side, a scruffy, three-day beard making him look sexy and rough and maybe even a little dangerous. His eyes held none of that subtle threat. They were lit with warmth and it was a look she hadn’t ever seen before this weekend. She edged closer and he wrapped her in his arms.

“I like waking up next to you,” he said. “I like sleeping with you too.”

They lay together in silence as the dawn broke. Rose-hued light filled the room. Both dogs wandered in and stopped at edge of the bed. They rested their chins on the blanket and wagged their tails in unison.

“This is how Tango and Charlie like to annoy me,” Theo murmured. “Watch Tango. In about one minute he’s going to make his move. It’s his inch-worm strategy of getting on the bed. He thinks if he moves slowly enough I won’t notice.”

Charlie didn’t move, but his eyes flicked over to Tango and he whined softly.

“Yeah, Charlie knows better. It’s Tango who doesn’t learn.”

Tango lifted his paw and set it on the bed. He stretched forward and a moment later he lifted his other paw.

“Aaannnd now he’ll do his army crawl,” Theo said.

Tango inched forward on his stomach and then stopped.

“Very stealthy,” Theo whispered.

Sage giggled at the dog’s expression. The yearning on his face made her want to invite him the rest of the way.

“Poor guy. He wants to snuggle.” She stroked his head.

“When they first came to live with me I let them sleep in here. On dog beds, not on my bed. Charlie had bad dreams every night. I couldn’t sleep at all, so I kept an eye on him. When he cried, I talked to him and he’d go back to sleep.”

“You couldn’t sleep?” she asked. She’d never heard Theo speak about his experiences in the military. She didn’t want to pry, and yet she did.

“No. I sleep great next to you, though.” He nuzzled her neck. “I never sleep all the way through the night and I’ve done it twice with you.”

She stroked his arm. It pleased her to think she helped him with something. She slept well lying next to him too. When she stirred in the night, he would pull her closer, say a few words and she would drift back to sleep. It was so quiet here, a world apart from the apartment where the girls came home at all hours and often brought friends. She loved the peace and tranquility of Theo’s home.

Tango lifted a back paw and set it tentatively on the mattress.

“Let the poor guy come up,” Sage said. “Look at those eyes. How can you resist?”

“We’ll never get him out. Next Charlie will be giving us sad eyes too, wondering why he’s not on the bed. There’s only one thing those two want more than getting on our bed, and that’s breakfast.”

Both dogs cocked their heads at the sound of the work ‘breakfast’.

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