All That Matters (Forever and Ever #46) by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, new adult, e l todd
Publisher: E. L. Todd

CHAPTER NINE

Slade

The alarm went off at 6 a.m.

And I wanted to kill myself.

I was definitely a night person. I liked to stay up late and sleep in the next day. My shop didn’t open until 9 because there was no way in hell I could get up earlier than 8:30 a. m.

Trinity groaned from beside me. “Turn that thing off.”

I slammed my hand on the button then sat up, my eyes still closed. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and tried to wake up.

“Babe, come back to bed.” She grabbed my waist and pulled me back to her.

“I can’t. I need to get going.”

“No…” She pulled me against her again. “Stay with me. You keep me warm.”

It was so hard to resist her. When she was clingy with me it was the sexiest thing ever. I never liked needy girls, but when Trinity did it I loved it. Probably because she hardly ever did it. “I’ll cuddle with you when I get home from work.”

She sighed loudly. “Why are you getting up this early anyway?”

“I’m training Skye.” She must have forgotten.

“She’s rich. She can just hire someone.”

“I think she wants someone she actually knows.” I grabbed a t-shirt and pulled it on.

Trinity grabbed my hand and pulled me back. “How about a quickie?”

Her hair was scattered across the pillow and she had a lazy look in her eyes. Her lips were plump and kissable. It was impossible for me to say no, especially since my morning wood was throbbing. “Okay.”

***

“You’re half an hour late.” Skye stood at the front door in her workout clothes. She was definitely heavier in the stomach and the thighs, and the baggy clothes couldn’t hide it.

“Sorry.” I walked inside then tightened my shoelaces. “Are you ready for this?”

“Are you going to be late every day?” she asked. “Because I’ll sleep in. And so will my mom.”

“I won’t. Geez. Remember, I’m doing this for free.”

Skye grabbed her jacket from the coat rack. “I’ll be back later, Mom. Thanks for watching him.”

“Of course.” Scarlet lay on the couch with Cedric lying on top of her chest.

“Is Cayson here?”

“Still asleep.”

“That sounds nice…”

“Hey, you were the one who picked 6:30 a. m.”

“Because I don’t want to come here after work when I have a wife at home,” I snapped.

“Are we doing this or what?” she asked. “Or are we going to argue all day?”

“You’re right. Let’s get this over with.” I headed to the back door.

“Where are you going?”

“The beach.”

“Why?” she asked.

“Because we’re running on the sand.”

“But that’s not a flat surface.”

I wanted to smack her upside the head. “I know. That’s the whole point, nimrod.”

“I’m not a nimrod,” she argued. “What’s an nimrod anyway?”

“Uh…I don’t know.” I shrugged. “But it doesn’t sound good.”

***

“How’d the training go with Skye?” Trinity sat beside me on the couch. A blanket was pulled over her thighs, and a magazine was in her lap.

I sat beside her with my arm over the back of the chair. “It was alright. A lot of arguing.

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