Buttons and Belief: Beyond Buttons #13 by Sky Penelope

Author:Sky, Penelope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartwick Publishing
Published: 2018-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

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It was two in the morning when we finally drifted off to sleep.

He spooned me from behind, his powerful chest pressed against my back and his thick arm wrapped around my waist. Every time he took a breath, I felt it drift across the back of my neck and through my hair. He was still sweaty from all the fucking, his heat chasing away any hint of winter.

It would be so easy for me to lie there until morning, but I had work to do and I didn’t want to stay over. Sleepovers felt too romantic, and while we had a deeper relationship than before, I didn’t want it to get more serious than that.

I gently moved from under his arm and scooted to the edge of the bed.

He didn’t move, but his powerful voice filled the quiet space of his bedroom. “If you think you’re going home tonight, you’re wrong. Get your ass over here now.”

I froze in place, a little terrified by the anger in his voice. “I have to work in the morning.”

“You think I give a damn?” He sat up and held me by the wrist. Aggressively, he yanked me back toward him, having strength that outmatched a bear. When he had me back in the center of the bed, he looked down at me, still just as angry as before. “I’ll make sure you get to work on time.” He lay down again, sighing in frustration at my attempt to leave. “Don’t pull that stunt again. It’s impossible to get in and out of this penthouse without the code—so don’t bother.”

“So, I’m trapped?” I asked.

“You’re trapped with the most powerful man in this country.” He moved on top of me and looked down at me like he despised me. “The only thing you should be doing is sleeping soundly, knowing there’s not a damn thing out there that could ever hurt you.” He lay down again, this time staying on his side of the bed without touching me. His affection died the second I pissed him off. Now, he was stuck on the other side of the bed, taking his warmth and leaving me in the cold.

I wasn’t comfortable anymore.

One arm rested behind his head while the other lay on his stomach. He lay still as he stared at the ceiling. “Why are you like that?”

“Like what?” I whispered.

“You don’t like to sleep with men.”

I shrugged. “I’ve been sleeping alone my whole life. I don’t like to share my space. I don’t like to alter my routine.”

“That’s gonna change.” He closed his eyes and turned his head the other way, facing the large window that overlooked the city.

I’d wanted to leave a moment ago, but that was an instinctual decision. I was used to doing the walk of shame or kicking dates out of my apartment the second I was done. I liked going back to my single life the second I knew the man wasn’t the right one for me. Now that I was in a different situation, I wasn’t sure what to do.

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