Descend by Lee Dawna

Author:Lee Dawna [Dawna, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LeeDawna Books, Inc.
Published: 2021-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

~27~

Tessa

The smooth click of the front door wakes me. Quiet feet shuffle outside my bedroom door. I rub my eyes, hand searching the empty pillow next to mine. I don’t remember much from last night. Matt swirled spaghetti onto my fork and fed me, kissing my sauced lips with a glint in his eye. I vaguely recall being tucked against him as he walked me to the bedroom. My eyes were so heavy I could barely hold them open. He curled up next to me, and I succumbed to the fatigue.

The knob of my bedroom door turns slowly, the wood drifting open to reveal Matt, bare-chested. Getting my eyes to cooperate, I scan the lower half of him. A pair of old blue sweatpants cover his legs. He must have found those in my closet, leftovers from the past that I never got rid of. Warren isn’t the first thing I want on my brain when I wake up, and I don’t want to see his clothes on my current boyfriend.

Looking away from Matt, I stretch my arms above my head. “What have you been sneaking around doing?”

“Contemplating how beautiful you are in the mornings.”

“Only in the mornings?” I wiggle back into the comfort of the warm sheets. “What time is it?”

He crosses to the other side of the bed and slides under the sheets, body scooting over to hold me against the smooth skin of his chest. “You’re beautiful every second of the day. And it’s still early. Beth needed me to move my car or I wouldn’t be out of bed yet.”

His lips graze along my neck and I turn my face into the muscle just below his collar bone. I’m not kissing him until I’ve brushed my teeth. My mouth feels like sewage. “Why is Beth out of bed so early?”

His teeth scrape over my shoulder. “She said she’s going by your parents’ place before work. Something about the family having a plan to help Gary?”

“They couldn’t help themselves out of wet paper bag.”

He nips my earlobe. “I can help you out of that shirt.”

I move away from him and pull the sheets up to my neck, an ache beginning to thud at the base of my skull. Probably because he’s wearing Warren’s clothes. “Not right now. I feel like I’ve been chewed up by a lawn mower.”

He leans on the headboard, tucking one arm behind his head and using the other to bring me back to rest against him. “Stress is wearing you down, babe. You went out like a light last night. I barely got a goodnight kiss.”

“Sorry. It’s just…this situation with Gary is a nightmare.”

His thumb kneads the soft flesh of my neck. “You’ve got a lot on your mind right now. I totally understand that. And I’m here for you. I just need you to give me the chance to be.”

I close my eyes, breathe him in, and want nothing more than to stay right here. “Once Gary’s out of jail, I’ll have more time.

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