Fallen from Grace by Songstad Leigh

Author:Songstad, Leigh [Songstad, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leigh Songstad
Published: 2014-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

JUDAS’S HEAD THROBBED, AND HE could barely open his eyes, but he squinted through one. It was daylight outside, but the wood shutters were drawn, and he had no idea the time or who the woman pressed against his side was. The last thing he remembered was…

Hell, he didn’t remember shit.

The woman in his arms was snuggled firmly against him, and Judas was pretty sure she was fully clothed. He was about to move, and then he caught a familiar scent—vanilla and lavender.

His heart skipped a beat, and he forgot about the pounding headache as his stomach became a tangled knot of nerves.

He looked at the bedside table illuminated by the red glow of a clock: 7:30am. He saw his phone and moved his arm stealthily to pick it up and press the side for light. Bringing it slowly to him, he glanced down and nearly dropped the phone on Grace’s head.

She stirred, nuzzling her head against his chest. He couldn’t believe his pounding heart hadn’t woken her, and for a moment he wondered if everything that had happened for the past week was just a dream and he was waking up next to her as he should have in the Hamptons, but he’d never been in this room, and the chaotic sound of traffic outside said they were in the city. Judas felt overly emotional, and his body had an odd hum pulsing through it as if he’d been shocked by static electricity. He suddenly felt great and wide awake.

What the hell did I do last night?

Whatever it was didn’t matter because there wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do to be exactly where he was right now. At the risk of waking Grace, he laid his arm across her shoulder. His heartbeat slowed to a steady rhythm as he gave himself over to the comfort she brought to his recent, erratic thoughts and he watched her sleep. When a smile curled slowly in the corners of her mouth, his heart broke the steady rhythm it previously beat to and his entire body filled with an unexplainable buzz. It was an intense body high he’d never felt before. Her eyes slowly opened, and the smile on her lips grew as she stretched her arms above her head.

“How are you feeling?” she asked.

It was a normal question, and one he should have been able to answer, but he couldn’t find the words. “I feel okay.”

She looked at the clock, then scooted to the other side of the bed as she stood and opened the shutters. “We’ve been asleep for three hours.”

Judas sat up and leaned against the headboard. “I’m sorry I kept you up so late.”

She smiled. “It’s okay. I loved listening to you talk.”

Talk? About what? Not remembering what happened was starting to drive him crazy. He didn’t know what to say because there was no way in hell he could admit he’d blacked out.

“Judas?” He looked at her. “Are you sure you’re okay? I said your name three times before you heard me.

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