Grumpy Jake by Melissa Blue
Author:Melissa Blue [Blue, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: interracial romance, short story, novella, grumpy hero
Published: 2019-11-07T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter Nine
Bailey woke up with a grin as the night’s details seeped in. Automatically she reached over to the other side of the bed. Her eyes snapped open and the smile faded as her hand landed on an empty pillow. Something hollow and ugly settled in her stomach. There was no sound coming from the bathroom. And no, he wasn’t standing at the window being creepy by watching her sleep. She sat up, her gaze searching for his underwear on the floor. Those, too, were gone.
Jake had left.
He turned back into a pumpkin.
Why did her heart ache at the realization? They hadn’t talked about what happened next. They hadn’t even planned on sex. At the most, coffee then a kiss. She pulled the covers up feeling so cold. She’d let him in and then he’d left. The hurt was too raw to touch. It was so much easier to cling to anger.
“Well,” Jake said, strolling through her bedroom door, “that’s not a good face to have after sex. What happened?”
She screamed, scared shitless. He held up both arms. One hand was empty and the other held a bowl. “What the fuck, Bailey?”
“Oh, my God. I didn’t know you were here. Wear a bell or something.”
He put his free hand to his chest. “I woke up and really needed something to eat then I remembered you had ice cream.”
She pressed her palms to her face. “Sorry.”
“I’m coming over to the bed.” Her mattress shifted. “I’m sitting on the bed.”
Bailey dropped her hands to glare at him and that was easier to do than to acknowledge the relief. He hadn’t left. “I am going to thump you in the forehead.”
“Sadistic. Not my kink, but I’m willing to give it at least one try if that’s what gets you off.” He offered her the bowl.
She took it with a soft thanks. “I see you found the maraschino cherries.” He’d littered the top with at least six.
“My sweet tooth wasn’t satisfied, apparently.”
She didn’t have to look at his face to know exactly what he was talking about. Although she wanted to run with the light mood, she couldn’t shake the emotional roller coaster.
He narrowed his gaze. “This might be the first time where your every emotion isn’t on your face. What’s going on, Bailey?”
She ate some ice cream instead of answering right away. Of course, he waited. There was only one thing in his life he avoided like the plague.
She handed him the bowl. “The last thing I want to be is a cliché after really good sex.”
“I see,” he said. “Thoughts about what we’re doing? Regrets about jumping into bed with me so soon?”
“I thought you had left without even saying goodbye or thanks for the orgasm.”
“Then let me make a few things perfectly clear. I enjoy the fuck out of your company. Even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t sneak out. That’s not me. Lastly, you were naked. My dick would have strangled me if I tried to leave.”
Could gruff be sweet because she was starting to think it was possible? “Okay.
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