Hope to Lie (DeSantos Book 2) by A.R Case

Author:A.R Case [Case, A.R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 — Shoes

The sun tinted the eastern sky. Chris rolled over, the aches of the previous night were now stiff and sore. But he was relaxed. He opened his right eye to see Alexis’s side of the bed. Her blue hair stuck out of the fortress of blankets and pillows she’d pulled around her. If he didn’t know the hair, hadn’t spent hours learning her shape, kissed swaths of smooth skin, she might be invisible under the pile.

She was a messy sleeper. The bed in her room was a jumble just like his sheets this morning. Surprisingly the chaos brought back memories of how much fun it was making the mess. He smiled and moved to pull her close.

With a scream and a scramble away, she fell off the bed.

“Shit! You okay?” Chris leaned over the edge. Her flight had pulled all the covers with her, burying her. She was fighting the mess now.

“I’m okay.” Her face came into view. Blue tangles stood up in spots, and in at least one place, clung to her face. At one point in the night, she’d washed the makeup off and came back to bed, but there were still smudged remnants of mascara around her eyes.

“I didn’t mean to scare you.”

She blinked and sat up. “Wow. Jumped right off the bed.”

“You’re cute all mussed up.” He watched her reaction to see if he’d made a mistake in speaking his mind. Vi would have had his head for seeing her less than her best.

“Thanks, Mr. Musser.” She smiled. Then she surprised him by putting both hands in her hair and messing it up further. Now, more than a few sections stood up. “Major Bedhead, reporting for duty!” She saluted him.

“That’s Captain Musser to you.”

“I outrank you, then. Salute, soldier.”

Chris looked down. “Saluting, ma’am.”

Alexis peeked over the edge of the mattress. “So you are. At ease.”

He laughed. “No. Get up here.”

She tossed a couple of pillows up first. “Incoming.”

Chris ducked one that almost hit his head and it went over the other side. He grabbed it and lobbed it back. “Fire in the hole.”

She returned fire with two pillows at once. Chris caught them, but she tried to pull them away. Using her forward movement to trap her, he managed to roll her on top of him.

“Got you.”

“Release me, you swine!” She struggled, laughing.

A knock at the door interrupted them.

Alexis was breathing heavy, and Chris held his breath to listen for another knock.

It repeated. “Shit.”

“Ignore it,” Alexis said.

“Done.” He smiled up at her.

The banging got louder, followed by a shrill voice. “Chris open the damn door. It’s me, Vi.”

Alexis rolled her eyes and moved off Chris. “That’s all yours.”

His head hit the bed underneath him. “Ugh.”

The banging became a sharp staccato from an object being knocked against the door.

“That sounds like a heel,” Alexis observed.

“She’s going to ruin my fucking door.” Chris got up and stalked to the door. He opened it.

Vi gasped at his nudity and dropped the shoe she’d been holding in her hand.

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