Midnight Muse by Lanie Tech

Author:Lanie Tech [Tech, Lanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

QUINN

Everything fucking hurts.

My head is throbbing like someone has been hitting me repeatedly with a hammer all night. I can’t open my eyes because the dots of light clouding my vision are swimming in circles, and I’m pretty sure even if I could crack my eyes open to squint around the room, I’ll surely lose the contents of my stomach, which is still housing all of the alcohol I’d stupidly drank last night.

Groaning in agony, I curl further into myself, tugging the blankets up over my head, trying to block out as much of the sun as I can.

I test a deep inhale to try and ease my stomach. With it brings the scent of a calming freshness, like midnight and pine. The smell is so perfectly balanced, familiar and crisp in my aching lungs that it almost lulls me back to sleep. It’s effortlessly masculine and with another luxurious inhale, my brain connects the scent to its familiarity. It’s the same soap I used when I was forced to stay the night at the apartment next door while Rory and Ace had been having their public nudie show in my living room.

I want to snuggle into it, wallow in its comfort all day, but my mind is quickly catching up to me, running that thought back for a second time, really spelling out all the words.

My eyes snap open and my body jolts into an upright position that makes my stomach roll. I shove my head quickly between my knees so I don’t make a complete fool of myself before I fully realize where I am.

Fuck. I drank way too much last night.

I blink away the bleariness, the dizziness from my vision, staring down at my lap. I’m still wearing the t-shirt and tight jeans I ambled over to Slate’s party in, and the fabric sticks to my skin uncomfortably. I feel like shit all around, sick from the alcohol, dirty from the night spent dancing and sweating, and I’m pretty sure my breath smells like I licked the floor of the local dive bar.

Another blink brings the sheets into focus, certainly ones that are not mine. These are a deep charcoal color, softer and smoother than anything I’ve ever touched. The thread count must be in the thousands. The mattress beneath my aching body feels like a cloud, and all of the effort that went into curating such a lovely bed surely shouldn’t be wasted.

I’m impressed for a few seconds until I lift my head and realize where I am.

Knox’s room.

It’s easy to tell because last night’s memories are slowly rolling in like I’m flipping through the pages of my sketchbook.

“Look,” Slate grunts as I stumble again. He rights me back on my feet. He’s only faring slightly better than I am right now, but only because there are women to flirt with. “I know our friendship is still kind of new, but if you keep hanging all over me like this, you’re going to scare away the ladies.

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