The Art of Love by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The next morning, I woke up to see Aris asleep, his face turned to me. His eyelashes lay on his cheeks like soft fans. I could almost count the hairs. I reached over to touch his cheek gently and watched his eyes blink open slowly. He opened them and saw me staring.

“Pervert. Don’t watch me sleep.” He grabbed my hand and pulled it close to him.

“Don’t be so sexy, then.” He laughed and I pulled him closer. “You want to get up?”

“In a little bit. I’m enjoying this.”

“Me too.” I put my chin on his shoulder and he tucked his chin into his chest so that the top of his head snuggled into me. I let myself relax against him, a little sigh escaping me as we held one another. His bed became the most wonderful place in the world. I was a long way away from my old six a.m. runs and bowls of oatmeal.

So, when I heard footsteps coming down the hallway, I froze.

“Aris? Aris, you up? We need you at the—” a young woman walked in and froze at the sight of me. “Oh! Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize.”

We both looked at her and Aris asked her to give him a minute.

“Of course. Take your time!” She quickly walked out and we started giggling like little kids.

“Sorry about that,” he whispered, kissing me on the cheek. “Tracy is a devout assistant. If she’s here, we either have a new buyer or a new commission. I better go and see what’s up.”

“Sure.” We kissed again and started stretching, rolling to the edge of the bed, standing up. I was so sad to see him get out of our little love nest, but there was nothing to be done about it. “I’ll just head home, then.”

“You don’t have to.” Aris gestured to the kitchen. “Stay. Have breakfast here. I’ll tell everyone I’m working in my home studio, and I’ll come back. We can hang out and be bad.”

“Oh.” That brightened me up. “Well, that sounds great. I would love to snoop around and go through your fridge.”

“Please.” Aris pulled on a nice T-shirt and some clean pants and rubbed his face with his hands. “Do I look presentable?”

“Very.” I got dressed as well and walked into the bathroom to splash some water on my face. I looked up at myself in the mirror and hardly recognized the man in front of me. He was glowing and giddy. “I did it,” I thought. “I’m with Aris. He’s asking me to stay. It’s happening.” I rubbed my wet skin with a nearby towel and combed my hair. As I was getting myself together, Aris walked in and smiled at me as he reached for his razor and shaving cream.

“You’re very handsome, you know.”

“No. I’m average.”

“Not true.” He put some cream in his hand and spread it on his face. “You have that tough, hard-working look, a salt-of-the-earth kind of thing going on. I really like it.”

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