The Artist's Muse by Alyssa Linn Palmer

Author:Alyssa Linn Palmer [Palmer, Alyssa Linn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626390843
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2013-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

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When I wake, the bed is cozily warm, and I feel a pleasant languor that makes me want to stay abed all morning. My eyes settle on the pile of clothes on the floor, and the night’s events come back to me in a delicious rush. A hand brushes my back. Lise. I turn over and she snuggles up to me, still half-asleep. Our legs tangle under the covers and we’re two parts of a whole, here together.

She murmurs something against my neck, and I shift. She repeats herself, and I can just make out the words. “What time is it?”

“Early yet,” I say, though I don’t really know. The light peeking through the curtains isn’t bright enough for much past eight, but I can’t tell. Lise lifts her head, peering at me from behind her mass of dark hair. Tamed and neat last night, this morning it’s in curly disarray.

I know how I’d paint Lise. Just like this, half-awake, her hair a mess, her lips swollen from kisses. It’d shame every gallery attendee, make a stir like Manet’s Olympia. If I could paint. Alas, I’ve never had that talent.

I brush the hair from her eyes, and Lise smiles. “Good morning, Colette,” she says.

“Good morning, ma belle,” I reply. I lie back, thinking of how lovely it would be to fall asleep again, Lise at my side. She seems to be thinking the same thing. She yawns, stretches, and snuggles up to me. I feel protective of her, of her delicate form tucked against mine, seeming small in comparison to my own body. Her breath settles back into sleep, and the steady, even rhythm lulls me into a doze.

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