Times Like These by McKenzie Ana

Author:McKenzie, Ana [McKenzie, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphica Books
Published: 2018-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

‘Merren – Merren, wake up, sleepyhead.’

Merren groaned, rolled over and forced her eyes open to squint against the light coming in the window. They’d never closed the curtains the night before. Immediately, Merren wondered if anyone had seen them through the window, the things they’d done. There were other big houses in the street. It was a possibility.

‘What time is it?’ she asked.

‘No idea,’ Bianca said, landing on the bed in front of Merren. ‘Daylight.’

Merren’s eyes were gummy with sleep. She peered at the window, assessing the hour. ‘Barely,’ she said.

But Bianca laughed. ‘I have coffee on.’

‘God, I hope so,’ Merren said, then focused on Bianca. ‘You’re looking awfully perky this morning.’

‘Mm hmm. I’m feeling good. Stronger. Rita was right.’

‘Rita?’ Merren was still bleary with sleep. It didn’t look light enough to be awake.

Bianca pinched her on the bare arm, lightly. ‘Rita – she said it would be good for me to sleep with you.’

Now Merren remembered, and she couldn’t stop herself from grinning. ‘So, she was right?’

‘Yes,’ Bianca heaved a sigh and stretched. ‘Guess the girl deserves more credit than I give her.’ She relaxed and patted the blankets in the vicinity of Merren’s knee. ‘Get up, she said. ‘I want coffee, I’m starving, and I want to get to work.’

‘Okay,’ Merren said. ‘Coffee would be great.’ She pushed back the blankets and dragged herself from the bed. ‘Did we sleep at all last night?’

‘Some,’ Bianca answered. ‘Enough.’

‘For you maybe. Last time I saw this thing I believe is called dawn, it was because I was up all night.’ Merren rubbed her face and looked for her overnight bag. ‘I am not a morning person.’ Her gaze landed on Bianca and her breath was stolen away. The woman was radiant, dawn or not. Even with her curls tousled and disorganised. Merren stood there for a long moment, not moving, just looking, as a flood of warmth washed through her, making her feel sweet and heavy.

Bianca felt her way towards the door, then stuck her head back into the room, grinning. ‘Come on, grumpy, one early morning won’t hurt. I’ll pour the coffee.’

She disappeared down the stairs, and Merren smiled and shook her head. She wasn’t the slightest bit grumpy. Nope. There wasn’t a single kernel of grumpiness anywhere in her. Just this warm-washed feeling.

The glory of passionate love, her grandmother had said. The words bounced around in Merren’s head and she tried to shove them aside, to feel casual and lackadaisical about everything, but it wasn’t possible. She felt smitten. Hopelessly. Already.

She stretched, yawned, and her body glowed with a pleasant fatigue that only came from one particular thing – great sex.

‘Excellent sex,’ she said out loud. ‘Really, really excellent sex.’

In fact, she decided, as she picked out clothes from her bag and tugged them on, maybe early mornings weren’t to be sneezed at, if they came after brilliant nights like the one she’d just had.

In the bathroom mirror, her face stared back at her, eyes puffy, hair standing up on end, but the curving line of her mouth said she was happy anyway.

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