Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 67982 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 340(@200wpm)___ 272(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 67982 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 340(@200wpm)___ 272(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
There’s only a moment for me to study him…memorize that look on his face, which is a cross between unfettered hope that we’ll be naked very soon, and a sincere promise that this is indeed different for him.
My lips curl up at the corners and I whisper to him, “I don’t believe I’ve ever seen your master bedroom before. Heard the headboard banging, but never seen it. Why don’t you show me?”
Reed’s smile back to me is blinding and I know I made the right choice.
Chapter 9
Reed
Josie isn’t the first woman who has slept in my bed all night. There have been occasions where I’ve fallen into a dead sleep after sex and just didn’t have it in me to insist a woman leave. Sometimes I’ve even wanted the woman to stay, figuring the prospect of morning sex would be a good thing.
But Josie is the first I can honestly say is a good thing to actually occur. The early morning light filters in through my blinds, throwing patterned stripes across her naked back and ass. She’s sound asleep, her breathing deep and slow. Apparently she’s a stomach sleeper, which is fine by me because I am not minding the view of her beautiful, rounded ass.
I’m a back sleeper and I’d woken up a few minutes ago, my head immediately turning to her side of the bed to ensure she was still here. She had embraced the pillow, arms wrapped around it tight, and her face was relaxed in slumber. I turned on my side and rested my head in the palm of my hand so I could check her out. There was a moment where I got sidetracked staring at her thick lashes resting against the delicate skin under her eyes. But then I let my gaze wander right down her naked body, taking in the smooth, soft skin that my hands spent a great deal of time touching last night.
My mouth too for that matter.
Christ, Josie is amazing. Every single thing about her.
When I led her into my room last night, her eyes immediately went to the bed and her lips curved into a smirk. She nodded toward the headboard and the clear scuff marks on the wall behind it.
“Ah,” she said in recognition. “The infamous banging board.”
For a moment I was embarrassed, but that quickly dissipated when her smile went from teasing to sensual and she added, “Let’s see if we can add our own marks.”
Then it was on.
Clothes flying, hands groping, kissing turning hotter and hotter by the minute.
And Jesus…when I was finally inside of her, I swear the only sense I could make of it was like it was a homecoming of sorts.
How fucking crazy is that?
I extend my arm, pressing my palm lightly to the middle of her back. She doesn’t stir and I take a moment just to relish the warmth and softness of her skin. Sliding my hand down, I trail my fingers down her spine and over the rounded slope of her ass. Her body twitches but she’s otherwise still deep in sleep.
Scooting in closer to her, I lean forward and slide my lips over her temple. She makes a tiny, purring noise deep her in throat as her eyes flutter open to stare at me.
“Morning,” I say with probably what would pass for a dopey smile on my face.
She smiles back at me, revealing perfectly straight, white teeth that I had always thought made her smile shine at the brightest of wattages. “Morning.”
“Sleep good?” I ask her.
I get a sleepy sort of nod in return followed by a shy lowering of her eyes.
Fucking adorable.
Rolling to her, I press another kiss to her cheek this time before sliding my mouth to her jaw. She hums in the back of her throat and then sighs.
I slide in closer yet and put my mouth on her shoulder. A kiss. A tiny lick.
Josie shivers, and that turns me the fuck on.
She takes in a deep breath and then holds it, waiting to see where my mouth goes.
My lips feather over her shoulder blade. I shift my weight, put a hand to the mattress to lift up slightly, and kiss my way down her back. When I reach the base of her spine, she lets the air out of her lungs and sucks a shaky one back in. Her skin prickles under my ministrations, and that turns me on even more.
Her skin is salty on my tongue as I drag it slowly over the swell of her ass.
“Reed,” she whispers, and the neediness in her tone stabs me right in the gut even as it turns my dick harder.
I bare my teeth and give her a small but sharp bite to her ass cheek. Josie yelps as her hips shoot off the bed, but I use a hand to press her right back down again. I soothe the sting with another lick of my tongue, and then because I’m a mischievous fucker, I bite her again.