Page 96 of With This Kiss
I had already showered and changed out of my clothes before driving back home, but I still went straight to the guest bathroom and took another long, hot shower before walking back to my room.
The door was still locked.
But I was too goddamn tired to give her any privacy.
I used the key to unlock the door and slowly crept inside.
She was sleeping soundly in the bed. I stood by the edge and stared down at her for a moment, taking in her small form in the king-size bed.
Somehow, she looked even smaller there.
Fragile.
Breakable.
Mine.
Slowly, I climbed back into bed and under the covers, wrapping my arms around her middle and burying my face in the back of her neck. I fell asleep not long after and didn’t wake up until the sun started to peek through the clouds.
Jamie was still asleep next to me, and I used this opportunity to watch her, taking in every single one of her delicate features.
I reached my hand out and traced along her jawline, moving over to the bridge of her nose and down to those full lips that I was fucking addicted to.
They twitched as I traced along the outline before her eyes fluttered open.
They were still soft with sleep, and I watched as the previous day’s events finally came back to her.
I tightened my arms around her when it looked like she was about to pull away from me.
“What are you doing here?” she asked, her voice still thick with sleep.
“Holding you,” I answered.
She didn’t say anything for a moment. Then, “Why?”
“Because I can’t fucking stay far away from you.”
She blinked. “I don’t understand why you’re still acting like this with me. You should hate me.”
“Why? Because you set out to trick me?”
She nodded, and I could feel my lips twitching.
“I might have felt duped had I not known about it from the beginning.”
“Then I should be mad at you for playing me,” she retorted.
I pressed my thumb against her bottom lip, watching as her dark eyes got even darker, and her pale skin flushed red. How fucking pretty.
“Are you mad at me?”
She paused. That was all the answer I needed. I leaned down and pressed my lips against hers.
She lay frozen for a fraction of a second before she hesitantly kissed me back.
I slanted my lips, deepening the kiss, and pressed in harder, wanting to eliminate even the smallest amount of space between our bodies.
I needed more. Fuck, but this wasn’t enough.
