Page 35 of Sexy SEALs

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“Sleepyhead, you going to sleep all day?”

Those were what was buzzing in my ear as I tried to wake-up, after finally going to sleep and being a deep sleep.

It was at this point,that I realized the voice belonged to Adonis.

I shook my head, and then tried to get the covers to cover me, but then he yanked them back down.

“Get dressed! Get ready, and meet me downstairs in ten minutes, or they’ll be the bucket of water over your head.”

I opened one eye, to see that he really had a bucket of water. What did he think he was still part of the SEALs?

Then, before I could protest, he was gone. I sat up, and then stretched out. Checked out the clock facing me, and decided that I must be exhausted, because it said five. Five in the morning. He’d turned on the light too and all I could think about was him coming to wake me up, at this crazy hour to threaten me. It was then that I realized he’d put leggings, sneakers and a long-sleeved shirt on my bed. He really thought that he was still in the SEALs.

I was tired.

No, exhausted.

I turned my head to right and left, to get rid of the cramp that was starting up, because when I finally fell asleep I’d clearly just collapsed in the same position, which was an awkward one.

Why did I do these things?

I’d got so worked up in my thoughts that I didn’t even want to think about what he had in mind, but it involved leaving the hotel. The question was, even if I was tired, to go where.

I put on the clothes, then sneakers, headed to the bathroom to freshen up and as I was ordered, and then headed downstairs. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I saw Adonis holding two poles, I knew it didn’t take a genius to figure out, this guy wanted us to hike.

“I’ve never hiked in my life, and I have no intention of starting now!” I said with my hands on my hips.

He nodded, “I know your Nan told me you had some allergy to sports. One there is no such thing, and we’re not running just hiking.”

“At five fifteen in the morning. Seriously?”

As I turned to walk away, he spun me around and sighed, “Yes seriously.”

“I need to help with the breakfast rush.”

“We’ll be back before then.”

Damn! He really thought of everything, and I wasn’t too confident about us being back by then. I thought that most likely I would be dead by then.

“We’re going hiking, not skydiving, or rock climbing, or any other dangerous sport that you have in your head, which is why you’re pulling that face. It’s just walking and talking. Harmless.”

I decided he was right. I was exaggerating and acting like the spoiled brat that mom had accused me of being so many times. Whenever I didn’t get my way, I would run to dad and then I would be his little Princess, something that I was proud about being all the time. When he was around, the rest of the time, I would hate her for feeling as if I was stuck with the wicked witch.

“You thinking of your dad again?”

I nodded my head, feeing guilty about being caught in the act.

“You can tell me all about him. I’ve packed us a few things so we can eat later on. OK?”

I agreed, but really I was hungry, it was weird it wasn’t as if I would normally eat at this hour, let alone be up by now. Either way, I decided that as much as I didn’t want to hike, I had to do it fast so that whatever was in that backpack on his back could be eaten in a hurry.

We headed out of the door, and then I took a deep breath, it was cold outside, just a little chilly so before I could even say that I needed to go back inside to get a sweater, he held it in his hand in front of me.

“Here, take it. I didn’t expect it to be this cold.”

He’d really thought of everything, once I put it on, I realized as I was getting ready to speak and I was following him like a sheep. I’d had no one like Adonis in my life. Sure Lucy is my best friend from uni, but even then we talk about college, boys and things like that, but with Adonis, I feel I could talk to him about anything, and no matter what I said, he never judged me.

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