“I can hear your brain racing, sweetness,” Kyle finally said, pushing himself up, rolling off of her, and standing up next to the bed. He rolled off the condom, tied it up and walked to the bathroom to dispose of it. As he walked back into the room, she noticed he had a washcloth with him.
“What’s that for?” she asked, feeling a little self-conscious.
“For you,” he said, climbing back on the bed. “Unless you don’t want me to clean you up?”
“No, I um, just wasn’t expecting it.” He reached between her legs again, this time with the warm cloth in his hand, and gently wiped her down.
“Well, isn’t that what all those men do in your books?” he grinned at her.
“My books? How would you know what they do in books?”
“I might have opened one once when I was waiting for you or something,” he said sheepishly. “I opened it up randomly and happened to land on a good part.”
Drea shook her head, laughing loudly. When he finished cleaning her, he threw the washcloth on the floor, and pulled back the covers on her bed, wrapping them around the both of them. He reached over her to turn off the table lamp and then pulled her in close to him so they were spooning. Feeling secure in his arms, his heat warm against her back, her eyes started to feel heavy. She snuggled against him, wanting to give in to the sleep she felt approaching.
“This is going to come off sounding cheesy and I might lose my man card, but I need you to know that what we just did—it means something to me, Drea. It means a lot.” He swallowed hard. “You mean a lot, and this wasn’t just about getting us off.”
“You mean a lot to me, too, Kyle,” she murmured sleepily. “But I enjoyed the getting off part too.”
He laughed softly, stroking her hair, lulling her to sleep. “I’m glad, sweetness. Because there is more where that came from. Promise.”
Chapter Fourteen
Drea rolled over in bed, finding herself alone. A momentary wave of panic passed through her until her hand glided over the currently unoccupied pillow and found a piece of paper.
Morning Sweetness - I didn’t run away, but I did sneak out a little early to avoid some prying eyes and dodge some questions we might not want to answer just yet. I’ll see you in the kitchen for breakfast. -K
PS: last night was amazing ;)
She sighed, reading the note all the way through a couple of times before finally placing it in the nightstand drawer. She was so relieved to find it wasn’t a dream, and that last night did happen. Grabbing her phone, which had somehow made its way to the charging cord on the nightstand, she turned it on, hoping she didn’t miss anything major. Other than a text from Simone about settling on a dress, an unexplained winky face from Dalton, and a “so, what happened?” followed by a few “???” from Leona, it seemed to have been a pretty uneventful evening. Well, for everyone else at least.
Sitting up, she realized she was a little sore from last night’s activities. She pressed her palms lightly against her chest, her sensitive nipples still hard from Kyle’s relentless attention. An energy flowed through her like she couldn’t ever recall feeling. She knew she should get up and go run, but the slight, although wonderful, ache in her core was enough to dissuade her. She scrolled to Leona’s texts and responded.
Drea: Morning
Leona: oh, look who’s alive!
Drea: Very ;)
Leona: What’s that supposed to mean? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?
Drea: You in your office?
Leona: OMG, something did!
No, I’m down in laundry, India called out.
Drea: Be there in 10
Strolling down the hall toward the laundry room, Drea tried to hide the ridiculous smile she knew was on her face. It had taken her a couple of steps to tone down the extra little pep she felt on the way over here. She didn’t want anyone to look at her and think that something was up. But she couldn’t help the giddiness she felt. Turning into the laundry room, she saw Leona changing out a load of towels.
“Welcome to the Indigo Royal Fluff and Fold!” Leona sang as she looked up to see Drea walking in.
“Morning.”
“Don’t you look like the cat that ate the canary!”
“Do I? I was trying to hide it.”
