She trusted me.
Not enough to tell us where she’d hidden the second set of papers, but enough to fall asleep wrapped around me without even realizing she’d done it.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like it.Way more than I probably should have.
She fit against me like she’d always belonged there.
My gaze drifted over her face.The freckles scattered across her nose.The faint crease between her eyebrows that disappeared the second she relaxed.The lips I’d spent entirely too much time trying not to think about.
Hell.
I shut my eyes for a second.
Cool it.
The Ledger was still out there.Someone had fired bullets into our clubhouse.Someone had burned Tempi’s bar.Someone had broken into Goldie’s apartment.
The last thing she needed was me acting like some teenager whose brain had stopped working because a beautiful woman happened to be sleeping on him.
I took a slow breath.Then another.
Didn’t help much.
She shifted, and her fingers curled lightly against my shirt before her eyes slowly blinked open.For a second, she looked confused, then she tipped her head back.
Our eyes met, and neither of us spoke.We were close enough that I could count the little flecks of green mixed into her blue eyes.
“Hi,” she whispered.
My smile came without permission.“Morning, babe.”
A sleepy smile spread across her face.“This is kind of nice.”Was she talking about waking up?About feeling safe?Or...
“I’d have to agree.”
She didn’t move or pull away.Instead, she studied my face like she was trying to memorize it.“Wheels.”
“Yeah?”
Her eyes drifted down for the briefest second before finding mine again.“I want...”She stopped.
“What do you want?”
She took a tiny breath.“Kiss me.”
Simple.Certain.Like she’d already made up her mind.
For half a heartbeat, I just looked at her.I wanted to make sure she meant it.
She didn’t look away and didn’t laugh.Didn’t take it back.
I lifted one hand and brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear.“You sure?”
She answered by closing the last inch between us.
The kiss was soft.Careful.
More of a question than an answer.
