Spend some time with an old friend from high school.
That was it. That was all.
CHAPTER 11
Jannie
Jannie stirred, burrowing deeper in covers that smelled unfamiliar.
“Jannie.”
Someone was shaking her shoulder.
“Jannie.”
That voice …
Nick.
Vegas.She was with Nick in Las Vegas.
“I knocked several times. You didn’t answer, I got worried.”
Jannie groaned, pulling the covers tighter over her head. “Go away.”
The bed sank with Nick’s weight.
He gently rubbed her back. “Time to get up. You’ve been asleep for over three hours.”
The covers slid off her head, she heard a click, and Jannie winced at the bright light of the lamp filtering through her closed eyelids. She squeezed them tighter. “Ugh.”
“I let you rest for as long as I could.” His voice was soothing and apologetic. “If you sleep any longer, you’ll be awake all night.”
She moaned. The hand on her back stilled, then rested there for a moment before he slid it upward to gently massage the back of her neck.
It felt so good that she had to suppress a louder moan. His fingers pressed just enough to relax her muscles but not so hard as to cause discomfort.
“Come on,” he coaxed. “I made reservations for dinner.” He leaned close, and she felt his warm lips graze her earlobe as he whispered, “AndI’m very, very hungry.”
She swallowed, trying to ignore the tingling sensations his lips and voice stirred inside her. “I don’t need anything,” she muttered.
“I need food, and so do you.” He rubbed her back again, this time kneading gently, sending tendrils of warmth down her spine. Damn, but the man was good at this. She wondered what a full-body massage would feel like under his hands. Her mind immediately conjured an image of herself naked, with his fingers—
Nick’s stomach growled so loudly that her eyes flew open. A low giggle escaped her.
“You laugh at my imminent starvation. Cruel, cruel woman.”
She couldn’t believe a simple touch had turned her on to this degree. “You go ahead, then,” she said, more irritably than she intended.
“You’re not hungry?”
She was, a little. But the mere thought of dragging her butt out of bed and making herself presentable for an evening out felt like a monumental task. Not to mention, she didn’t want to risk running into her brothers or anyone from LarsAir.
She shook her head.
A long pause. “I don’t want to leave you here alone and in the dark.”
“I’ll be fine.”
