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Ginger stirred a little when I removed the dress and bra that sat bunched up around her waist. I headed into the bathroom, returning with a warm, wet washcloth. Opening her legs, I proceeded to clean her up. Then I tossed the rag back into the bathroom. I pulled her to me after climbing into bed. Ginger snuggled against my chest, mumbling inaudible words in her sleep.
Chapter 55
Calida
I opened my eyes only to shut them again against the blinding light. The early morning sun streamed through the crack in the drapes. My head pounded. No more red wine for me for a while.
Sitting up slowly, the covers dropped down to reveal my nude state. My entire body flushed thinking about last night. Sex with Malcolm hadn’t been a disappointment before, but last night was a whole new ballgame. I covered my mouth to muffle a laugh, remembering how I’d taunted him. “Oh yeah, I have to do that again.”
Malcolm’s side of the bed was empty. I glanced at the clock.
“Holy shit.” Not morning but close to one in the afternoon.
Easing out of bed, I winced at the discomfort between my legs. Maybe I won’t challenge his sexual prowess again for a while. I took careful steps to the bathroom and hissed through the slight burning sensation as I answered the call of nature.
“Not for a long while.”
I gave my body a good stretch. I was tempted to walk downstairs nude, but I had no doubt that’d get me in trouble. It’d be the best kind of trouble, but trouble nonetheless. Deciding against that course of action, I headed to Mal’s dresser, opening and closing the drawers until I found his T-shirts. I slipped on one of the plain white undershirts as I slowly made my way out of the room. Midway down the steps, I heard Mal’s voice.
“Yo ass is going down.”
Malcolm sat on the couch, headset on, frantically working the controller. He did more trash talking to whoever was on the other end. When he spotted me he gave a wink and a smile.
He put his hand over the mic. “Good afternoon, Sleeping Beauty.”
“I haven’t slept in like this in a long time.”
He gave a sexy smirk. “You’re welcome.”
My stomach growled loudly.
“You want me to fix you something to eat? Shut up, ass, I wasn’t talking to you.”
I laughed. “No, I’m good.”
After popping one of the coffee pods into the machine, I rummaged through the fridge and settled on a sandwich. As I started to make mine, I glanced over at Malcolm and made a second to be on the safe side.
The last sputters of the machine got my attention. Coffee mid-afternoon was not my usual, but I hoped the caffeine along with food would ease the pain in my head.
Doubling up the plates, I picked up both and my coffee. Mal gave me a quick side glance before returning his attention to his game. I sat down the plates, unstacked them, placed one of the sandwiches on the second one and slid it toward him.
He looked at it then over at me and smiled. “Knew I loved you for a reason. Man, if you don’t shut yo ass up.”
I leaned over and kissed his cheek. “Glad my sandwich making is worthy of your affections.”
I sat back, sipping my coffee and eating my sandwich while watching him play his game. His trash talking was quite entertaining. Once he finished whatever mission he was on, he exited the game.
“You could have kept playing.”
Mal leaned back against the sofa and placed his hand on my exposed outer thigh.
“I know, but I rather hang with you.” His thumb softly stroked back and forth against my leg while he channel surfed. “Anything you want to watch?”
I shook my head. He finally settled on HGTV. Sitting in quiet comfort was a luxury I'd never had before. Happy that the pain was subsiding, I laid my head on his shoulder. A smile graced my lips when he kissed my forehead.
“You feeling okay?”
“Yeah, head hurts, but it's getting better.”
