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fast asleep, curled around her. Their legs were twisted together. Her arm
was thrown protectively around Kiera. Had they slept that way all night?
She actually didn’t remember even falling asleep. She hadn’t slept so
deeply since…since the last time she’d spent the night with Romi.
This time, there was none of the panic that accompanied waking up the
first time they’d fallen asleep together. This time, Kiera let herself slowly
extricate her legs from Romi’s, just so she could stretch out the cramped
muscles. She sighed with the sheer bliss of extending her legs fully after
they’d been curled for hours. Her muscles protested, but after a few
seconds, they relaxed and obeyed her commands.
Romi stayed blissfully asleep. Kiera watched the sunlight play over her
face, highlighting her sharp cheekbones, her long lashes, and her full lips.
She couldn’t stop herself from reaching out and brushing back a silky strand
of the jet black hair that had fallen across Romi’s cheek. Romi’s hair was so
black that the sunlight actually illuminated some strands that were almost
blue.
“Ordinary,” Kiera whispered under her breath. “I can’t believe you’d
even use that word. You’re so far from ordinary. You make me dream about
all the things that could be possible. Things I never thought I’d be brave
enough to do or could ever have. You’re anything but ordinary.”
Romi didn’t stir. Kiera wanted to lay in bed and just savor the fact that
neither of them had anywhere to be. This was their time. It might have only
been a few weeks since they’d met, but Kiera felt a strange certainty that
she’d never felt before. She just knew Romi was it. There would never be
anyone like her. Meeting her, being with her, making love to her, waking up
beside her, it just felt so natural.
Kiera could have stayed like that for hours, just watching Romi sleep,
listening to her even breaths, but her stomach twisted with hunger and let
out a painful growl. She was reminded that they’d never had their dinner
last night. In fact, when she glanced at the clock, she realized that they’d
