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“Whatcha doing?” She leaned hard on the wall behind me while I secured therobe.
My mind raced. What was I doing? I couldn’t very well say I’d decided to come back early from my evening flight so I could see her. Naked. What did people do naked? Besides that. I tapped my forehead. Shower? No. My muscles were screaming. “I was about to go in the hot tub,” Ilied.
“Oooohhh, I love hot tubs.” Maggie grinned while squinting atme.
I frowned. “What’s wrong with youreyes?”
“They hurt. So bright,” shemumbled.
“I’m not sure you should be going in a hot tub right now, Mags.” I slammed my mouth shut. What? Now I was giving her nicknames?Fuck.
“Mags. I like that.” She shoved off the wall and catapulted herself into my arms. “Almost as much as I like hottubs.”
The offer, and there was definitely an offer, was incredibly enticing. I couldn’t think of a better way to end my day than by curling up with Maggie in a hot tub. And we’d have to curl up together. Right now, she was a drowning risk. Damn, she was practically a breathingrisk.
“I have a better idea. I’ll grab some pajama pants and tuck you into bed.” I walked her out to the bed. “Wait here for me.” Then I disappeared inside my closet. Did I even own pajama pants? I pulled on a pair of boxer briefs I found in my drawer, then I scoured the closet. I’d have to get Fredo on this pajama pant thing. In the meantime, I found some athletic shorts I sometimes wore when I went jogging and tugged them on. Maggie was awfully quiet. Drunks and toddlers required the same amount of supervision. And when they were quiet, they were probably getting into trouble. Peeking into the room, I discovered Maggie was right where I left her, only now she was completely naked. Immediately, every drop of blood in my body seemed to be rushing to my cock and if I didn’t do something fast, there’d be no hiding myerection.
“Maggie, what are you doing?” I rushed to her side to keep her from topplingover.
Her lower lip curled out. “You said you’d tuck me into bed.” She raised both arms above her head. “I’m ready!” She glanced at my shorts and grinned. “Looks like you are too.” Then she leaned back onto the bed and somehow managed to scoot all the way on by leveraging thenightstand.
I shook my head. I had to hand it to her. She was remarkably agile. “Okay, let’s go tuck you intoyourbed.”
She shook her head. “Here,” Maggiewhispered.
“Mags,mio dolci amore, be reasonable. Your father will kill me. I’ll suffer the wrath of Fredo. No one wants that, right?” I clasped my hands in front of my chest, imploring her to consider theconsequences.
She rolled over and looked at me. “Am I really your sweetlove?”
I could tell my response was important to her. Placating her would be easy in her condition, but I wanted no lies between us. “You could be,” Iadmitted.
Her eyes widened and somehow, she managed to rally and scamper up to the head of the bed. Seconds later, Maggie wriggled under the covers and leaned back on the pillows. “There,” she murmured. “One day, I’d like to be yourtesoro.”
I grinned. “You’d be a special kind of treasure forsure.”
“Just lay with me,please.”
One look into those gorgeous green eyes and I was a goner. Without responding, I climbed onto the bed, laid down on top of the covers, and held open my arms to her. Almost immediately, she melted against my side and laid her head on my chest. I pressed my lips against her forehead. “Sleep,principessa.”
* * *
Maggie
The sun had barely peekedover the horizon when I suddenly jerked awake. My head was pounding and I had to pee so badly my bladder felt like it would explode. Still, I was so comfortable, I didn’t want to move. Wait…why was I so comfortable? My bed had a spring that was poking through and a mattress topper to make do. I wiggled slightly and a hand tightened around my body. I froze, ready to panic at any moment. I slowly opened my eyes to scan my surroundings and gasped as I realized I was naked and in bed with Blaise. After closer inspection, I realized he was on the covers and wearing shorts. Did that really count? So, apparently I’m stupid and shameless when I’m drunk, which he finds to be utterly unappealing. I mean, if he was attracted to me, wouldn’t he have at least slipped under the sheets with me? My face warmed, a sign I was blushing. And this time, when my eyes filled with tears, I fought to hide shame, not rage or sorrow. How could I face himtoday?
Sliding out of his grasp an inch at a time, I crawled under the covers until I was able to drop to the floor head first, my arms barely hitting the carpet before my face. I was not graceful in the least, but with a hangover, I was clumsy as hell. Tiptoeing around the room, I found my clothes. I also realized at some point while I was unconscious, Fredo had been here. The tray was gone. My face was completely on fire as I gathered my clothes and raced to my bedroom. Once inside, I closed the door and locked it. I didn’t want to see anyone, maybe ever again. This was too much humiliation for me tohandle.
Dropping everything on the floor near my suitcase, I stumbled to the bathroom, blinded by tears. Once I peed, I decided to go back to bed. That’s when I saw it. Fredo had left me ibuprofen and a glass of water on my nightstand. I swallowed both, then crawled under the covers. Taking care of Blaise was his job. Anything he did for me felt over the top and completely undeserved. I sniffled some as I finally drifted off tosleep.
When I woke again, hours later, I found a table and chair set up near my fireplace. There was a covered tray on it. Glancing around the room, I saw my door was still locked. I frowned as I climbed out of bed to examine everything. I pulled off the top and found a white rose, which made me smile. Then I realized the rest of the tray was essentially brunch. Huge thick buttered slices of toast, pancakes and syrup, scrambled eggs, a fresh fruit cup, and a huge mug of tea. Everything was still warm. Despite, the shame, I still had to eat. I was hungry, but my stomach felt unsettled. I wanted to devour every bit of this, but I suspected it would go badly. So, I picked at myfood.
In the middle of it, Fredo hopped the wall to my private patio and let himself in through the French doors. “And now I may never sleep again.” Isighed.
“Miss Maggie, of course I have a key to all the doors in the house, just like Mr. Draco.” He nodded and I realized I hadn’t exactly thought thisthrough.
“And while I can understand why you wouldn’t want to seehimat the moment, surely that doesn’t apply to me?” His browsrose.
I swallowed the bite of toast in my mouth. Right now, it tasted like sawdust and went down like a brick. “I drank too much, threw myself at him, and…you know. You saw!” I wrapped my arms around my body. “In a matter of hours, I managed to completely humiliate myself in front of the one person who’s trying to help us.” I shook myhead.
