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“We?” I repeated. “I’m just the set dressing.”
He shook his head. “You are not the set dressing.”
Yet, as Cole said it, he seemed a little distracted. I could tell he was turning something over in his mind. While I wanted to pick a little play fight, I could just tell he needed space to think and ponder.
I snuggled back in the bed, letting my body get heavy and sink into it. Planning on just resting a little until Cole joined me, I closed my eyes and listened to the birds twittering away outside and the quiet, metallic clinks of the velvet-lined hangers as Cole put our clothes away.
Then, after what felt like only seconds, Cole was climbing into bed and wrapping his arms around me, pulling me tight against him, my back pressed to his chest. He nuzzled the back of my neck, kissing the skin there and inhaling deeply. I couldn’t tell if he was smelling me or just settling in.
“That was fast,” I murmured as I relaxed against him.
“No, it took a while. You just fell asleep, sweetheart,” he said, kissing that sensitive spot behind my ear. “You’re right, though. This bed is ridiculous.”
“I know.” A soft chuckle drifted from my lips. “How long have I been out?”
“Twenty minutes or so. We don’t have to get up for another few hours.”
“Good. ’Cause I’m obsessed with this bed right now.”
“Mmm. So, have I been a good enough boy to hear one of those claiming theories before you fall back asleep?”
A giggle went through me. “I’ll give you the least creative one. How about that?”
“I’ll allow it.”
“How kind of you,” I teased. “Does it have to do with finishing inside me? Is that the heinous sex act?”
“That’s not a heinous sex act, Marley,” he said, the soft huff of his laughter tickling my ear. “That’s normal behavior. In fact, I’m pretty sure I have finished inside you.”
“I thought it could be a ritual version or something. A particular way you do it. And you usually opt not to, like last night.”
“There’s no freaky cum magic I’m avoiding. If anything, that’s because I like making a mess of you, silly girl. And out of an abundance of caution because it’s a little early for a pregnancy scare, my being lost in the throes of passion notwithstanding.”
“Well, that’s the first theory,” I said. “I’ll have to see how the night pans out to decide if you get to hear any more.”
“Such a slave driver,” Cole said as he kissed me on the back of my neck, right where my hairline was. I shivered as his warm breath sent goosebumps down my skin. “Go back to sleep, baby.”
He didn’t have to tell me twice. The combination of the impossibly comfortable bed and his arms tangled around me was enough to knock me out within minutes.
We woke to the sun slanting into the room at a lazy angle, splashing the entire room in the orange haze of dusk. I woke up first, feeling Cole’s arms wrapped around my waist, one hand cupping my breast. Every now and then, the hand on my breast tightened, his fingers drifting lazily over my nipple. Cole’s body was curled around mine in an almost protective position. I was almost fully engulfed in him and the blankets.
My mind was hazy as it came back into the present. I was floating in a fog of dreamy comfort, ready to surrender to it again and sleep. Just as I was about to drift off again, the alarm on Cole’s phone went off.
He was so deeply asleep that he jerked, his heart thumping against my back. “Fuck,” he gasped. “Scared the shit out of me.”
“You were passed out,” I said. “Do you want to get a bit more sleep?”
“Probably shouldn’t, as much as I’d like to. If we get too much sleep, we’ll just spend the whole night paranoid and awake.”
“Good point. When do we head out to the…whatever?”
“Eugenio is gonna come get us at seven. It’s five-thirty now. We’ll probably be there late, so better to dress in layers in case it gets cold. I also don’t know if we’ll be inside or outside.”
I nodded and stretched my whole body, Cole moving to accommodate me.
“I love your little kitty-cat stretches,” he said in a voice still heavy with sleep as he kissed my shoulder. “You’re adorable.”
His easy praise, the way he always found something to say he loved about me, made my heart flutter and warm. Cole had a wonderful way of making even the smallest details about me seem special.
