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Chapter14
Donovan
I amin so much fucking trouble.
I lay beside Nova in her bed, watching her as she slept soundly.She was still wrapped around me, and my arms were around her, holding her as the morning sun peeked in through the curtains.
We’d fallen asleep like this.Naked, limbs entwined.
And it felt good.Waking up beside her felt good.
When she’d asked me to stay, it had been...surprising.I wasn’t surprised she wanted me because that had been clear from the moment she opened the door to me, and I wanted her just as much.But I hadn’t expected it to move so fast.She was unsure of what we were, and she was probably right to be.Nothing was clear, only that we liked each other.
And now I’d touched her.Seen all of her.Not just her body, but her heart, which I was pretty sure she was offering me with every kiss.Like a greedy bastard, I took it, but not without surrendering a piece of my own in return.
I really hadn’t meant to.Not to take nor to give.I’d just wanted to be with her.Spend the night with her and live in the moment, just like we’d said.
I’d never thought of myself as a ‘sex changes everything’ kind of guy.Sex was sex.I hadn’t had as many one night stands as I could have, but when I did, I never had a problem walking away.
This isn’t a one-night stand, you moron.
I knew that before we’d walked up her stairs.Because a one-night stand didn’t usually come with the strings already attached.I hadn’t lied when I’d text her to say I missed her.It was the God’s honest truth, and even though it was pathetic, I didn’t care.Being close to her was all I wanted, and as she lay in my arms, I wasn’t in any hurry to leave her side.
“Good morning,” Nova mumbled against my chest, her breath tickling my skin.
“How’d you know I was awake?”I asked.
“Your breathing is getting heavier.”She paused, tilting her head to look up at me.“So, either you’re thinking hard or getting hard.”
I laughed out loud as she raised her eyebrows.“Might be both with you naked and wrapped around me.”
She smiled, snuggling closer against me.“Thank you for staying.”
“Did you think I wouldn’t?”
“Maybe.I thought you might have snuck out so your nan wouldn’t know you’d been out all night.”
“Judging by the message she sent you, I’m pretty sure she knew I wasn’t coming back.”
“Oh my God,” she groaned, looking up at me again.“It’s going to be so cringey when we go back in there and see her.”
“Well...”I ran my hand down her arm, entwining my fingers with hers.“We can always combat that by staying here in bed all day.”
“Hmm,” she said, placing a soft kiss on my chest.“I might be on board with that idea, but...we’ll still have to face her some time.And it will still be cringey.I mean, I used to just be Nova, her friendly neighbour.Now, I’m Nova, the woman who banged her grandson.”
Laughing again, I let go of her hand and stroked the soft skin on her back.She let out a tiny sigh of pleasure.“So, whatdoyou want to do today?”
“I hadn’t really thought.Although...I was kind of wondering if you need to do anything for your blog.There are a few places around we could go and see.You could rack up a fair amount of content just in one day without going too far.”
How was it possible that she kept getting better?Admittedly, I wasn’t sure how much I could find of interest nearby in one day, but the fact she was interested enough in my work to ask if I needed more content was sweet.Sometimes, even I found what I did for a living a bit ridiculous, but she had never once mocked me.She’d just accepted it and looked me up, and now she wanted to help.
“Where did you have in mind?”I asked her.Now my ankle was fully healed, I could drive again, and I was looking forward to going further than the town for a change.
“I have a few ideas.”She smiled.“What does a day of travel blogging involve for you?”
“More than you probably think,” I told her honestly.Yes, I was a guy with a camera and internet access, but when it came down to it, there was a lot of photo and video editing involved, as well as writing in an appealing and informative way.I spent more time editing videos than almost anything else, but it was worth it.However, the amount of hours that stuff took was the main reason I had scheduled some things to post on most of my channels before I arrived in Devon.The post I’d made about being in Devon had thrown things off a little and had led to me hitting pause on my other posts.So, I needed to either make more local and current content, or let the other posts go out.There was nothing on my channels about any part of the UK, which, when I thought about it, was a bit ridiculous with me being English and all.If I did get some new content, it would mean having to spend the best part of a day getting it all ready to publish, but it was better than leaving everything to get stagnant for another couple of weeks.
Within a couple of hours,after I’d gone back to my nan’s to get showered and changed, Nova and I were standing in front of Teignmouth Pier, wrapped up in our thick coats, shivering as the sea breeze whipped around us.
