make myself comfortable. I started by making another drink and kicking off my boots. “Will it bother you if I turn the TV on?”
“No, as long as it’s not a show with excessive violence, obnoxious screaming, music with lyrics, or basketball.”
“That’s specific,” I laughed.
“To be successful, it’s beneficial to know what things are distracting and remove them,” she said. “Those are my things.”
“I’ve never heard that before.”
She looked up from her computer screen and grinned. “That’s because I just made it up.”
“You should put it in a book.”
I left her to her searching and found a survival reality show marathon to watch. Because I was sure enough to bet my bike she wouldn’t come up for air for at least two hours.
Ring. Ring. Ring
I reached over to smack my phone but hit empty air. After a few more blind attempts, I grumbled as I sat up and opened my eyes. For a brief moment, I didn’t know where I was. Then, it all came back to me. I was in Sloane’s hotel room and must’ve fallen asleep.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
My phone. Quickly getting up, I stumbled around the room and finally found it on the coffee table next to Sloane’s computer.
“Yeah,” I answered, not bothering to look to see who was calling.
“Hey, man. You coming to spar today?” Savior asked.
“Fuck,” I groaned as I realized how late it was. “Yeah. I’ll be there in a few,” I said and ended the call.
“Did I make you late for something again?” Sloane asked sleepily from the bed.
“Yes, but I preferred the way you did it yesterday,” I teased.
“Sorry,” she yawned. “I must’ve fallen asleep while searching. I guess you were right.”
I laughed. “I wish I had time to gloat about that, but I gotta run meet Savior at the gym.”
“What time is it?” she asked and rubbed her face.
“A little before one.”
“In the afternoon?” she shrieked and jumped out of bed.
“Yes. Got somewhere to be?” I teased while putting my boots on.
“How little is little? I have a video conference at one and I don’t even have a bra on!”
“You don’t have pants on either,” I pointed out.
“The navel up is all that’s important for video meetings,” she stated like it was common knowledge.
“As long as you stay seated.”
“Touché,” she replied from inside the bathroom. I hoped she wouldn’t be long, because I didn’t have the time to wait for her. Surprisingly, she emerged less than a minute later and launched herself into my arms. With her legs wrapped around my waist, she captured my lips and kissed me with an intensity I wasn’t expecting.
Breaking the kiss, she jumped out of my arms before I was ready to release her. “Chop. Chop. We both have places to be and things to do.”
“Speaking of, I have to work until nine tonight.”
“Okay, what’re you doing when you get off?”
“I better be doing y—fuck!” I cursed. “It’s my weekend at the clubhouse; I’ve gotta be there from eleven to seven tonight and tomorrow night.” I paused and looked to ceiling while I tried to remember what I had scheduled after that. “Pretty sure I work the morning shift the next day, but after three o’clock, I’ll have a few days off,” I said suggestively.
She stopped running around long enough to face me and ask, “Is that so?”
“It is what it is, Sweet Sloane.”
“Okay, so come by when you get off work.”
“You’re still going to be in town two days from now?”
She shrugged. “I should be. Even if I found Heidi an hour from now, I’d still have several days of work to do before I can head out.”
“Well then, I’ll see you soon, Sweet Sloane.” With that, I pulled her to me and devoured her mouth one more time before I left.
9
Rolling over, I stretched and yawned before I opened my eyes. Judging by the lack of light filling my room, I knew it was far too early to be awake, but I didn’t want to look at my phone and know for sure.
Closing my eyes again, I settled back into the bed to go back to sleep until my alarm went off for work when the sound of someone lightly knocking on my door filled my ears. “What?” I barked and started to get pissed when no one answered me.
Throwing off the covers, I stormed toward the door and yanked it open, ready to lay into whoever was determined to keep me from sleeping. But no one was there. Then, I heard it again.