She slid between his sheets as he walked naked to her small bag near the door, rummaged and found her brush. His sheets were lovely, pure white and a high thread count. “Did your mother or your sisters help you decorate?” she asked, sitting with the covers up over her breasts.
He grinned. “How’d you know?”
“Most guys aren’t that into high thread count sheets and color-coordinated plush bath towels.”
He sat on the side of the bed and started to brush her hair. Oh God. Her eyes closed, shivery sensations running over her skin. That felt so amazing.
“I like nice things,” he said unapologetically. “But yeah, I’m not much into shopping.”
The brush pulled down through her hair, over and over, and lethargy swept over her. “That’s so nice,” she mumbled.
“There.” He set the brush aside then joined her in the bed. He slid down and pulled her on top of him. She rested her hands on his chest, set her chin on top of them and looked at him while he filtered his hands through her hair. “Love your hair.”
I love you.
Her eyes widened when those words popped into her head and for a moment, panic flared as she thought she’d said them out loud.
What the fuck?
“What’s wrong?” He frowned at her.
“N-nothing.” She turned her head so her cheek rested on her hands. “I’m good. Um, tired.”
“Yeah. We did a lot of walking in the fresh air.” He stroked a palm over her hair. “Wanna sleep, baby?”
“Mmm. Maybe. Yeah.”
She rolled off him and faced away from him on her side, tugging the duvet up to her chin. The bed moved as Levi repositioned his pillows and settled. Over on his doggy bed in the corner, Chuck groaned in his sleep. Silence descended.
City lights glittered outside the big window and she stared at them. Not sleepy. Nope. She was wide-awake and terrified.
“You’re tense as hell,” Levi finally said. “Not sleeping.”
He was not wrong. She sighed.
“Talk to me, Sloane.” His hand on her shoulder was gentle as he pulled her to her back. He propped himself up on an elbow to look at her. “What just happened? You seemed all into it earlier. Is it because I said I want to fuck your ass?”
Her breasts tingled despite her stomach being in knots, and every muscle contracted. “No,” she whispered, though she could have used that as an excuse for her freak out. She sure as hell wasn’t about to tell him the truth.
She cared. She felt something for him.
This was so bad.
“It’s okay, Sloane. You like me. It’s okay.”
Fuck, fuck, fuck. He got her. So damn much. That scared her even more. She resisted the urge to slap her hands over her face.
“Sure I do.” She smiled. Traced a finger down the middle of his chest. Okay, she could totally distract him from this uncomfortable conversation. “And I want you to fuck my ass.”
He gave her a squinty look but she could see the heat flare in his eyes. And she felt his cock harden against her thigh. He wanted that. And truthfully…it excited her too. Okay, she was deflecting an awkward conversation about emotions. No, she was distracting her own mind from an awkward conversation about her emotions. She didn’t have feelings. She couldn’t have feelings.
Something huge and black inside her yawned wide. If she cared…it would be taken away from her. She’d experienced that over and over. Her mom. Her dad. Her dog Teddy. Her skating. Her friends and teachers and everything that was familiar to her. Her first coworkers and friends when she’d started into the business world, who hadn’t really been friends after all. And now Levi.
She couldn’t care about him.
But she could let him fuck her and make her come so hard she didn’t remember any of that shit.
He actually gave her a suspicious look, then groaned. “As if I can resist that.” He pulled her up against his body and the sensation of being skin to skin the entire length of their bodies was unbelievably voluptuous. She sank into it, his hand holding her face as he kissed her. Their mouths opened to each other, his thumb brushing the corner of her mouth. As the kiss slowly ended, she turned her head and took his thumb into her mouth and sucked it.
His hot gaze met hers. “Oh baby,” he moaned. “You are so getting fucked. But first I want to suck those sweet little nipples.” He urged her flat onto her back and