I wasn’t sure if he’d heard me, but when his fingers curled around mine and he pulled me to his side, I knew he must have. We waved goodbye to Big Mac, who watched us go with a knowing expression on his face and a quick salute with his beer, then turned back to the group of friends he was talking to.
The walk back to our room was made in comfortable silence. After opening the door, Jaxon followed me inside and made for the sofa-bed and his bag.
It was cute that he thought I was going to make him sleep there alone. I went into the bedroom and changed into a tank top and sleep shorts before going back to the doorway, beckoning to him when he looked up at me.
“Do you really want to sleep out here?” I asked.
He got off the bed immediately, coming over to wrap his arms around me. “Not if there’s another option available.”
“I think there just might be. The bed is big enough for both of us, wouldn’t you agree?”
“Yes.” Without saying another word, we walked to the same sides of the bed we’d woken up on and pulled back the covers.
The only light on in the room was the one on Jaxon’s side of the bed, and he flipped it off once we were both comfortable. He didn’t stay on his side of the bed much longer though, moving over and holding me the same way he had the night before.
“I’m ready for another day without an itinerary,” I said softly.
I felt his answering smile, even in the dark, before he pressed another one of his sweet kisses to the back of my neck. “So am I. Let’s get some sleep. No waking up before at least noon.”
A groan escaped me, and he chuckled before giving me another kiss. “Joking, sweet cheeks. Now go to sleep. There’s no knowing what tomorrow will bring.”
Despite how worked up I’d been earlier, I fell asleep without feeling sorry that we hadn’t done anything. The massages earlier really had exhausted me, and our late night last night certainly hadn’t helped things.
Besides, knowing Jaxon, there would definitely be a chance to have my other needs tended to tomorrow. Thoroughly.
With that thought in mind, I succumbed to sleep, smiling and holding the hand draped over my middle.
Chapter 18
JAXON
I hadn’t slept next to a woman in years. Yet I’d slept next to Lindsay for two nights in a row, and one of them hadn’t even been in a post-coital haze.
For once, I was awake before her and had already showered by the time she opened her gorgeous eyes. She frowned when she saw me dressed and ready for the day, her gaze flicking to the window before she brought it back to mine.
“What’s the time?”
“Hey, that’s my line,” I teased, leaning over to kiss her cheek before motioning to the coffee I’d already made her. “It’s only seven, so you can relax. I was planning on waking you up soon anyway. I didn’t want you having a cardiac event if you only came to mid-morning.”
Groaning as she rolled over and pulled the covers over her head, she lifted her arms out from underneath them and stretched. Her back arched as she did, pushing her breasts up as if she was offering them to me.
My dick stirred, but I ignored it and focused on her instead. “Come on, sleepyhead. We’ve got places to go and things to see. Chop chop.”
I grinned when I repeated her words from earlier in the week back to her, and her head popped out from under the covers just enough to show me her eyes as she glared at me. “Very funny. Keep the coffee for me. I’ll be right out.”
Taking that as my cue to give her some privacy for her morning routine, I left the bedroom and heard the shower starting to run just a few seconds later. It was ridiculous how refreshed I felt, considering how early it still was, but sleeping next to her seemed to do that to me.
I heard her humming when she got out of the shower and smiled, seriously thinking about going back in there while she was still naked. It was a day without a plan, my day, and spending it in bed with her still seemed like a really good idea to me.
Too bad she’d never go for it. I let out a sigh, but I couldn’t really