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I couldn’t look at him, and it was easier not to.
“I’m getting all the reward I need.”
“But you can’t be.”
“Trust me, I am. You may not believe it, but this is exactly where I want to be. And maybe one day, when you believe my words, I’ll tell you why.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
“I know it doesn’t, darling. But one day it will. Then all of it will be easy to understand.”
My eyes were wide. Was there some other thing he got out of this? Was there something I was missing?
Or did pissing off Calvin make him this happy?
“Go to sleep, Amy. Save figuring all of this out for tomorrow.”
Levi’s hand rested on my shoulder, his heat a reminder of what had happened in the bath.
Damn it. I wanted him, even if I didn’t understand him.
But I was anadult.I wasn’t going to let anything happen.
No matter how close he got.
Chapter Fourteen
Levi wason his side of the bed and I was on mine when we fell asleep.
What I hadn’t known was we wouldn’t wake up that way.
As consciousness slowly roused me, I realized that there was a comfortable weighted blanket on me, one that was a little too good to be an inanimate object.
His arm was around my waist, holding me tightly to his chest. I wanted to be horrified or embarrassed, but the only thing on my mind was what I thought of last night as I touched myself.
I liked him. That much was for sure—and liking someone made me way hornier for them. I tried to push it out of my mind, but I was already seeing memories of the way his hair curled against his neck, the way his jaw clenched when he was thinking hard about something.
The way hesmelled.
And the third thing was very much a problem because I was surrounded by it while in bed with him, and, God, was I horny.
Who knew getting married and being given everything you wanted would cause that? I sure as fuck didn’t.
But I told myself the night before that nothing good could come from sleeping with the man who only wanted me to enact revenge on my brother.
However, when I woke up, it was impossible to think that way.
Levi waseverywhere.His torso was behind mine. Every inch of him was pressed against me.
And he was hard. Because of fucking course he was.
The second I felt it, I knew there was no way I was getting out of this with my pride intact.
I could feel every inch of him at this angle, and I knew right where I wanted him. My mind knew this was a bad idea, but my body had no such reservations.
Levi took in a deep breath. His hand trailed circles onto my stomach.
I was on fire. I knew I should move away, especially since he was waking up. I needed to get out of bed and put a healthy distance between the two of us.