Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 84203 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84203 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
“Poor guy,” Ellie says. “He looked like he was in pain.”
“Ellie!” I hiss.
“What? I’m fifteen not five. I know what a guy looks like when he’s been cockblocked. Maybe you should… I don’t know… go help him out.”
“Eliza Bardot! Not another word.”
“Fine, fine.” She raises her hands. “But for what it’s worth, I’m happy for you.”
Her comment catches me off guard. “Happy for me?”
“Yeah,” she says with a smile. “Micah is a good guy. I thought for sure you’d push him away, but I’m glad you came to your senses and are giving him a chance. You deserve to be happy.”
My throat clogs with emotion and tears burn behind my lids. “Thank you.” I jump off the counter and walk over to her, wrapping my arms around her for a hug. “You know you’ll always come first, though, right?” I need her to know that regardless of me seeing where things go with Micah, she’ll always be my priority. She might be cool with us dating, but I still need her to know, she’ll always come first.
“Well, duh,” she says, laughing lightly. “But in three years I’m leaving for college, so it makes me happy to know you won’t be alone. I mean, I won’t be far, only in the city.” She shrugs. “But I’ll be living in a dorm and won’t see you every day.”
Oh, this child...when the hell did she grow up?
“C’mon, sweet girl, let’s go watch that movie.”
“Or you can join Micah in the shower and help him out.”
Oh, this girl...I’m going to kill her. Or...“I think it’s time we have the talk.”
“What talk?” she asks, pulling back and eyeing me suspiciously.
“The sex talk.”
“Sigh, I’ll never get tired of watching this movie,” Ellie says, when the credits for Twilight start to rise to the top of the screen.
When she picked the movie and Micah agreed to watch it— despite me trying to convince him otherwise—I figured we were in for a boring two hours. But little did I know that watching a movie with Micah would be anything but boring.
He plopped onto the couch, dropping a blanket over us, and spent the entire movie feeling on me. Touching me just enough to turn me on but steering clear of the parts that would send me soaring. Halfway through the movie, I was so turned on I had to excuse myself to use the bathroom because I was so freaking wet. And when I returned, the sexy quirk of his lips told me he knew exactly what he was doing to me.
I wanted to get him back, to rub on him to the point where he’d be just as turned on and uncomfortable as he’d made me, but I fought the urge to do so. I knew I couldn’t finish what I started, and I’d already left him hanging once today thanks to Ellie interrupting us.
“What’s on the agenda for tomorrow?” Ellie asks, as we head out of the theater and toward the stairs. It’s late and I’m beyond exhausted. How has it only been twenty-four hours since our lives imploded? In that short span of time, I was nearly attacked, we found Phil dead in our apartment, and after taking temporary refuge in Micah’s penthouse, we learned that our home and car had been torched, leaving us with nothing. To top things off, there’s a million-dollar bounty on my head!
“Nothing,” I tell her. “We have to lay low.”
“We can still do stuff,” she says with a pout. “What about a pool day? We could order some floats for the pool and buy stuff to make fruity drinks and get pool snacks. It would be fun!” She glances at Micah, hopeful, and he chuckles.
“Sounds good. Make a list and I’ll have everything on it delivered tomorrow morning.”
I mock glare at him, and he shrugs. “It’s okay to say no to her, you know,” I tell him.
“No it’s not,” Ellie disagrees, stopping in front of her door. “Okay, well, it’s been fun, but I’m just gonna go to bed now with my earbuds in my ears...They’re noise canceling, so I can’t hear anything.” She shoots us an exaggerated wink and I groan. “So, if you guys wanted to...I don’t know...pick up where you left off, you won’t be interrupted.”
Micah chuckles and looks at me with a smirk. “That’s not happening,” I say to him, reaching up and giving him a kiss on his cheek. “Good night.” I glance at Ellie. “Both of you.”
“Sorry, man,” she says to Micah as she opens her door. “I tried.”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
MICAH
“I think you’re starting to burn. I could put some sunscreen on you if you want.” I run my finger down Sienna’s arm, and she slowly turns her face toward me, popping one eye open to glare at me. We’ve spent the day at the pool, just as Ellie wanted, complete with fruity drinks—virgin for Ellie, alcoholic for Sienna, and scotch for me—and plenty of food to snack on. I can’t remember the last time I’ve lounged anywhere all day, let alone by the pool, but I can see the appeal. Despite my phone blowing up, I’ve fielded the majority of the calls to my assistant or replied that I would be back in the office Tuesday. It’s nice to just…relax.