Page 72 of Then Came You

The next morning, Gillian stretched her arms out wide, hitting up against a hard, male chest. For a second, she wondered if she were dreaming, but then the bare-chested man next to her spoke.

“Ouch!”

“Sorry.” She turned on her side to face him, letting her gaze roam over him. Last night, after all their lovemaking, she’d asked him to stay over, and he’d immediately agreed. Now her bed was warm, and the view was spectacular.

“Good morning,” he said, shifting to his side and propping his head in his hand.

“Morning.”

“Sleep good?”

“Um-hmm. You?”

“Fantastic.”

He reached over and brushed her hair off her shoulder. The gesture was simple, yet it felt surprisingly intimate. Then again, she hadn’t woken up with a man in her bed for over a year. Of course it felt intimate.

“Hungry?”

Yes. For you. “I could eat.”

He chuckled. “How do you feel about pancakes?”

“I love pancakes.”

“That makes two of us. How about if I make breakfast?”

She wanted to pinch herself just to make sure she hadn’t fallen into one of her romance novels. After making love to her multiple times last night, he wanted to make breakfast too? It was like a dream come true!

“There’s only one problem. I’m out of pancake mix.”

“That’s not a problem. We can go to my place for breakfast. I need to let Rocky out anyway.”

“Rocky. Ohmigod. I forgot all about him being alone last night.”

“I checked on him a couple times during my shift, but he’ll be wanting his breakfast too.”

“We should go, then.” She started to throw her covers off, but then she remembered she was naked underneath.

“I think he’ll be okay for a little while longer.”

He gave her a look that turned her insides to mush, and she let the covers slip down and reveal her bare breasts. Before she knew it, he’d grabbed her around the waist and pulled her over on top of him. His lower half was still covered, but she felt his erection nudge her through the sheet.

Cupping her bare bottom in his warm hands, he gave it a squeeze. “Last night was amazing.”

“I agree.” She dipped her head down and kissed him, feeling her limbs loosen and her body heat up. She would have stayed in bed with him all day, but then Cocoa whimpered outside the door, and she remembered their other responsibilities.

“I guess we’ll have to continue this later,” he said, his eyes hooded with desire.

“I don’t have to work today.”

“Neither do I.”

“Spend the day with me.”

He’d phrased it as a statement rather than a question, but her answer was the same either way. “Okay.”

“Yeah?”