Tessa woke to
the heavenly smell of coffee and the low rumble of a masculine chuckle. She
rolled over to cuddle against Rob, only to discover that he was sound asleep.
Her sleep fogged mind wiggled with the conflict. If he was sleeping beside her,
who had made coffee, and who was laughing? She clutched the sheet to her chest
and bolted upright. More laughter greeted her action. Her gaze flew to the
door.
“What the hell
are you doing here?” She demanded with a glare.
“I just brought
you coffee in bed, Sweetie,” Mitch drawled. “How was I to know you were cuddled
up with this moron?” He gestured towards Rob with the cup in his hand.
“Maybe because
she’s in my house and in my bed,” Rob growled. “Get out of here Waters.” Rob
pulled Tessa back down into his embrace. “We are not ready to get up yet. Lock
the door on your way out.”
Tessa looked
back and forth between the two men, it was early, and her mind wasn’t up to
processing things yet. “Give me that coffee before you leave,” she growled at
the man lounging indolently against the door jam.
“You want it?
Come and get it.” Mitch teased with a wink. “I came over here; made you coffee,
and the cinnamon buns are in the oven. The least you can do,” he winked at her,
“is get out of bed and share them with me.” He pivoted his head to look at his
long-time friend. “Let the lady up, it’s just plain wrong to hold her hostage
in your bed.”
“He is not
holding me hostage,” Tessa glared at Mitch. “Now give me the coffee and nobody
gets hurt.”
“Get…the…fuck…out
of my bedroom.” Rob roared. “Leave us alone.”
Tessa and Mitch
both stared at Rob’s uncharacteristic outburst.
“Rob.” Tessa
chided. “You said the f-word. You never say the f-word. Hell, I’ve known you
since grade six. Not once in all that time have I ever heard you use the
f-word. Holy hell. She turned to look at Mitch. “You better leave; I’ve never
seen him lose his temper. EVER.”
Rob struggled to
sit up without dropping the sheet to expose Tessa. “I said get the fuck out of
my bedroom.” He threw a pillow at Mitch. The throw was wildly off, sending Mitch
into gales of laughter.
“Okay,” Mitch
conceded, “I’ll leave the bedroom, but I’m not leaving the house.” He cocked
his head, listening to something. “Oops, there’s my dinger. Breakfast is
ready.” He grinned raunchily at them. “Get your sweet butts out of bed and down
to the kitchen.” Turning on his heel he left.
“Bring back that
cof-” Rob’s hand clamped over Tessa’s mouth, stopping her words.
“Don’t,” he
warned her. “Don’t say anything to bring him back or we’ll never get rid of
him.” Rob flopped back onto the bed with a sigh. Pulling Tessa into his arms,
he snuggled close. “Darn. I was hoping for a long slow morning in bed with
you.” He kissed her lightly on the forehead.
Tessa snuggled
into his embrace, he was nice and warm and cozy and the morning air was cool.
She sighed softly. “Me too.” They shared a long lingering kiss, before Tessa
pulled away reluctantly. “Damn. I have to pee.” She started to wiggle out of
bed.
“No way.” Rob
started tickling her, running his fingers up and down her side, searching out
all of the sensitive zones he had found the day before.
Tessa squealed.
“Let me go. I…have…to…pee.” She writhed under his touch. “Rob. Stop it.” She
bucked against him.
“Pay the toll,”
he demanded, his fingers digging lightly into her underarm.
“Yes.” She
squealed again. “Anything just let me go.”
“A kiss then.
Kiss me like you mean it.” His fingers stilled and he drew her back into his
embrace.
Tessa rolled
onto her back, her arms going around Rob’s shoulders, pulling him on top of
her. “Anytime,” she whispered, raising her lips to his.
“You, Tessa
Dupree, are mine,” he whispered against her mouth. “Don’t you ever forget it!”
He pressed his lips against hers, softly at first, then increasing the pressure
and intensity.
Rob’s tongue
slipped inside Tessa’s mouth and she knew he was claiming her with his kiss, as
well as his words. She poured her heart into the kiss, telling him without
words that she cared for him too. For a moment, her mind battled her heart. Did
she love him? Was she prepared to commit to only one man? Was Rob her soul
mate? Then the love and power in his kiss, in his caress overpowered all
thought and she gave into the sensation, gave in to his love. At length, Rob
backed off, and Tessa knew a moment of loss.
“Come on
Sweetie.” Rob groaned. “As much as I am loath to give to in my idiot friend, it
is time to get up. He won’t leave until we show up downstairs. I’m surprised
he’s not back up here already.”
Tessa scampered
out of bed and raced into the en-suite. “Your idiot friend keeps interfering in
my sex-life.” She called out over her shoulder as she closed the door.
“What does that
mean?” Rob called through the door.
“Shit.” Tessa
whispered to herself. I so should not have said that. What if he finds out
about what happened in the parking lot with Peter? How the hell would she
explain that? It was bad enough that Rob knew she was attracted to Peter and
had sort-of dated him. He sure didn’t need to know that she had screwed him in
the parking lot the night they met, or that Mitch had caught them in the act.
When would she learn to keep her big mouth shut?
Hope you enjoyed this little clip from my work in progress. I'm on the editing stage, so with luck it won't be long before it is released.
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