“I lifted my eyes long enough to check the time on the clock beside the bed through my lashes. Four thirty. I bit my lip and shut my eyes tight. He was late coming home again. Inhaling, I was surprised to find that he didn’t smell of perfume. Normally when he was late getting home he smelled like sickly sweet, cheap perfume. Like he had the night before. That he didn’t tonight confused me. When I felt Hawk shift closer behind me I clenched my hands and tried to will myself back to sleep.... A minute passed. I knew that because I was trying to count sheep, and I had just barely gotten to sixty when I felt him shifting again. His chest pressed against my back and his hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer against him. The scruff from his day-old beard scraped over my neck, making me shiver. “I know you aren’t asleep, baby.” When he called me ‘baby’, I couldn’t help but melt into him.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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