Sleeping Beauty
“There was simply no possible way for a six-foot-tall man to sleep comfortably on a five-foot-long sofa. It didn't help that, throughout the long, mostly sleepless night, Neill was acutely aware of the fact that, just up the stairs, was not only a bed but a warm and willing woman.
The damned sofa was too narrow for tossing and turning.
He fell asleep somewhere near dawn and woke barely an hour later to the discreet buzz of Anne's alarm going off upstairs. Only half-awake, he rolled and b...arely caught himself before he fell flat on his face on the floor. The alarm stopped in mid-beep, and he heard the floorboards creak overhead.
Work, he remembered. Anne was going to work. If he'd given it any thought, he would have guessed that she would go in as if nothing had happened.
He swung his feet to the floor and sat up, groaning as every muscle in his body expressed its displeasure at his choice of bed.MoreLess
The damned sofa was too narrow for tossing and turning.
He fell asleep somewhere near dawn and woke barely an hour later to the discreet buzz of Anne's alarm going off upstairs. Only half-awake, he rolled and b...arely caught himself before he fell flat on his face on the floor. The alarm stopped in mid-beep, and he heard the floorboards creak overhead.
Work, he remembered. Anne was going to work. If he'd given it any thought, he would have guessed that she would go in as if nothing had happened.
He swung his feet to the floor and sat up, groaning as every muscle in his body expressed its displeasure at his choice of bed.MoreLess
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