Page 70 of Billionaire Unexplained: Kaleb

We’d had a quick dinner when we’d arrived back at the house, and we hadn’t really had a chance to talk or communicate that much before my meeting.

Our relationship had been forever changed after that intimate moment at the river earlier, and I couldn’t say that I was sorry about that.

The uncertainty between the two of us had morphed into something entirely different.

Now, the constant awareness of his presence and the physical ache of knowing that we wanted each other the same way was nearly killing me.

It was a relief that we weren’t dancing around our feelings anymore, but now that I knew he definitely felt the same way, I wanted to be as close to him as possible.

I changed into my pajamas, and looked at my empty bed.

For the first time since I’d arrived, it looked cold and lonely.

Nope!

That wasn’t going to be enough for me tonight.

It wasn’t the need to get him naked that drew me to his bedroom door.

I just wanted to be close to him, and feel his warm and welcoming body next to me.

Now that I knew that I was welcome in his bed, I had to be close to him as often as possible because there would be nights in the future that I’d have to be alone again.

I didn’t want to waste any of the time we had left together.

I opened the door slowly, trying not to wake him, and closed it behind me.

I’d seen his bedroom suite, but I didn’t know it as well as my own.

Luckily, there was enough light coming from his windows to find my way to his bed.

There wasn’t enough natural light to see his face clearly from a distance, but I recognized that muscular body and bare chest as I slid into his bed.

I moved closer to his warmth carefully, finally content to be sharing the same space with him.

As usual, he warmed up the bed with his body heat, and I luxuriated in the feeling of being next to him again.

I’d slept better than I’d ever slept before when I’d spent those nights in bed with him at the cabin.

I closed my eyes when I’d gotten as close to him as possible without waking him, feeling like I was exactly where I belonged.

“It’s about damn time that you brought your gorgeous ass to my bed,” Kaleb said huskily in a voice that sounded very…awake.

“You’re not sleeping,” I said as my eyes popped open again.

He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me against his hard body.

“Hell, no, I’m not sleeping. I was waiting for you. I was going to come and get you if I didn’t see you in the next few minutes. I heard you come upstairs. Obviously, you finally finished that meeting.”

“Yes,” I informed him as I cuddled as closely to his body as I could get. “I’m sorry. It ran way longer than I’d anticipated, but I doubt I’ll have to do much more than touch base with them if they have any further issues before the ceremony. I can’t believe you’re still awake. It’s after one. I just…wanted to be close to you. I wasn’t planning on waking you up.”

“You didn’t,” he grumbled. “I missed you, and there’s no way in hell you’ll ever sleep alone again in this house.”

I released a long, relieved breath.

He wanted to be with me as much as I wanted to be with him, and that made me happier than I’d been for a very long time.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and savored the feel of his large, ripped body against mine. “You should be asleep. It’s late.”

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