Page 53 of One Wild Ride

The kiss was light as we soon drifted off to sleep still wrapped in each other’s arms.

A buzzing sound woke me and I glanced over at the clock. It was ten thirty in the morning.

“That’s my phone,” Aria said with a groggy voice as she scooted to the edge of the bed. She grabbed her purse from the bedside table and dug inside until she got her phone. “Hello?”

Relaxing back, I made a mental note of all the smooth curves of her body.

“Oh no. How bad is it?” she said before pausing. “Of course, I can be there. I’ll meet you there in a half hour.”

My heart sank as she pushed the phone back into her purse. Our time together had to end. I knew it did. I just didn’t think it would end so soon.

“Alex, I have to go. Tiffany’s son is in the hospital. She needs me right now.”