Page 28 of Liberty

“Fuck, Libby.” He squeezed my hips again. “You feel so good.”

I smiled.

He started to move a little faster.

My toes curled on the carpet, legs starting to quiver.

Cooper slammed into me, stilling. He groaned.

I felt him come inside me, with nothing between us. It pushed me over the edge. I shouted his name as I finished, too.

All I could focus on was him. His touch, his scent, the sound of his breathing.

He held me tight, leaning down to kiss the back of my neck.

Somehow, we made it to the shower, washing each other off in a dreamlike haze. And then to bed, where we tumbled into the sheets together.

I felt him kiss my cheek as I fell asleep.

* * * * *

I rolled over into the cold side of the bed.

Where was Cooper?

My heart sank. I had told him the other day that I hated how he’d left me alone, and here I was again. Alone in the bed.

Sighing, I got up. I started to look for my clothes, but most of them were in the living room. I pulled my panties back on and went out to the living room.

Hopefully he’d made coffee again.

But I paused, hearing something. A voice.

Cooper’s voice.

When I went out to the living room, he looked up and smiled. He was on the phone, the room service menu in front of him. “Hang on, she just woke up. I’ll ask her.” He turned back to me. “Pancakes, French toast, or waffles?”

“Ooh, waffles.” I nodded. “Let’s do waffles.”

“Waffles it is. Bacon okay?”

“I love bacon.”

I sat on the couch beside him and leaned against his shoulder.

He wrapped his arm around me, finishing the call to room service. As soon as he hung up, I lifted my head to kiss him.

He kissed me back.

It was just as electric as the first time we’d kissed.

He leaned back and looked down at me. “Listen, I gotta ask. What happens now?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, you and Kylee leave tomorrow. Right?”

I nodded.

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