Page 87 of Sweet Harmony

She slumped against himand, with a tinge ofregret, he slid his fingers out from her pussy and her panties. Hewanted to taste the liquid that covered them but knew it wouldembarrass her. Instead, he wiped his hand on the sheet and presseda kiss against her head as she trembled against hisbody.

“Oh my God,” she whispered. “That was incredible.”

He kissed her headagain. “I’m glad you enjoyedit.”

“More than enjoyed it.” She reached out in the dark and heflinched when her hand brushed against his right knee.

“Oh shit!” Shesat up straight, pulling away from him and givinghim a worried look. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to touch your knee. Iwas reaching for your co – I mean, I’m sorry. Oh God, how bad doesit hurt?”

“It’s fine,” hesaid. “It’s just a little sore because I’ve beensitting with it down for a while.”

“Shit,” she repeated. “God, I’m anidiot.”

She jumped up and grabbed her shirt from the floor,struggling into it before giving him a look of shame. “I shouldn’thave let you do that. You’re in pain.”

“I wanted to do it,” he said.

“That doesn’tmean I should haveletyou do it,” she scolded.

Hegrinned and reached for her hand, squeezing it hard. “I’mglad you did.”

She hesitated and gave him a shy smile.“Me too.”

“Good.”

He wanted to kiss her again, butshe was already moving away torestack the pillows on the bed. “Here, lie back and we’ll get yourleg up and I’ll grab a fresh ice pack.”

He got comfortable on the bed, lifting hisleg onto the stack of pillowsas she hurried from the room. She returned a few minuteslater with a bottle of water and an ice pack and she set it on hisknee gently before opening the water and handing it tohim.

“Ladies first,” he said.

She drank nearly half of it before givinghimthe bottle. Hefinished it off and set it on the nightstand as she cleared herthroat. “Okay, well, um, I should go back to my own roomnow.”

“Stay,” he said.

Shegave him a look of surprise. Truthfully, he was more than alittle surprised himself. Where the hell did that comefrom?

“What?” she said.

Now was the time to tell herthank you and let her go backto her own room. Instead, he said, “Stay with me in thebed.”

Her gaze dropped to his crotch. He stillhad a semi and he shook his head immediately, hating that she thought that was all hewanted from her.

Since when did itbecomemore?

He ignored his innervoice.

“Not for that.I just thought it might, uh, be easier on both ofus if you stayed in the bed with me. If I need something in thenight, I can nudge you instead of texting you.”

Holy fuck. He sounded like a moron.

To hisshock, she said, “Sure. Yeah, that makes sense.”

She walked around to the other side of the bed and climbedin, lying on her side with her back to him. She wasn’t touchinghim, but he could feel the heat of her body and it weirdly made himfeel more content to have her soft warmth in the bed besidehim.

“Good night, Connor.Thank you again for, um, you know,” shesaid.

“It was my pleasure, little Kira. Goodnight.”

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