Page 44 of One Night Seduction

His hand comes up, brushing away some hair from my face as he smiles down at me. It’s a heavy smile, like there is way more beneath it than you can tell from the surface. I tilt my head curiously as I reach out to cup his cheek.

“You okay?”

“Yeah, I just wish we could stay in bed all day together.”

I lift my eyebrows in suggestion and wink.

“I mean, technically, we could.”

He groans, burying his head into my neck.

“Don’t tempt me, Ari.”

Lifting his head up again, I smile at him as he stares into my eyes.

“What?” I ask.

“I just always want to remember you like this.”

I give him a funny look as I tilt my head.

“You act like we’re on borrowed time or something.”

He shrugs. “Feels like it sometimes.”

“We still have a few days before we all head back to the city,” I remind him.

“Yeah.” He nods, rolling his lips together as he seemingly mulls over something. “Maybe when we get back, we could go to a Crusaders game.”

“Didn’t know you were into football?” I smile.

“Lots you don’t know about me, Ari.”

“I guess so,” I tilt my face towards his. “I’d love to.”

He smiles at that, a wide, blinding white, dopey smile.

“It’s a date.”

With that, he presses a quick kiss to my nose and stands up, grabbing my hands and hauling me to my feet before lacing our fingers together and heading down to the lobby to meet everyone.

Chapter Seventeen

Logan

We are all standing in the hotel lobby waiting on Arianna and Tyson. The twins are doing something on their phones, Marissa and Tom are whispering to each other, and Kelly currently has herself wrapped around me. It doesn’t bother me like I thought it would. Maybe because we had some great sex last night and again this morning. I tell myself that the post-orgasm guilt is unnecessary and will fade soon, but I’m still waiting on that part.

The elevator doors open, and Arianna and Tyson walk out hand in hand. A sharp stab of jealousy rips through me no matter how hard I try to fight it. Looking away from them, I focus anywhere they aren’t as Kelly speaks.

“About time! You guys ready?”

“Yeah, sorry. Lead the way,” Tyson says as we all walk out of the hotel.

Since the place we chose is right on the main strip, we are all filing in and out of shops in no time. There are a lot of antique and gift shops around here, some things gimmicky andothers more practical boutique items. It’s a cute family friendly town that our parents used to bring Tyson and I to as kids, especially in the winter.

Arianna has her camera around her neck and is snapping pictures every few minutes. Some are of all of us; some are just of the town itself. She smiles so widely with each snap taken. I don’t know how I didn’t notice that before, all those years ago.

I suppose it’s good that I didn’t. If I had, then I would have been watching her far too closely. More than appropriate, that is. Then again, is it appropriate now? Definitely not. I can’t stop myself, though, no matter how hard I try.

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