Page 105 of Sinful Skulls
We laugh, but eventually we both quiet down and minutes tick by. As I’m drifting off, I hear a whispered, “I love you.”
His words carry me through the night, and I wake up the next morning still feeling them. He smiles down at me as he hovers over my face.
I push him away playfully. “Ugh, don’t watch me when I sleep.”
“Not a chance.”
“Apple,” I say, throwing the pillow at him.
“Fine, but it’s my favorite thing.” He pouts, and that’s all it takes for me to give him consent to watch me sleep. “One condition.” I hold up a finger.
He nips at it as he leans over me again. “What is it? I’ll do anything.”
“You have to close my mouth if it’s hanging open.”
The way he laughs makes my heart soar. It’s one of my favorite things about him.
“You’re awake!” Lexie squeals at the same time as the door flies open. She proceeds to jump on the bed right between us.
The strong scent of bacon wafts through the open door. “Fuck, I’m hungry. Get out of here,” Brody tells her, shoving her.
She ignores him and looks at me. “I’m so glad you know about Elizabeth. I wanted to tell you, but it was her story to tell. Do you know what I mean?”
“If you don’t get out of here, I’m going to get out of this bed. I smell bacon and maple syrup.”
“Get out then.” She gives Brody a dirty look and turns back to me.
“Okay, I warned you,” he says, pushing her to the side so he can slide out.
It irritates her, and she turns to chew him out, but she quickly realizes he’s naked. “Oh!” She immediately covers her eyes with both hands and snaps her mouth shut.
He winks and me, and I laugh. Yeah, she’s not going to recover from what she just saw anytime soon.
“Great, now the whole club is going to know how big my dick is,” he teases.
“Stop,” I tell him, laughing.
“No way! I’ll never admit to anyone I saw that thing.”
When he’s fully dressed and out of the bedroom, I nudge her arm. “The coast is clear.”
Her hand falls from her face, and she looks at me in horror. It makes me laugh.
“We never talk about this.”
I hold out my pinky, and she wraps hers around mine. She hugs me against her. “I don’t know why, but I feel like we’re real sisters now.”
“It’s because we are.”
Elizabeth steps into the doorway. “Girls, come eat before the men take it all,” she says before rushing back to the kitchen.
We turn and look at each other, then both of us burst out laughing.
“She’s such a mom,” Lexie says in mock disgust.
“Ugh, so bossy,” I agree, but I can’t control my face and I smile.
It makes her mouth turn up too.
