Page 18 of Well Played

Sometime in the middle of the night, though, a train in the distance woke me up again. Except this time, when I rolled over, I felt something next to me. It took a few seconds to realize it was a warm body.

Someone’s in the bed!

My first instinct was to scream. After my loud yelp, the body jerked and fell to the ground in a loud thud.

“Ow, what the fuck?” I heard him growl.

I grabbed my phone and activated the flashlight. I pointed it to find Levi rubbing his head with one hand and his knee with the other.

Levi? What was he doing in bed with me?

Not only that, he was virtually naked aside from his tight boxer briefs.

My pulse raced. “What are you doing in here?”

“Me?” He stared up at me, his eyes groggy. “What the hell areyoudoing in here? This isn’t your room, either.”

“I know. I couldn’t sleep because Alex is in my bed. So I came in here.”

He stayed on the ground and kept rubbing his knee. “I must have had too much to drink because I didn’t even notice you in the damn bed. I came back from the bar and decided to sleep in this room since I hadn’t had a chance to swap mattresses yet. The damn lights in here don’t work, so I couldn’t see you.”

“Are you hurt?” I asked.

“Just the knee I injured the last time you nearly killed me. No biggie.”

“Shit, I’m sorry,” I said, bending down and placing my hand on his knee.

He moved back suddenly and stood up.

Jesus.I wasn’t trying to be inappropriate; but maybe it came off that way?Shit.Earlier he’d pulled back from our hug, too. Did he think I was crossing the line?

“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “That’s what I get for scaring you.”

“I’m sorry I caused you an injury…again.”

“It’ll be a miracle if I make it out of this house unscathed.”

Crap.

When I didn’t say anything, he added, “I’m kidding, Presley. I’ll be fine.”

Somehow I hadn’t noticed that the flashlight on my phone was pointing straight at his crotch. It wasn’t my intention; I was just so flustered. His body looked so damn good right now, and I was shining a spotlight on his cock! I needed to get out of here.

“I’m going back to my bed,” I announced.

He held out his hand. “No. I’ll go.”

“Iinsist,Levi. I won’t be able to sleep knowing you’re injured and uncomfortable on top of that. Not taking no for an answer.”

I ran out of the room before he could argue with me.

Back in bed, my pulse pounded a mile a minute, and the insomnia was worse than ever. I couldn’t get the encounter with Levi out of my mind.Why am I still thinking of him, and why am I feeling so guilty?

I didn’t owe my cheating ex the courtesy of feeling guilty about being attracted to another man, although hisbrothermight have been the only exception to that. I cringed when I thought about how Levi had moved away when I touched his knee. Being attracted to Levi Miller was an extremely unfortunate circumstance, but one I couldn’t stop. You can’t help how your body reacts to someone. And Levi was insanely hot, even if I didn’t think it wasappropriateto see him that way.

I finally came to the conclusion that staring at the ceiling with Alex’s leg wrapped over me was getting me no closer to sleep. So I carefully slipped out from under him and ventured into the kitchen.

I stopped short at the sight of Levi sitting at the table drinking a beer. He was still wearing nothing but his damn underwear.

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