Page 203 of Promising You
Garret turns off the shower and sets me down. I rest my body on his as he reaches out to get the towels. He wraps one around me but I won’t move. I’m too comfy, leaned against him, savoring the feel of his warm skin and the steam that still surrounds us.
He laughs. “Jade, are you falling asleep on me while standing up?”
“I think so.”
“Let’s get you to bed.” He dries me off, then dries himself off and helps me out of the shower. I wake up enough to walk to the bed while he grabs one of his super soft t-shirts from his drawer.
“I don’t have any clean underwear,” I say as he puts the shirt on me.
“You don’t need it. This is plenty long on you.” He kisses me. “And it’ll make things easier when we do this again in a few hours.”
I kiss him back. “That’s true.”
Even though I’ve reached a level of exhaustion I’ve never felt before, I’ll sacrifice another night of sleep to be with him because I have no idea when we’ll be together again.
“Garret, what are we going to do?”
“About what?” He’s at his dresser pulling out his pajama pants. He doesn’t bother with boxers or a shirt.
“About this? Kissing? Sex? I can’t go months without any physical contact.”
He slides under the covers next to me and nuzzles my neck. “Maybe my dad could arrange some conjugal visits.”
I playfully hit him. “I’m serious.”
“So am I. If Katherine and Lilly aren’t here, we could take separate cars and meet here. We’ll have the car service take us. Nobody will see us with the dark windows.”
“You think your dad would go for that?”
“Why wouldn’t he? He did just now.”
“But you have all these people working here. They could tell someone.”
“Yeah, that’s true. I guess it won’t work, but let’s not worry about it right now.”
I yawn. “I really wish I could stay awake, but I think I’m falling asleep.”
“It’s okay, Jade,” he says softly. “Just go to sleep.” He kisses my head and hugs me closer, the back of my body fitting perfectly into the front of his.
I’m going to miss this. I’m going to miss it a lot.
CHAPTERFORTY-SEVEN
Around 3 in the morning,I wake up from a really hot dream starring Garret and me in the pool and I can’t help myself. I’m ready for more. I kiss him until he slowly wakes up.
“What time is it?” he whispers, turning to me.
“Time for this.” I slip my hand down his pajama pants.
The blue lights strung around his bedroom window are on, giving off enough of a glow that I can see him smiling, his eyes still closed. He stretches his arms out. “You’re waking me up for sex? I swear you’re the perfect woman, Jade. Did I mention how much I love you?”
“Yeah, you did. Now show me.”
And he does.
Afterward, we fall sleep again and don’t wake up until noon.
“I’m surprised your dad didn’t get us up,” I say.
