Page 82 of Unforgettable You

Chapter Thirty-One

Reid

I awoke with Sophie’s hair in my mouth and her body on top of mine.

I didn’t remember kicking her or hogging the covers or anything else happening during the night.

When I opened my eyes, I found that she was stirring out of sleep as well.

“Good morning,” she said, her voice rough in the sexiest way. She smiled up at me and my heart squeezed in my chest.

Fuck, I had absolutely fallen for her. I’d been trying to deny it to myself, but it was only a matter of time. I’d told Cade that I could stop myself, and she’d been right—the only way to not fall for Sophie would have been to never have met her again in the first place. If she hadn’t moved in here, I never would have given her a thought. Strange how someone renting an apartment could change your entire life.

“Good morning,” I said, kissing her adorable nose. “How did you sleep?”

“Fine, I think. I don’t remember anything. I was dead to the world.” She laughed softly and I tightened my arms around her.

“I just want to stay all day like this with you,” I said.

She sighed softly. “Me too. I would absolutely call out of work, but I’m only there a few hours a week anyway so I’d feel bad.”

She sat up and looked down at me, the blankets falling away from her amazing body and I forgot what we were discussing.

“What?” I asked as my eyes locked on her breasts. If you asked me to create a perfect pair, these would be them.

Sophie put her hand under my chin and lifted my head so I was looking at her face instead. “Hey, since you have the day off, maybe you could come to the library for a little while? You could bring your computer and work on your fanfic if you wanted.”

Now that was an idea. A good one. I had a tendency to get distracted when I was at my apartment and writing in cafes and other places was annoying. A college library was a great place to have some peace and get some words done.

“Okay. Yeah. I’ll come with you.”

“You don’t have to stay my whole shift, but maybe you could drive me and drop me off?” She was only there for a few hours. I could handle that. And if I got bored, I’d just sneak out and get some coffee and bring it to her.

“It’s a plan,” I said, pulling her back down so I could suck one of her nipples into my mouth.

“Reid!” Her indignation quickly morphed into something else. “Ohhh, you’re too good at that.”

“Mmm,” I said as I tongued her nipple and then bit it gently with my teeth. She gasped and I stroked my hand down her belly to stroke her between her legs. She was already wet and ready for me.

An orgasm before breakfast was the right way to start the day.

Sophie and I lazed in bed after we both came, and I told her I was ordering breakfast. She’d brought a change of clothes with her, so we reluctantly got dressed and had breakfast on the couch together, eating bites from each other’s fingers. I guess I was the kind of person who shared food now. Or, I was the kind of person who shared food with Sophie at least.

I drove her to the college and parked in the visitor lot and followed her into the library. She got set up behind the desk and I found an empty table nearby and set up my laptop. If I could get ahead on my fanfic today, that would be fantastic. Then I could spend the rest of my time that I wasn’t at Sapph with Sophie.

Yesterday and last night had changed everything between us. I’d thought about her as my girl before now, but she truly was now. Sophie was my girlfriend and I wasn’t letting her go without a fight. I wasn’t naive enough to think that everything between us was solved by sex, but we’d shared something special last night. A foundation of trust had been laid.

I wanted her in my life, and I’d do anything possible to keep her there. If that meant going to therapy and doing the hard work to deal with my past, then so be it. I’d do it for her. If she told me that she thought I should cut back my hours at Sapph because it wasn’t making me happy, I’d listen.

She’d been right about that. Working at Sapph wasn’t the worst, but it wasn’t filling me up, and sometimes it dragged me down.

Now that I had Sophie in my life, I wanted more good things. I didn’t know what that might look like but exploring options couldn’t hurt. Not at all.

Every now and then I looked up at Sophie and she’d glance over and smile at me. I’d give her a wink that made her blush furiously. The urge to walk over and kiss the daylights out of her was strong, but I kept my hands and my lips to myself and let her work.

By the time she clocked out, I had gotten so much work done and I was ready to eat again.

“Have you had enough of people, or did you want to go out somewhere?” she asked as I dropped my stuff in the backseat.