Chapter 43

Kelsea

I'm fighting to open my eyes as I hear rustling the next morning. To be honest, I'm surprised he's still here. Given what I know about him, I figured he'd take the chance to slip away in the dead of the night. Tiredness washes over my body, along with a relaxation I haven't felt in months. There's even a soreness, courtesy of what I spent the night doing. The stress of helping Stella get married and my worry over Nick has finally caught up with me as I sink further against my mattress.

"Kels." I hear a deep voice whispering in my ear. I feel the scratch of a beard on my shoulder.

"Hmmm?" I stretch, before burrowing deeply into the arms wrapped around me.

Moist lips land on my bare shoulder before the heat of his breath pulses against me. "I have to be at work in an hour, but I don't want to go."

"I don't want you to go either," I whisper as he tightens his arms around me. Pressing myself against him, I feel his hard length at my back.

"So that's how it's going to b