“Sorry,” I say to both of them at the same time. I’m actually not sure who I’m apologizing to, but they both deserve it.
“Don’t be. You look like an adorably angry kitten when you’re mad. I rather enjoy it.”
“Sorry? You’re sorry?! You’re lucky I got out of the hospital that you’d been there. I thought you were dead or kidnapped into human trafficking!” Lexi shouts through the phone loud enough that Samuel can hear her too.
“Oh gosh, I’m sorry, Lex. After they let me go from the hospital, I was out. I don't even remember much of the ride home actually.” Samuel must have carried me into his place.
“How do I know you’re not being held hostage and someone is making you say these things?” I pull the phone back and switch it over to FaceTime. I cringe when I get a look at myself. The area around my cut is already black and blue, and my hair is a wild-ass mess. Adorable kitten? More like a stray alley cat.
“Oh shit,” Lexi says when she sees me. “See, kidnapped.” She peeks around. “In a really nice place.” I glance around the room. It is really nice. Sparse, but the furniture and things he does have look very expensive.
“The hospital said you left with your fiancé.”
“My boss from Finance & Legal BNC.” I start to turn the phone to show her Samuel but stop when I realize he’s only in a pair of gray sweatpants that hang low on his hips. My fingers itch to reach out and run them down the trail of hair that leads south. I watch his cock actually start to harden under my perusal of him, and my mouth opens.
“Hello? Were you about to show me the person in question so I know he’s not some psycho with a weapon on you?” She’s being a nut, but this is part of why I love her.
“After he puts a shirt on.” Samuel’s lips twitch.
“Puts a shirt on?” Lexi repeats as he actually goes to do as I requested.
“He’s only in his sweatpants.”
“So?” She shakes her head at me before her eyes widen. “You don’t want me to see his chest?! Oh my god, you’re crushing on your boss.”
“Lexi! What if that was a secret and you blurted it out?”
“Shit, right.” She leans in closer to the phone to whisper. “Is it a secret?”
“No,” Samuel answers as he drops down on the bed next to me with a shirt on.
“Well, hello there.” Lexi smiles. “I’ve been wondering what Parker’s type is. I was thinking a priest since she’s a nun for the most part, but?—”
“Lexi!” I groan, cutting her off.
“What? Just saying you don’t need that?—”
“I’m about to no longer be your best friend,” I hiss. Samuel chuckles from beside me. Damn, even his laugh is sexy.
“I already know about the dildo, but I’m sure we can find use for it,” Samuel says as he leans over and kisses me on my neck. Heat blooms through my face and all kinds of other places too.
“Why are you both doing this to me?” I groan.
“Well, if you don’t want him to hear everything you’re about to spill to me, you better kick him out of the room or go hide in the bathroom because we’re not getting off this phone until I’m filled in.” All the teasing has now left her tone, and she’s not messing around anymore. I don’t blame her because I’d be the same way.
“I’ll make you breakfast.” Samuel places another kiss on my neck before he grips my chin with his forefinger and thumb to turn my head toward him to kiss my mouth this time. He starts to deepen it, but Lexi giggles, reminding us she’s watching. “Keep an eye on her for me,” he says to Lexi before he slips off the bed and out of the room.
“Start from the top,” she orders, and I go all the way back to the night he showed up at our dorm and don’t stop until we make it to us leaving the hospital.
“Holy shit,” she whispers when I’m done, and I drag myself into the bathroom. I didn’t give her every detail of what Samuel and I had been up to, but I made it pretty clear. “So your father is a bigger asshole than I thought, and you’re really into this man.”
I don’t even want to touch the topic of my father right now, so I dodge it. I’m not ready for that.
“I really like him,” I admit around a toothbrush Samuel left lying out for me. Who am I kidding? After him showing up at the accident when I needed him most and the things he said, I might be in love with him.
“Did he just have that extra toothbrush on hand?” I pull it out of my mouth and look at it. Who has extra toothbrushes lying around?
“Yeah.” I drop it down and rinse my mouth out.
