“Bed gets crowded with four breathing beings in it,” he stated.
Oh no.
“Tonks and Moxie sleep with me,” I told him something he couldn’t have missed.
Still smiling, he said, “Yeah, I know.We were locked in place last night because Tonks claimed our feet.”
I stretched my lips in aneek!
“And shins,” he carried on.“And Moxie claimed Tonks.”
“Doesn’t Hannibal sleep with you?”
“I don’t let him.He has a dog bed beside mine.”
“Is that a problem for you?Tonks and Moxie, I mean.”
“Your house, your pets, your rules.And just to say, the hardest thing to train Hannibal to do was sleep in his own bed when I kicked him out of mine because he’s a bed hog and he snores.”Long pause.“Bad.”
This time, I smiled.
His eyes moved over my face and then came back to mine even as his hand moved to pull the covers up my bare shoulder.“Your furnace sucks hard, May.”
“I noticed that.”
“The thermostat is jacked up to eighty, and it can’t be seventy in here.”
“I should probably talk to Mrs.Matthews about that.”
“I’ll look at it after training.You also need firewood.You know how to build a fire?”
“Stack logs and toss a match on them?”
Another smile.“Not quite.I’ll teach you that too.”
“Can’t wait.”
He tipped his glorious head to the side.
“You gonna lay there or are you gonna kiss me?”he asked.
“Last night was energetic,” I reminded him.
He kept up his beautiful smile.“Yeah, I was there.And mind you, I did most of the work.”
I rolled my eyes, held the covers to my chest, but pushed up and pressed my lips to his.
He took over, his tongue spiked into my mouth, and we made out hot and heavy, to the point I thought he was going to take off the clothes he foolishly put on, but then he ended it.
“I want you careful today,” he said quietly.“I spent the night.”
I knew what he meant, and I refused to allow it to douse this moment with unwanted cold water.
I nodded.“Okay, honey.”
Cupping the back, he pulled my head down so he could kiss the top of my hair.
He let me go.“Now, go back to sleep.See you later.”
