“Ok, but be warned, I normally sleep on my own so if I hog all the bed just give me a shove in the back,” Elijah said, resigned that he wasn’t going to make love to her this evening.
“Can I borrow a t-shirt to wear?” Lilly asked.
“I’ll get you one, but with you wrapped in my arms you won’t get cold,” Elijah promised.
Elijah moved off the bed, stomped like a petulant child over to his drawers and pulled out a t-shirt for Lilly. Coming back to bed, he pulled Lilly to a sitting position and placedthe t-shirt over her head and down her body. He pulled her hair out of the back of the neck and kissed her forehead. He couldn’t see Lilly smile but he felt it.
Lying back down together they were curled up asleep in minutes.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Stirring in the bed, Lilly stretched out like a cat until all her muscles were pulled taut and then like a rubber band, she retracted into a ball and snuggled down into the duvet. It took a few seconds for her to understand that it wasn’t her bed she was in. The previous night came flooding back, and she smiled shyly at the honey that had been dripped all over her body.
It was getting to frustration point with her they’d not had sex and had been so close, the universe conspired against them. She pondered on what would stop them next time.
“Ah, sleeping beauty wakes,” Elijah said, standing in the doorway.
Elijah was dressed smartly in his work clothes fresh out of the shower. She wanted to strip him and drag him back to bed.
“Come back to bed, we can finish where we left off last night, and pray that we’re not interrupted,” Lilly suggested.
“As much as I’d love to kiss every inch of your glorious body, I need to head downstairs to work,” Elijah said.
Lilly pouted, uncharacteristic for her, but it felt good to show her honest emotions. It almost worked as he stepped towards her and then stopped and shook his head.
“I tempted you weren’t you? Good, I’m glad that you still want to. I’m happy with that for now, but soon Elijah, soon I want you inside me,” Lilly said.
Elijah groaned at her words and crawled onto the bed, his clothes and the duvet separating their bodies. Kissing her deeply he showed her just how much passion he had for her.
“I need to get to work, stop leading me astray minx,” Elijah said.
“Minx, me?” Lilly said, using her most innocent voice.
“Yes, you. I have to go. You can come down any time and I’ll make you breakfast,” Elijah said.
“Ok, I’ll let you out of my minx like clutches this time,” Lilly said.
Elijah rolled off the bed, landed on the floor with a thud and leapt into a standing position. Lilly giggled, and that made him happy. He always wanted to make her happy.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Lilly sat at the end of the bar on one of the tall wooden stools. It was a quiet part of the day and she spent her time doodling on a napkin. She was lost in her own thoughts as she kept drawing. There were dozens of napkins scattered around as she picked up a new one to draw on. After coming downstairs a few hours ago and eating breakfast and drinking copious amount of coffee she felt compelled to stay.
“By the looks of things my cash flow today is going to look bad,” Elijah said from behind her. “And I’ll need to buy some more napkins.”
Lilly spun around on the stool and nearly fell off as she overbalanced at the sound of his voice. He caught her before she fell and placed her back on the chair. His hands lingered a little too long on her waist. She wriggled to get him to drop his hands, they were at work and she didn’t want to draw any attention.
“Oh, I’m sorry. It’s a habit that I come in here once a day, now that I don’t have work to escape from I am at a loss at what I can do,” Lilly said.
“It’s ok, I was teasing, but by looking at these drawings you may be the answer to my current nightmare,” Elijah said.
“Oh?” she said. “How can I help?”
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll have to figure this out myself,” Elijah said.
“Just tell me Elijah, you’re not on your own, let me help if I can,” Lilly argued.
“Let me think it through and I’ll let you know later on, what are your plans tonight?” Elijah asked.
