Page 57 of Kaine

Chapter Twenty-Five

HER

“Butter,” I feel myselfmurmur, and I think my lips are still moving when I wake up.

“Yes, so you’ve said,” a male voice responds.

I feel my eyes fly open, and then squeeze shut.

“SUN!”

“Yes, that light is the sun. It tends to appear around this time of day, almost every day,” Kaine teases me, and I can’t help but notice that he seems to be talking more now. Maybe he feels more comfortable with me. Maybe it’s because he’s seen me drool in my sleep and feels that now we’re even.

I lie back, eyes still closed, and realize I’m really damn comfortable. I check my arms and they’re ensconced in charcoal cotton. Really soft, really smooth, really silky cotton. I could get used to this.

“I love this bed,” I sigh, content.

“So, you’ve said before also.”

“Where did you sleep last night?” I ask him, opening my eyes and sitting up, the morning grogginess slowly fading. He’s standing on the other side of the bed, pulling a Rolex out of the night stand.

“What makes you think I did?”

I don’t really know what to make of that so I slide out of the bed, reluctantly, and start to make it, pulling on the sheets and fluffing the pillows.

“Don’t worry about that, the housekeeper will be by later and she’ll just re-do it, trust me.”

“You have a housekeeper?” I ask, then realize how stupid my question sounds. Duh, it looks like he has more money than God, of course he has a housekeeper.

“Yes.”

“How often does she come?”

“I have her on retainer, she knows what I like and she comes as often as she needs to keep it that way,” he says while disappearing into his walk-in closet.

“But I didn’t see her the other the day when I was here,” I call out to him.

“Like I said, she knows what I like.”

He emerges from the closet, dressed in a black hoodie and chocolate brown pants, pulling a suit coat over his arms.

“Are you off to work now?” I ask.

“Yes. Are you going to be okay here with Gabriel? The nurse should be by in about half an hour and she’ll be here with him until tonight.”

“I’m going to go absolutely stir crazy. There’s nothing to do here,” I complain, screwing my face up at the thought of spending another day at Kaine’s apartment... without Kaine.

“You could work out. You’re welcome to use my gym downstairs.”

“Ahem, are you saying I need to work out?”

I glare at him, and he just shakes his head and gives me a look that starts at the top of my head and slides down my body inch by inch. I feel naked under the scrutiny and my face blares hot. Suddenly, I wish I was hidden under the bed sheets again.

“I want to go to work, Kaine.”

“Jade.”

“I don’t know if that’s a good ide-...”