Sutton

“I can’t share your bed, Miss Landry.”

I rolled my eyes and repeated myself one more time. “Listen, Mr. Williams, you have a head injury. That means you need to be monitored. I voted for calling an ambulance, but you voted me down. It’s fucking late, or actually hella early, and I need to sleep. So, your option is to share the couch with me or the bed.”

Mr. Williams coughed, and I could have sworn the man blushed. “That is highly inappropriate!”

“I am not going to ravish you.” I was starting to enjoy this a little too much. “I am exhausted, and I am going to sleep. Now, get your ass in gear. We are going to bed.”

Instead of waiting for him to decide, I grabbed his hand and began to pull. To my surprise, the giant of a man followed me into my bedroom. He looked completely out of place. The mattress was fairly new on the old double bed. I had saved up for almost two years to buy it. It wasn’t top of the line or anything, but at least it wasn’t sagging in the middle.

“What side of the bed do you sleep on?” I asked, yawning.

Mr. Williams was looking everywhere but at me. “What?” he said distractedly. “Oh, um, look I am going to just go back out to the couch.”

It looked like I needed to take matters into my own hands. With brute force I pushed him down onto the mattress. “Lay down, cowboy.”

He turned toward me, and I noticed once again how close we were in my small bedroom. Clearing my throat, I climbed over to my side of the bed saying, “You need to relax and lay down.”

He let out a long-defeated sigh, so I reached up and gently pushed his shoulder until Mark laid back on the bed.

“Are you okay?” I asked hesitantly, my voice sounding louder in the dark.

“Of course, I am.” His reply in that dry tone of his somehow comforted me.

A loud yawn escaped me, and despite the fact that I had a complete hottie in my bed, I was almost dead to the world. All I wanted to do was get some sleep. Sadly, his large body took up a lot of space in my double bed. I found myself rolling into his space no matter how hard I tried to hang on to the other side.

After three attempts at hugging the edge, Mr. Williams gruffly pulled my body into his so that my head was resting on his chest, and his muscular arm surrounded me. I didn’t move, speak, or even breathe. But I did feel. I could feel every inch of him—and it was magnificent.

“Neither one of us will be getting any rest, Miss Landry, if you don’t relax. Come on, let’s get some sleep.”

Rest? Shit, I am now wide awake!

With a gulp I replied, “Yes, sir.”

I could somehow feel his smile against the top of my head.

“Smart ass,” he quipped, and I giggled. I couldn’t help it. “Relax, Sutton, get some sleep.”

“Okay,” I said softly.

“Good, no more talking.”

there was no possible way I would be able to sleep with a man as sexy and powerful as Mr. Williams in my bed. Hell, I worried that

***

masculine hand was caressing my naked breast. Moaning into my dream lover’s neck, I rocked my hips back and forth, loving the way that he made me feel, his hard body

I was seconds away from oblivion. Just a few more thrusts

all to fucking hell. This was the worst part of sex dreams, when you woke up before the big finish. I closed my eyes, trying to force myself back into

“No, fucking hell. I was

A man cleared his throat and

was there a man in my

caused goosebumps

and to my complete horror, I found a pair of steel-gray eyes bearing down on me. It was then that I realized the true implications of where I

No!

tank top was pushed up and over my breasts, and my leg had been straddling Mr. Williams thigh. Great, I was humping him like

I noticed how rigid he was. I was plastered all over him and he was lying there like a board. I swiftly tore away from him whilst tugging my top down. Scrambling out of the bed, I nearly fell on my ass.

“Sutton, are

with a gorgeous man. Mortification drenched my soul. What if he thought I was trying to seduce him? What if he thinks that I am the

out, turning abruptly and grabbing something out of my drawer. I didn’t even know

don’t have to…” Mark began again, but I

minute.” I was almost to the door when he barked out.

heaven’s sake, Miss Landry, stop for a moment.”

paused, not wanting to

around

to fade. By being his highhanded, bossy self, I noticed

a fraction.

as if the hounds

I had been. Fire and lust raced through my veins as I remembered the dream. Had his hand been on my breast? I immediately wanted to

He was looking at me like I was the dessert on the all-you-can-eat buffet line.

bad idea. With a bravado I didn’t feel, I answered. “There is nothing the matter with me. I was only going to take

His eyes blazed for a

The one word was inauspicious enough, but the way his gaze raked over my body left me without any doubts as to what

not speak of this,” he

brow. “We won’t

He clenched his jaw, which was sexy as fuck with the shadow of beard that was growing there. His eyes went to my breasts and he said in a low

we wouldn’t have spoken of it now.

frowned as he looked at my hands. “Are

my cheeks. “Um, no. Hold on.” I whipped back around to find a short denim skirt and a faded peasant blouse, along with a bra and underwear. Without a word, I darted

at my table. He just happened to be wearing

put my things in your washer, Sutton. I hope that is okay

grinned at me with those yellowed teeth, and I felt a surge of fondness for the old man. “Of course, Earl. You know that you are always welcome. Sit

and turned to the newspaper that he likely picked up off my front porch. I knew it was only

conditioner out of my hair when I heard Martha screeching, “Earl, I know you are in there. Open the damn door. You always go

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