Bed. Sienna.
Those were the only two words Nolan’s mind could conjure. It didn’t matter that the space was cramped and dark and that there were probably a thousand spiders lurking unseen mere inches from his face. All he could think about was how their shoulders were touching. It was nothing and yet it was sending him out of his mind.
The voices of two women chattering came closer. He reached for Sienna’s hand and her fingers entwined tightly with his.
Had they left anything in the room that would suggest they had been there? He had the flower and the bottle, but what about the bonnet? Damn it all to hell, he didn’t have that. He tried to picture Sienna before they climbed under the bed, but he couldn’t remember what she had been holding.
She tugged on his hand.
He turned to look at her. She was so close. Even in the darkness, he could make out the wide shape of her eyes. She was mouthing something to him, but he had no idea what. He shook his head slightly, hoping that conveyed that message.
She leaned closer to him, until their noses were almost touching. ‘What are you concerned about?’ she whispered, her breath brushing over his lips.
He couldn’t think, his body trembling with the urge to pull her against him. From the rigid set of her shoulders, she would not welcome such a move. ‘Your bonnet,’ he mouthed.
‘What?’
He moved forward, his face hovering above hers until his lips brushed the soft shell of her ear. ‘Where is your bonnet?’
‘In my hand.’
Her lips skimmed along his jaw, the soft touch akin to torture. He clenched his teeth tightly together to stop a groan from escaping. ‘Good,’ he managed in response.
He should lie back down but his body refused to obey his mind’s commands. And so he stayed where he was, lightly touching her skin with his bottom lip. If she hated it, she could easily move away, but she stayed still.
Cramped and uncomfortable, anxious of discovery and of death by a thousand spider bites, and yet this was still the most sublime moment of his life. He was in trouble.
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