Total pages in book: 152
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
He raises his eyebrows. “I always do.” And within a second he is gone. Josh blows out a breath and gives me a resigned smile.
I go to speak but he puts a finger up to my lip. “You don’t have to come again. It was a mistake making you go. But in my defense it isn’t normally that bad.” I nod as I listen. “How do you know that guy?” he asks.
“I told you he’s a prison warden at the jail I go to.”
Josh listens and then narrows his eyes. “I want you to resign.”
I smile. “I am anyway, dopey.” I roll my eyes. “I’m sort of moving away with this thug I’ve started dating.”
He looks relieved and smiles. “So you are.” He yawns as he goes to my freezer and removes a bag of peas.
“Are you hurt?” I ask.
He gives me a sly smile, “Yes, and I need Nurse Natasha to give me some tender loving care.” He grabs me roughly on the behind.
“Are you hungry?” I ask.
“Starving.”
“I don’t have any food so I’ll order some Thai takeout. Go to bed and ice your knee and I will be in after I shower.” He nods and bends to give me another gentle kiss as he leaves the kitchen. Twenty minutes later after I shower, I walk into my bedroom to find my beautiful thug fast asleep in a towel on top of the bed complete with frozen peas. I imagine cage-fighting must be exhausting. Actually, you know what? Watching it is too.
I wake to feel two eyes on me, and I roll toward him. To my surprise he isn’t in bed with me. He’s sitting on the side of the bed drinking a protein shake.
“I made you breakfast.” He smiles as he gestures to my bedside table. I look over to see a chocolate protein shake in a large glass with ice.
I frown. “Is this a sick joke?” It’s too early for this superhero workout shit. “Josh, I would like two eggs on toast, please.”
He frowns. “You don’t like protein.”
I look at him deadpan. “No.”
He shrugs his shoulders and smiles. “Tough shit. That’s what I’m making today, and we have to go to my house for a while. I want to check on Adrian.”
I smile. “Aren’t you supposed to be fussing over me and stuff like in all the romance novels? I never heard anyone say tough shit to their girlfriends in my books.”
His eyes twinkle and he raises his eyebrows. “Yes, but remember that the book about you is called Gagging for It.” I slap him on the arm, and he dives over me to hold my hands above my head.
“What are you wearing to the wedding today?” I ask.
He pulls back in horror. “That’s today?” I nod and smile. “We don’t really have to go, do we? I hate weddings.”
“Since when?”
“Since I don’t know anyone there.”
I smile. This is the shy thing Adrian was talking about—it’s kind of endearing that he has such a hangup.
“I’ll be there, Josh. It can be our date night.”
He frowns. “That’s a shit date. If you want to go on a date, I can arrange something, like the other night.” He smiles a sly smile. “Actually, let’s stay home and watch a movie. I have a really good one that I planned on watching this weekend. It’s called, let me see, Beautiful Slut.”
Oh crap, I know what movie he is talking about. The frigging porno staring yours truly.
“Let’s not,” I snap as I get out of bed. I shower and am thoroughly peeved to find that I have my period. How annoying it really is, a fault in the female body. And on the weekend, that’s just rude.
Half an hour later we pull up out the front of Josh’s and as we get closer to the wide-open front door I can hear the boys all laughing loudly and bantering with each other. I haven’t been here before and I am feeling a little nervous and out of my comfort zone. The house is huge and impressive, and it looks like it backs onto the water. There is a stone table out the front and two security guards are sitting playing cards. I turn and look at the car pulling up behind us to see another two bodyguards pull up who have obviously been following us. How do I keep forgetting we are being followed everywhere? Josh nods as he walks past them and I hang back, a little unsure about whether I should have come. Joshua must sense my apprehension and he turns and walks back toward me.
He frowns and smiles at me. “How could anyone as perfect as you ever intrude on me?” I nod and give him a shy smile. He’s right. If I am going to move to the other side of the world with him, I have to get used to his friends. We walk in and my eyes go straight to the beautiful high ornate ceiling. This place is stunning.