Free Marisa Chenery by A Warrior to Love

kissed her. They were both breathing hard when he pulled away. “I guess I won’t be seeing you later.”
    She gave him a look that confirmed it. “Sorry. It’s not as if I don’t want to. My mom will expect me to stick around.”
    “I know,” he said, enjoying the feel of Alexis still pressed against him as her fingers played with the back of his hair.
    “It might be a couple of days.”
    “I understand. I’ll miss you, though.”
    “And I’ll miss you.” Alexis brushed her lips across his. “I promise I’ll be able to get away from them in a few days. I know I’ll need a break by then. But you can still call me, and you have my cell phone number so you can text too.”
    He grinned. “I’ll call and text.”

    Konner gave Alexis one last kiss, then let himself out of the house. He had to walk by the living room window to get to his car. He looked at it and found Claudia standing there waving at him. He waved back with a chuckle. He kind of had his doubts that Alexis would be able to get away from her mom anytime soon.
    * * * * *
    Her mother was driving Alexis nuts. She hadn’t lived under the same roof with her parents for quite some time. In the two days since they’d arrived from Florida, her mom had cleaned the house from top to bottom, rearranged all the things in the kitchen cupboards so Alexis could no longer find anything and had gone food shopping for her. Alexis was starting to feel like a little kid again and didn’t like it at all.
    Then there was the fact that she missed Konner dreadfully. He was never far from her mind. If absence made the heart grow fonder, it sure as hell was the case with her. She felt as if she were a girl with her first crush.
    Or a woman who’d fallen in love for the very first time.
    Alexis had the feeling it was the latter of the two. Her feelings had never been this strong for a guy before.
    Already she couldn’t picture what her life would be like without Konner in it. And she was pretty sure he felt the same way about her. He called her at least three times a day and texted her about five. Some of those texts were so naughty she had to go to her bedroom to read them so her mother wouldn’t look over her shoulder, asking her what Konner had said.
    He even called her when he was doing his job. Once he cut the conversation short to go after one of the bad guys. Alexis had been worried he’d gotten hurt since he’d hissed in what sounded like pain before he’d said he had to go. But Konner had put her mind to rest an hour later when he called back and assured her he was fine.
    Alexis blinked and realized she’d been lost in thought again when she was supposed to be doing work on her computer. She’d been working on the same line of code for at least a half hour and really hadn’t done much of anything at that. God, she had it bad for Konner.
    At the sound of her mother clearing her throat, Alexis spun her steno chair around to see she stood in the open doorway of her office. “Is there something you wanted, Mom?”
    Her mother nodded and walked over to Alexis. “Yes, there is. I want you to go pack an overnight bag and leave.”
    She scowled. “What?”
    “You heard me. It hasn’t escaped my notice that you’ve been walking around here moping. I can tell you miss Konner, and that it’s your father and I who are keeping you from him. So I want you to go pack a change of clothes and spend the night over at his place. I know he works nights, but it’s not quite lunchtime now so you should have plenty of time to be with him before he does have to go.”
    “Are you sure?” Alexis asked. “You and Dad came here to visit me. I feel as if I should spend my free time with the both of you. And I really should get some work done.”
    Her mom arched a brow. “Each time I’ve walked by this room this morning, I’ve seen you staring off into space. I doubt you’re getting much accomplished.” Alexis grinned. “I guess I’m a little distracted. I can’t