Free Up in Flames (Crash and Burn, Book Two) (A Military Romance) by Eva Grayson Page A

between us while we had sex, and it’s hard to not want to run away, to give myself time to sort it out…and maybe protect my heart in the process. But I fight that urge. The bigger part of me wants to hold him in my arms and feel him fall asleep against me.
    Cole slides in beside me. We don’t say a word. Our bodies mold to each other’s, and our eyes drift closed, and I’m pulled into a heavy, satisfying sleep.

    * * *
    I blink the sleep from my eyes. Cole, still deep in slumber, has his arm draped possessively over me, the blanket pushed down to show his beautiful bare chest. Late morning sunlight is dappling across his skin, which glows with a nice tan. He’s fast asleep.
    What woke me up? I feel unsettled, like I had a bad dream or something.
    “Lauren,” a light voice is saying downstairs.
    Like a splash of cold water on my face, I’m alert now. And I know what woke me—an all-too-familiar voice calling my name. My heart is a hammer, battering against my ribcage. Shit, shit, shit.
    I sit up and clutch the blanket to my bare chest. I can sense Cole wake up beside me too, but he doesn’t move a muscle. I’m too nervous to look over at him, my blood roaring through my veins. My fingers are like ice, clutching the blanket.
    “Are you up, lazy bones?” my sister says in a teasing tone. “I have coffee and I’m coming up, so throw on some clothes.”
    Heavy steps start up the staircase to my room.
    And I know that it’s too late to stop my sister from seeing Cole in my bed.
    END OF BOOK 2
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