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“Night, Izzy”

Quickly changing into her tank top and pajama shorts, Keira crawled under the covers The excite in on her, she settled herself against the headboard, waiting for Eric She tried to stay up to talk to hiround rules for theainst her back dele She sunk down in the bed and wrapped her ar

She’d just close her eyes for a little bit Resting them until Eric was finished Or ht track with Eric in the ht To out to as pillows had Keira’s eyes shut in record ti asleep

He threw his duffle on one of the bunks outside the bedroouitar, Vicki It was one of the last things he’d had from his dad before he split He should have wanted to bash that thing to pieces and never see it again, but he used it to reood times The times they’d had before his dad ran out on the family

Digging through his bag, he knew there were so a few pairs the sniff test, nearly knocking himself out with one particularly ripe pair It ht He found a clean one and wrenched open the bathroo next to Keira was sure to wreak havoc on hih it

It was pure duht Thea photographer on tour and, apparently they hadn’t thought they would need to put sheets on the bunks Whoever hada bottle of whiskey as a reward in the ed, he popped out his contacts and debated whether or not to wear his glasses He never wore his glasses out in public, not since high school and even then, he did it only in extreround work for the seduction he’d hoped for He’d go along with Keira’s plan of professionalism, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t wear her down

Knowing that he would literally be wandering around the roo for the Keira sized blob if he didn’t wear thelasses case Sliding those coke bottle fraht of the his clothes and shoving them into one of the bunks, he knocked on the bedroom door No response, he listened for movement

“Keira? Are you decent?” Still no response He cracked open the door, ready for a shoe to the face for walking in on her again Instead, he found her under the covers, fast asleep in the bed, her chest rising and falling steadily, a gentle snore co from her mouth

He s the up in bed with her when she was already knocked out Her light brown curls were fanned out all over the bed, spread out like a delicious wet drea to be co in her uninhibited beauty Wishing he had her artistic ability to capture what she saw in front of her, he settled for what he knew and picked up his notepad, perching on the edge of the bed, so as not to disturb her

The lyrics and rhythh hirab theht, her sunniness was one of the things he’d been drawn to Previously, he’d thought that the test fit the type of passion he needed to create his y, that’s how he’d ended up with Talia But Keira, she was so open, so joyful, not afraid to show just how excited and happy she was about sos he took for granted She put him at ease and made it easier to create aro

und her He wasn’t afraid of her judge in him that he’d been afraid to let out and she’d been around for less than two days

Watching her sleep, he scribbled down thoughts and as they raced through his head The melody and beat hadn’t come to him yet, but the words flowed froes in record ti at her and scribbling frantically, he set the notebook on the bedside table and pulled the covers up over her shoulders

Turning off the light, the bed dipped as he clirumbled in her sleep and rolled toward hiainst his ars strictly business hadn’t deterred hih her head, but he was sure she didn’t want to jeopardize her work He’d just have to convince her that it wouldn’t be an issue They could keep things professional and still enjoy each other’s co her arrinned and moved her arm back down He squeezed the pillow behind his head and settled in, closing his eyes

His eyes snapped open at the gentle caress of her fingers on his chest She snuggled in deeper next to him, murmured, and rested her head on his chest She let out another sleepy sigh and rubbed her cheek against his chest His skin heated up and another part of his anatoht of her head shifted on his chest, her hair tickling hi his neck, he breathed in her scent She shed and he leaned his head back against the pillow and wrapped his ar close to hiet at this point and ether

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