Chapter 161: The Best Morning After
** Eli **
"... Oh." Harper was the first to recover from whatever dazed state it was that they both got stuck in. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she looked down between them and ... saw the dark mark of a fresh wet patch on his boxers. "My goodness ... D-Did we just ... But how ... What ..."
Yeah, precisely the profound questions in his own head right now.
"I suppose ... unresolved sexual tension doesn’t age well overnight?" Eli opted for something snarky, in the hopes that it’d cover up his embarrassment for making such a scene out of himself for the Nth time that night. Rolling onto his back, he put some much needed distance between them and took a deep breath, trying to calm his still thrashing heart.
Fuck. People say that the right woman in your arms is supposed to work like a sleeping pill, calming and lulling you all the way through dreamless slumber. But how come this one in his bed felt more like ... a little blue pill??
The little blue pill rolled toward him, and she opened her mouth to say something in reply. But then she squinted against the sunlight coming in through the sheer curtains. "It’s morning already?" she observed. "Well, that actually wasn’t a bad way at all to start a new day, if you ask me."
"..."
Eli was still considering her unique preferences of how to start a new day when she drew closer, and a soft kiss landed on his lips. "Good morning handsome," she cooed with a big smile. "This is the best kind of morning after."
The kiss sent him back into a daze. Along with the look in her eyes. Sunlight reflected through the beaming crystal green of her irises, glowing so crisp and so bright that it looked like she was lighting up the entire room. Or his entire world.