Xavier FINAL(66)
I walked up the stairs, laid her in bed, and then, hell yes, I started at the shoes and then the knee high stockings attached to a fuck me garter belt. I stripped her drunken ass naked and grabbed a tee shirt out of the closet and covered her beautiful naked body with a shirt and then pulled the blankets over her.
I took a quick shower, climbed in beside her and held her while I fell asleep.
Chapter 16
Bite Me
I woke wrapped around Xavier. When I moved just a bit his strong arms held me still. I didn’t want to get up. I knew as soon as I opened my eyes my head was going to hurt just like it should after doing shots of vodka and tying one on last night. He was so warm and comfortable. As always he smelled clean and masculine. His warm breath against my cheek reminded me of a gentle breeze. The comfort of his body mixed with the sweet sounds coming from him pulled me back into a restful slumber.
I woke again when he was kissing my hair and then sliding out from under me.
“What time is it?” I asked without opening my eyes.
“Go back to sleep. I’ll be back.”
I couldn’t go back to sleep. It just wasn’t going to happen. I sat up as soon as he walked out of the bedroom and scooted off the bed and went in to the bathroom.
When I had showered and brushed my teeth I walked down the stairs and heard Xavier on the phone. He was talking to someone about Daniel. I walked down the last stair and it creaked alerting him I was here.
He covered the phone, “You need something?”
“Water.” I walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle out.
“Hey. How are you feeling?” He walked around me and stood against the counter.
He stood there in basketball shorts and nothing else. His hair was a sexy mess and his body was so hard to look away from. Not just because he was ripped but because there was a lot to look at. His tattoos, piercings, six pack, and the damn V muscles.
His shorts rested low enough that you could see the beginning of a nicely manscaped area that led to the most perfect…
“Cat got your tongue?” He smirked that sexy as hell smirk. The one that said, keep looking, that’s what I’m here for, and I did keep looking, until my mouth was able to form words.
“Headache.”
“I bet. You tied one on last night.”
“Who were you talking to?”
“You.”
“Very funny.” I rolled my eyes at him.
“There’s no one else here.”
“On the phone, about Daniel.”
His jaw clenched and the muscles flexed. The timing wasn’t probably appropriate to be thinking about how sexy he was, but damn. I had to close my eyes and turn away from him or I may have been tempted to touch the ink.
“George,” was all he said and he turned away from me, grabbed the coffee pot, and poured two cups of coffee.
“George?”
“He works for Steel. Looks into things you know?”
I knew, of course I knew, that’s what my brothers did, looked into things. “Yeah I know. Xavier?”
“What’s up?” He turned and looked at me.
“Why are you doing all this?”
“You work for me.” He handed me a cup of coffee.
“I work for your Mom. She hired me.”
He shook his head and looked down then shrugged his shoulders. “I didn’t like seeing you hurt.”
“I see.” I took a sip of my coffee. “My brothers would look into it if I were really that worried--.”
“I’m that worried. I can handle this. I got you into this--.”
“No you didn’t. He cheated on me. You didn’t do anything wrong. Well you did, but--.”
“Taelyn, I like you. I don’t like chicks.”
I laughed and his eyes grew large and he gasped.
“Sorry, go on.”
“Don’t fucking laugh again. This shit isn’t easy you know.” He pouted.