Wake Me Up (Love Knows No Boundaries) by Michelle Horst Read Free Book Online Page A

here for a second, and tell me what happened in the shower?”
    “Seriously! I’m dying over here and you want to know what a disaster my night was?” I need to calm down, panicking is not going to help me.
    “Take a deep breath. No one is dying. Go and make yourself all pretty. Stay calm. Smile a lot,” she says, and it doesn’t help that I can hear her laughing.
    “Alright. One step at a time. Keep your phone on,” I warn her. “I still can’t believe he’s my flatmate. It’s really hard not to just stand and drool when I’m around him.”
    “Snap me a photo. I must see what he looks like, if you’re going on like this,” she says.
    “I’ll just go and ask him to strike a pose for me quickly,” I joke, and then blurt out, “I like him. I already like him too much.”
    “That’s a bonus. Just don’t carry your heart on your sleeve. Be yourself, Sunshine. You’re a stunning person,” she once again lifts my spirits.
    “You know you’re the best, right?”
    “No, you’re the best,” she says warmly, “I want details. Email me the details.”
    “I will. Thank you for you,” I say before cutting the call.
    I’m worth it . I’m a stunning person. Smile. Smile. Then I catch sight of myself in the mirror and I cringe. Yeah, let’s shower first before we try that speech again.
    ~*~

Chapter Four
     
    Aiden~
    I didn’t mean to fall asleep. It’s just … she felt so good.
    First she half -stripped in the shower. That sight took just about every ounce of gentleman I had in my body not to shove her up against the wall and finish what we started in the car. Who knew she had all that under those clothes?
    Ahh … and then in the room. I had to go take a cold shower, and that was just because she reached for the clasp of her bra. 
    I’m just thankful she passed out, if she had made one more move on me I would not have stopped. There’s only so much gentleman in me, and then everything else takes over. But she was drunk, and that just didn’t sit well in my gut.
    Like I said, I didn’t mean to fall asleep there , but she drank the aspirin and slumped right down against me. It was nice holding someone, holding her.
    The second she grabbed at me , I woke up. Now, I’ve had nightmares and I’ve seen Zac have them after Laurie died, but this was something else.
    She whimpered. I mean she really whimpered.
    Then the trembling , like full-on trembling all over.
    I was all ready to serve and protect, only there was nothing to protect her from. How do you protect someone from something you can’t see? I tried waking her, but she wasn’t having any of that. When the talking started I went over into serving mode. I held her tighter, caressed her hair and back. I whispered I was there and she was safe, praying she’d hear me. She groaned the same thing over and over.
    “I’m nothing without Mom. I won’t make it without Mom. Ever. Please hold me Mo m. Don’t let me go.”
    Now add whimpering, trembling and the look in her eyes I’ve been trying to place the whole damn night, and I’m not so sure she meant those words in the way most would take them. I think I’m starting to get an understanding of why she did what she did last night.
    ~*~
    I’ve only heard of the ‘boy meets girl’ and then BANG, scenario. I always thought it to be some stupid story. That was, until Zac and Laurie happened. They got married three weeks after they met, damn near gave Mom a heart attack eloping the way they did. But they stayed in love until Laurie passed on four years later, and it was their story that changed my point of view.
    I broke it off with Megan , because I knew she wasn’t the one, and there was just no point in wasting her time and mine. But now this? Emma Walker. I can’t let her leave until I’ve figured out why I don’t want her to leave. And that just sounds plain insane for someone that’s normally as level-headed as me.
    M y phone starts vibrating on the counter, and I leap for it. Please