Chapter 9
KAI
The storm doesn’t last long, two hours max, and I carefully roll off the sofa bed so as not to wake Sadie.
She’s snoring, cute snuffly sounds that burst into the occasional rumble.
She’ll hate it when I tell her, and I smile, remembering the time she punched me for calling her little starfish because of her obsession with them.
We’d been kids, and I loved teasing her.
Her eyes would glow with outrage, but she couldn’t maintain it, and we’d end up tussling and laughing.
Until we reached our teens and the awareness developed between us that there could be more than friendship binding us.
Now this.
I never should’ve had sex with Sadie.
But we’d been building towards this for a long time, and no matter what happens when she wakes, I can’t regret it.
She’s too special for that.
I pick up her wet dress and underwear and ease the door open. I drape them over the verandah railing in the blazing sun, now that the storm has passed. They’ll dry soon, she’ll get dressed, and we’ll return to reality.
Whatever that means.
Will she resent me for having sex and then leaving the island as I always do? Or will she want more than I can give?
I hear the door creak open further and turn to find her staring at me with wide eyes; the towel wrapped around her.
Her smile is tentative as she takes a step towards me, another, and I forget every question pinging through my head.
Hell, I forget my name as she reaches me, wraps her arms around me, and kisses me.
I’m glad she doesn’t want to talk, but as our lips ease apart and she takes hold of my hand to lead me back inside, I know one thing.
How the fuck will I get over Sadie when I leave?