Chapter 16
SIXTEEN
GARRETT
This Christmas
Colorado Springs, Colorado
“Try to get some sleep.” I adjust the pillow behind Savannah’s head after a full day of marathon sex.
“It’s pretty hard to sleep when your entire body is sore.” Her voice is hoarse. “But so you know, all the sex we’re having here is a one-time thing.”
“It’s a twenty-time thing at this point, Miss Grey,” I say. “And I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.”
She blushes, and I adjust the pillow one more time.
“I’ll be right back,” I say, grabbing my phone and stepping onto the balcony. I scroll down to Seth’s name, wanting to make sure he knows that he’s fired, but I see that he’s texted me first.
Seth: Amelie said YES. I thought you would want to know.
Me: I did want to know. Congratulations. How does she feel now, knowing that her husband-to-be no longer has a job?
Seth: Pretty damn good since he no longer has to work under a soul-sucking CEO.
Seth: By the way, did you really need to charter a jet for someone to deliver my termination papers?
Me: No, but I wanted you to know that I’m a man of my word.
Seth: Fuck you. LOL. When are you proposing to Savannah? (Did you finally confront her?)
Me: I think it’s a little too soon to discuss that. We’re not in love. (Yes.)
Seth: LMFAO. Ok.
Me: I don’t see what’s funny. We’re not.
Seth: Please tell me that you’re not this dense, Garrett. Like, please say that you’re fucking with me right now.
I roll my eyes and mute the thread.
“Garrett?” Savannah’s soft voice makes me turn around.
She’s sitting up in my bed now, holding up one of my laptops—still naked.
“I’m still too sore to sleep, so do you mind if we look over a few files?” she asks. “I mean, nothing too crazy since this is still an off day for us.”
“Sure.” I smile, unsure of why I’m aroused by her bringing up work. “Are you thinking like five?”
“More like ten.”
So she means fifty.