Nadine responded to his attempts to make room for himself by rolling onto her side, wiggling back into him in a clear invitation for him to play the big spoon. Her hands curled beside her face on the pillow, until such a time as he wrapped his arm around her and she could lace her fingers with his. She yawned, legs stretching out against his as she made herself comfortable.
While she was tired, she was not so tired as to be in that in-between place neither asleep nor awake, did not trust Grayson enough to drowse at length. Honesty did not even occur to her.
"I'm from a country you've never heard of," she said, eyes closed. "I'm a princess. I came to Valesport to sow my wild oats before my arranged marriage." She yawned again. "And… solve the murder of my childhood friend? Wrong Eddie Murphy movie. Let's stick with princess. Later I'll wear a pretty ballgown and come down a huge set of stairs and you'll be starstruck. It'll be great."
She could have told him something more plausible, something intended to be believed. It would have been easy to make him think she was some spoiled rich girl from L.A., slumming it in Valesport and in over her head. There was something more comfortable about this. They both knew she was lying, that she didn't care if he knew.
He barely trusted her enough to fuck her, but that was all she needed. She didn't trust him at all, but she didn't need to. She trusted her own intuition, the little tells and habits that told her he wasn't likely to hurt her. Not in any of the ways that mattered. Really cute and mostly harmless: basically ideal.
"I bet you're from Maine," she accused with a yawn, mostly to irritate him. Accusing people of being from Jersey was too obvious; Maine was innocuous, and yet always, somehow, offensive.
While she was tired, she was not so tired as to be in that in-between place neither asleep nor awake, did not trust Grayson enough to drowse at length. Honesty did not even occur to her.
"I'm from a country you've never heard of," she said, eyes closed. "I'm a princess. I came to Valesport to sow my wild oats before my arranged marriage." She yawned again. "And… solve the murder of my childhood friend? Wrong Eddie Murphy movie. Let's stick with princess. Later I'll wear a pretty ballgown and come down a huge set of stairs and you'll be starstruck. It'll be great."
She could have told him something more plausible, something intended to be believed. It would have been easy to make him think she was some spoiled rich girl from L.A., slumming it in Valesport and in over her head. There was something more comfortable about this. They both knew she was lying, that she didn't care if he knew.
He barely trusted her enough to fuck her, but that was all she needed. She didn't trust him at all, but she didn't need to. She trusted her own intuition, the little tells and habits that told her he wasn't likely to hurt her. Not in any of the ways that mattered. Really cute and mostly harmless: basically ideal.
"I bet you're from Maine," she accused with a yawn, mostly to irritate him. Accusing people of being from Jersey was too obvious; Maine was innocuous, and yet always, somehow, offensive.
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