Temptation

Chapter Nineteen

 The following morning, Tom woke up and blinked his eyes open, scrunching his face together as the light from the sun seeped into the bedroom directly into his eyes. As his eyes adjusted, he saw the roofs of buildings covered in white. He furrowed his brow as he carefully removed his arms from around Alice's sleeping body and got out of the bed. He found his trousers on the floor and got his phone from the pocket. Tom had first checked the weather and saw it had snowed a few inches overnight. Out of curiosity, he checked his email to find a message from the college saying that all classes had been cancelled for the day. He smirked as he turned his attention back to Alice. Tom placed his phone on the nightstand and laid back down in the bed, wrapping his arms around her.

Alice lightly wriggled her body as she began to wake. She moaned softly feeling Tom laying open mouthed kisses along her shoulder, back, and neck. She turned around to face him and beamed seeing the smile on his face.

"Good morning, Tom."

"Good morning, Ace."

Alice playfully rolled her eyes as she pushed against his chest.

"What time is it?"

"What does it matter?"

"I have class and so do you." Alice raised her brow.

"Why don't you just skip class today?"

"Okay, but what about you?"

"I already emailed my classes for today and cancelled them." Tom replied.

"You did?" She scoffed.

Tom laughed from deep within his chest and brushed the hair away from her face.

"No. Apparently it snowed overnight and classes got cancelled," Tom explained. "So it looks like I might be able to stay here with you for a little bit longer."

Alice smiled and pressed a quick kiss to his lips.

"Do you want to stay the whole day?" She asked.

"Only if you want me to."

"I do!"

"Then I'll stay," He told her. "I just need a change of clothes. I can't spend the whole day in a nice suit."

"I'll find something in Pierre and Cory's room. Pierre is about your same build and size." Alice replied.

She sat up on the bed and reached for her robe that laid against her vanity chair. She put it on and tightened it, making her out of the room. Tom watched her as she walked, propping himself up on his elbow. As she left, Tom got out of bed, found his boxers and put them back on. Curiosity got the better of him and he began looking around her bedroom. He observed the photos she had hanging on the wall of her with her friends and castmates from the cabaret show, her with a few others he couldn't identify, and some from past shows she had done.

Alice made her way back into the bedroom and stopped in the doorway seeing Tom looking over her photos. She grinned to herself and cleared her throat, making Tom jump as he turned around to face her.

"Sorry." He said softly.

"It's okay. You can keep looking at them. I don't mind." She replied.

She walked over to him and handed him a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt.

"I'll just have to take them back when you're done with them. Cory enjoys that Pierre's scent is on them and he's got a good nose so he'll know if someone else has been meddling with them." Alice explained.

Tom quickly changed into the clothes and directed his attention back to the photos.

"Now, who exactly is who in terms of your job in these photos?" He inquired.