SIN [h.s] ✔

Chapter Twelve.

Harry

10:00 AM

"Hey," I said with a smile when Beth's eyes fluttered open. I had been awake for about five minutes, and telling myself it wasn't really that weird to watch somebody sleep. Even after the night before, I had woken up with a raging hard-on, but I didn't want to disturb her. We were both exhausted. We definitely had to limit this to weekends for now, or I would never make it to court on time.

"Hey." She smiled back.

"You're even beautiful in the morning," I said and I meant it. For the record, freshly fucked hair looked very good on her.

"You're even romantic in the morning."

"I was worried I would screw that part up, but Adam said it's easy when you're motivated. Just so you know, you're very motivating."

"So are you." She reached up and traced my jaw with her finger. Oh man, I loved it when she did that. The tent in the sheets reminded me what else I liked. I would probably wind up hobbling to Game Night later.

"I want you again." I was about to guide her hand down to examine my supporting evidence, when her stomach let out a loud growl and she quickly hugged herself and blushed. God, that blush would do me in.

"I'm hungry too," I said, putting my gentlemanly instincts ahead of everything else. "How about if I make us breakfast?"

"You cook too?" She sighed sounding content, and I got that warm feeling again. What was this woman doing to me? For a second I regretted how much I had tortured Adam about Lily, and then I remembered how Adam had tortured Braden and I didn't feel so bad. I hopped out of bed and Beth's eyes went straight to my groin. I almost laughed.

"Hey, missy, my eyes are up here," I teased.

"Did you want to spend some more time in bed before breakfast?" she asked, looking up at me with a sexy smile. She stretched out under the sheets like a cat, and I almost gave in when her stomach rumbled again.

"I need to feed us or we won't have enough energy. Wait for me here. I want to bring you breakfast in bed. Then after we eat, we can do other things in bed and then take a shower together. And do other things there too."

"You're on. Do you mind if I watch the news for a few minutes?" she asked glancing at the TV mounted on my wall.

"Not at all. Go ahead. The remote is in the drawer on my side of the bed." I hesitated for a second, as what I just said sunk in. Holy shit. I had a side of the bed. Okay, think about that later. Food, get food. I grabbed a pair of sweats and put them on, heading down to the kitchen to whip up a couple of mushroom omelets.

I heard Beth put the T.V. on as I dug out a pan. She was watching a local morning news program. I had just grabbed some eggs and butter when she called out to me.

"Harry! Come here! You have to see this!" I put everything down on the counter and quickly headed back up to the loft. She was kneeling on the bed, wearing one of my t-shirts and she looked amazingly sexy, but I wanted to know what had her so worked up, so I tore my eyes away and looked at the T.V. There was a reporter standing in front of an upscale apartment building and the text below said "Mysterious Center City homicide."

"What's going on?" I asked, feeling my gut tighten.

"There was a quick clip, and Caitlin was... wait ssh!"

The body of woman was found this morning in the Heights Terrace residential apartment complex in Center City. Sources say that foul play is suspected. The victim has been identified as journalist Elaine Cooper, employed by the Philly Beat.