Accidentally In Love

Chapter One

Chapter One

I wasn't entirely sure what had woken me up.

It could have been the light seeping in through the crack in the curtains. It could have been the quiet ringing I could hear from a phone in another room. It could have been the slightly uncomfortable position I had been sleeping in that had caused my arm to go numb. Or it could have been the weight of an arm around my waist and deep sleeping breaths I could hear from over my shoulder.

Either way, it took my hung over mind a few moments to register and comprehend that there was indeed someone else in the bed with me. A very comfortable bed at that.

Images of the night before slowly appeared in my head. Vegas, me and two of my friends had come here for a long weekend to celebrate our recent success. Me promoted to a Junior Executive, even though it was in the family business, Sadie getting a permanent weekly column at the magazine she worked at, and Linley well... finally breaking up with her no-good boyfriend. Yeah, definitely a weekend worth the celebration.

I didn't so much feel in the mood for celebrations right now.

Slowly I opened my eyes, I was lying in a large four-poster bed and the room was immaculate, except for the random articles of clothing that had been thrown around. Clearly I was in a hotel room, a posh one at that, but decidedly not my own hotel room. One of the windows had been opened to its max - a huge one inch - so one of the flowing floor-ceiling curtains was blowing and swaying in the breeze being created, it was this movement that provided light to the darkened room, a light that could have woken me.

I reached up with my arm, shielding my eyes from the miniscule amount of light that stung at my bleary eyes. It was that movement that caused a reaction to the person behind me, suddenly bringing my attention to the situation I had definitely not planned for.

The person had groaned before then rolling away from me. It was a distinctly male noise, deep and masculine. Jesus, I prayed he would still be asleep so then I could just sneak out; I wasn't a huge cuddling person, especially when it came to strangers and one night stands.

Cautiously I peeked over my shoulder to see whether or not the man was still asleep. He had thrown his arm over his eyes to I couldn't actually tell, but I was willing to take my chances. I took just a moment longer to admire the man I had so drunkenly picked out last night, I almost started to congratulate myself as well, couldn't have done much better if I had actually tried.

His hair was dark and at that perfect length where it could be shaggy and sexy yet also styled perfectly if you tried, his jaw seemed strong with high cheekbones and a faint shadow of stubble, not a look I would usually go for. That traditional handsome aristocratic look was something I usually rebelled against because usually the men behind them were arrogant trust fund babies that didn't know the meaning of hard work. Not that I wasn't a trust fund baby myself. Maybe that was another reason why, my parents seemed to run my life so I had always picked to date guys I knew they wouldn't entirely approve of, whether it be their own financial situation, upbringing, parents, views of the world, dreams and goals for the future, there was always something my parents wouldn't agree upon. A man that looked like the one beside me, my Mother would probably swoon at his feet. Gag-worthy I know.

The sheets were wound around his waist, but the torso I could see was definitely one you could pick out on a crowded beach. Arms and a chest that showed he took pride in his appearance and probably worked out regularly, not to mention the abs. But there, there was something my parents would hate, tattoos. I could see two of them, one on his chest and one just peeking out from beneath the sheet that I couldn't entirely see.