Chapter 30

Once we are able to move, I head for the bathroom to shower when Elias says,

"Do you have any energy left?" Stopping in the doorway to our bedroom, turning back to see his grinning face, pulling his boxes back on. Oh flip what is he thinking, round two?

"What are you thinking?" Elias stalks across the room to me, pulling me in close to whisper softly in my ear,

"Want to go for a run?" The tip of his nose glides from my ear, across my cheek, bringing his lips to mine, drawing me in for a deep, passionate kiss.

"Yeah, okay, I could go for a run."

Grabbing on an old t-shirt and jogging bottoms, we head outside to the woods out back. Racing down the stairs Elias slaps my ass before jumping the last few steps.

"Hay!" I chuckle after him as he dashes out into the garden, "Wait up".

I follow Elias outside, to see he is already at the tree line, bare chested, waiting for me.

We fold our clothes neatly by a tree, behind some bushes. Out of side from the house, I take a deep breath, calm