Faith was seriously asking for my advice? I had no clue what to do with my own life, let alone anyone else’s. “I have no idea. You guys should maybe talk about it. First things first though—What about Liam?”

Faith’s face fell. “I don’t know. Liam’s great, but Angel… I mean, look at the guy.”

“Oh, trust me, I’ve seen him.” I sighed. “Look. I think you need to figure out things with the boyfriend you have before you deal with a new one.”

She sighed. “Maybe you’re right. I won’t know what I’m dealing with until I see Liam again.”

Faith headed to her room and me to mine. Alexi’s whispered goodnight still lingered over me like a caress. Even thirty minutes later, while I tossed and turned in my bed, my body felt the magnetic pull to Lex. I could only assume he was on the large sectional in the living room. Was he having a sleepless night too?

The light from the moon cast a silvery shadow on the guestroom I’d taken at the back of the house on the lower level. The clouds were so low I couldn’t make out any stars, and it gave the night sky an eerie quality.

After tossing over for the hundredth time, I finally gave up. I might as well try some warm milk because lying there wasn’t going to solve my problem. And if Alexi just happened to still be awake, maybe we would have the chance to talk. Yeah, as if talking was what my too aware, too horny body wanted to do.

What I wanted to do was find out if what he could deliver was as good as his kisses promised. What I really wanted to do was let go of the ghosts of my past and the bullshit of the last several years of my life. I wanted to be free. And Alexi tasted like freedom.

With a frustrated sigh, I tossed off the heavy duvet and shivered at the chill in the air. Careful of waking anyone, I slowly opened my door and traversed the darkened hallway by feeling my way along the wall. On tip toe, I jogged up the stairs into the kitchen, though when I opened the door, I realized someone had already beat me to it.

With only the light under the ventilation hood on, Alexi stood stirring something on the stove. When he turned and smiled at me, my stomach dropped.

“You can’t sleep either, huh?”

Lex…

I tried to calm my lust-buzzed nerves and smiled at Abbie. “Do you want some hot chocolate?” It helped if I didn’t look directly at her in that threadbare tank and those tiny shorts. Through the thin fabric, I could see the outline of her nipples, and they made my mouth water.