Chapter 17Daylight filtered past Riley's closed eyelids, teasing her awake. She squeezed her eyes tighter shut and turned to her side with a protesting groan.
“Welcome back, Sleeping Beauty,” Russell's voice murmured into her ear.
Riley's eyes snapped open, and she groaned again as the light stung her eyes. “Where am I?”
“I'm pretty sure this is the bedroom you grew up in,” Russell replied. “I looked into the rooms here and I figured you wouldn't be comfortable sleeping in what must have been your father's, so I brought you here. The cowboy posters were a dead giveaway.”
“Oh God,” Riley moaned. “I decorated this room when I was fourteen and never changed it, okay?”
“Defensive much?” Russ teased. “I kinda like sleeping with all these half-n***d men staring at me – not! No wonder you we
