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My eyes shoot up to his, and he smirks at me with hooded eyes. Yep, he one thousand percent saw me checking him out. My cheeks burn, and I bite down on my bottom lip as I grip the waistband of my shorts and push them down to my ankles, kicking them aside.
He tugs his sweats and boxers down at once, and I practically drool as his already-hardened cock springs free.
Focus.
Nervous tingles run down my back as a dreaded realization slams into me. This is the first time he’ll see me completely naked since I’ve had my surgery.
Oh God.
What if he doesn’t think I’m sexy anymore? Or what if he—
“Hey, stop that.” Reed lifts my chin up, forcing my gaze to find his. “Get out of your head, Char. What are you thinking?”
Dropping my gaze back down to his bare chest, I sigh, “You haven’t seen me…not since my surgery…”
He lifts my gaze back up, and my eyes burn with vulnerability. “Are you scared to show me?” He kisses my forehead and cups my face in his hands. “Do you trust me?”
I look up at him as he strokes my cheeks. “Of course I do.”
He smiles softly and moves his hands to the bottom of my shirt and grabs it. Slowly, he lifts it up, inch by inch, while his intense gaze never leaves mine.
“Lift your arms, baby,” he whispers.
Taking a shallow breath, I do what he asked and lift my arms above my head.
Never has a moment in my life felt more raw and more revealing than this. He pulls my shirt up past my neck and over my head. When it stops blocking my vision, I find his eyes still looking at mine. But his stare is smoldering, and my face warms under his gaze.
He lightly places his hands on my arms and turns me around. As I let him guide me to where he wants, I find myself in the mirror. He positions me in front of him. He studies my reflection, finally letting his gaze travel down my body and over my healed incisions.
“Don’t you see?” he asks, meeting my stare in the mirror.
He kisses the nape of my neck and waits for me to answer.
“What?”
He holds me in place with his sparkling blue eyes. “Don’t you see how goddamn perfect you are? So beautiful, Charlotte.”
This time, it’s not just my face that warms; my entire body ignites at his words. Even my eyes burn, welling up with tears. Not sad tears though, but ones that bleed strength and happiness.
“I love you,” I murmur and lean into him.
“I love you.” He kisses the top of my head.
He releases me and walks over to the shower and starts the water, leaving me to look at my reflection.
This body is proof that I survived and that I am going to continue to survive. I think I am beautiful like this too. No. I know I am. I don’t need boobs to be sexy. I am hot with or without them. Even if not everyone thinks so, I don’t care. Because I know I am, and if I stumble on that confidence or forget, Reed will be there to lift my chin up and remind me.
“Are you coming?” he calls over to me in a teasing, lighthearted voice. “Like you said, these locks aren’t going to wash themselves.”
Laughing, I take one last look in the mirror.
I did it. I’m here even though I never thought I would be. But I didn’t do it alone. I had Reed, my dad, Laura, Josh, and the entire Nighthawks family. I think I also had a few angels looking over me too.
“I’m coming!” I say and turn away from the mirror and walk over to the shower.
As I step underneath the warm water, Reed smiles at me and says, “Finally, I’ve been waiting. But I would’ve waited forever for you.”
I know he’s not just talking about the shower. He’s talking about us. That he would have waited forever for me to come around and let him back in.
