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She liked what she saw. She wanted him.
And he sure as hell wanted her.
“Would ye like to join me, Jenny?”
She took a barely audible sharp inhale and met his eyes. Hers were wide, her cheeks red.
“No.” She tore her eyes away from his body, breathing fast. “I mean…”
He stretched out his arm. “Towel.”
She threw a blazing gaze at him, with no sign of being intimidated. “Excuse me?”
“Give me the towel.” He pointed at the cloth his servants had left him, which hung over the back of the chair.
She folded her arms over her ample bosom. “You’re like a three-year-old. What about a please and a thank-you?”
He exhaled and chuckled. He loved it when she had this fire in her. “Please. And thank ye.”
She reached out and gave it to him. As he began rubbing water off himself, she stared at the water with longing. “I haven’t had a shower for five days.”
He frowned. “A shower? Ye werena in the rain for five days?”
“I mean, a bath.”
He stepped out of the water and onto the floor. He wrapped the towel around his waist. Only two steps away from her, he could just close the distance between them and kiss her.
“Ye’re welcome to take a bath, Jenny,” he said.
She bit her bottom lip, looking at his bath the way he wanted her to look at him.
“Really?” she asked. “Are you sure?”
“Aye, lass.”
She eyed him for a few moments. “Right. Then turn around and don’t get any ideas. Got it?”
He chuckled softly but didn’t move. He was going to enjoy this. Turning around? That was the last thing he wanted.
“Turn around,” she said, lifting her chin.
He cocked his head. “Are ye certain ye want me to?”
Her chin rose higher. “Yes of course I want you to.”
He nodded and walked past her and towards an iron cauldron with hot water his servants had brought earlier. He wanted to watch her strip her dress off. Hell, he wanted to help her, unlace the dress and see her milky, silken skin emerge and kiss every inch.
Ignoring the pain in his wound, he filled a bucket with hot water and heard the soft rustle of skin against linen. Red-hot images burned his mind…her generous breasts springing out the dress…her narrow waist and full hips with her gorgeous arse he could tease and bite and…
A splash told him she was in the water. He turned around and the water was up to her chin, her knees pulled in to her chest.
He approached the tub. “Hot water is coming in. Careful.”
He poured the water into the corner, and he thought he heard a satisfied moan from her as the fresh water reached her body.
“Another?” he asked.
“Oh, God, yes, please!” she said, her voice throaty. “This is heaven.”
