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I reach a hand out for him to help me stand, and he takes it, placing a sweet kiss on my forehead as he does. We walk hand in hand across the house to the bathroom, sliding open the barn door. Colter sets me on the counter and makes quick work of setting the temperature in the bath, dumping in some bath products, and soon these amazing floral smells are mixing in the air, complementing the already floral aroma from all the thousands of flowers in the other room.
“We’re all probably going to smell like a garden for quite awhile,” I laugh.
“If it makes you happy, if it keeps that smile on your face, we can keep replenishing them. As many as you want.”
“I mean, I love them, don’t get me wrong, but I think I would also love the use of the dining table, or the kitchen counter, or… some of the floor space too though. I think we could find a happy medium somewhere.”
He looks out of the bathroom at his house that is now covered in petals. As if he’s just seeing them for the first time he starts cracking up. Wheezing, bent over. “We…might have gone overboard a little bit… didn’t we?”
I pile my hair on top of my head, making sure it’ll stay dry, so I don’t have to re-dry it later. I slide off the counter as I take off my shirt, well August's shirt, and the shorts I’ve been borrowing. I know I look a little ridiculous, but James was so sweet all day, never asking if I wanted to change, never expecting me to dress up, or to project a certain image so he’d feel comfortable with me in public. He didn’t seem to notice what I was wearing. More points in his favor.
I try not to smile at Colter’s gawking as I slip into the bath. He doesn’t move. “Are you going to join me?”
“You…want me to?”
“There’s plenty of room,” I tell him.
It takes a few tries for him to figure out how to take off his own clothes, because his hands are shaking, and his brain seems muddled.
I relax in the hot water, letting the oil soften my skin, feeling at peace. The bubbles hide all the necessary bits, even though Colter has seen it all. I feel less self-conscious sitting here knowing that they’re covered. I feel him gingerly climb into the tub, doing his best to not touch me.
“You’re allowed to touch me,” I say with my eyes closed still.
“Oh… I… wasn’t sure. I’m not assuming anything at all here.”
“I wouldn’t have invited you into the bath if I didn’t want some intimacy with you. I’m not saying I’m ready to be knotted or anything, but I’m not going to come at you for trying to hold my hand or hold me.”
He pulls me into him, my whole back firmly tucked against his chest. I don’t know how I expected to ignore the throbbing hardness at his hips, but I now have to. At least for a little bit longer.
“God, I missed this,” he breathes. His stubbled face runs up and down my neck, making me tilt my head back to encourage him. He presses a kiss to his claiming mark, and goose flesh wraps around my skin.
Then, he does something really terrible. He uses that purr he has on me. So much for the resistance I was holding onto so tightly.
“Damnit. There goes my iron will to make you guys earn my forgiveness.” I go boneless against him. That vibration runs up and down my spine, rides my bloodstream. In five seconds flat the effects of that ridiculous noise these alphas can make have reached every extremity I have. It’s frightening what he could get away with right now.
“What on earth are you talking about?” He asks with a quick pause to the noise.
“That…” I start, as he continues the sound, “should be illegal. Do you have any idea what that does to me?” My voice doesn’t even sound like my own right now. There’s hardly any tone to it, it’s pure air and sex.
“What, this?” And then he ramps it up.
Somehow, I find my knees falling open, inviting him to do whatever the hell he wants to. Honestly, I don’t even care right now. Was I angry at him? What is it about the frequency of this purr that acts like a drug?
“Like that, do you?” He starts off innocent, his fingers running up and down my arms. But even that seems to affect me so hard.
“You…know exactly…what you’re doing.”
I don’t think I can control my head anymore, then my eyes catch on the mirror. Reflected back I see a pair of alpha eyes boring into me from the doorway. Honestly, I’m worried about the integrity of that door frame with Kit’s giant hands on them. He’s clenching onto it as if doing so keeps him alive.
I can only stare at him. I’m still mostly covered by the bubbles in the bath, but maybe not being able to see everything is working to my advantage. Because now Kit has to walk closer to see more of me.
“Do you want me to stop, so you can be angry at me longer?”
“I’ll be angry at you later,” I tell the naked man behind me.
He laughs in a slow, rich tone that somehow has my toes curling. Then Kit approaches, kneeling next to us. Without saying anything he leans forward to kiss me.
Thisis a kiss. The way his tongue works against me, tasting me, as we remember all the ways we were so good together.
