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But that night was nowhere near over yet.
Chapter9
Helena
Connected
Beckett was a man who knew exactly where money should be spent on luxuries. I was a limp noodle by the time we both dragged ourselves out of his steam shower. I was technically clean of body, if not of mind.
He also had inventive ways to help me get cleaned up.
I sat on his bed in a towel as he rifled through his armoire.
“You’re going to swim in all of these.”
“No other scraps from your sister?”
He glanced over his shoulder at me. “Definitely not.”
I patted my hair with the extra towel. “At least you’re not offering up something an ex left behind.”
“Because I don’t have one of those.”
“Oh, c’mon. You had to have a relationship sometime in the last few years.”
“Nope.” He snapped out a shirt with a large asterisk looking symbol on the front that was faded from many washes. “Handy for you I don’t throw anything away.”
“How old is that?”
“Think I got it when I was fifteen. My first show.” He held it up in front of his substantially larger chest. “Thankfully, I filled out a little.” He tossed it at me.
I turned it around to see the band name. “Red Hot Chili Peppers?”
“Yep.” He flipped his towel over his shoulder then slid on a pair of black boxer briefs.
I pressed my lips together as I enjoyed the exceptional curve of his butt. He was a rare one who looked good coming and going.
“Are you objectifying me, Ms. Danbury?”
I blushed. “I would never.”
My gaze slid over his shoulders and down to the tattoo of a barn owl spread over his shoulder blade. I recognized it from the logos around the orchard. This one was a little more detailed than the stark woodcut style used at the café and my vague memories of the labels on their alcohol.
Otherwise his skin was tanned, with a few patches of freckles, along with a sundry of scars from a manual labor kind of life. Everything about him was different from the carefully cultured men I’d known in the past. Including the fact that he didn’t hesitate to make me feel beautiful.
He turned with a pair of boxers in his hand. “These have never been worn, so they should be relatively safe.”
“Because they are wow.”
“Our stocking stuffers for Christmas are eclectic, to say the least. Zoe thought she was funny with this one.”
“I didn’t realize you were such a Harry Styles fan.”
He flipped them around to show off the entire boy band of One Direction on the backside. “Equal opportunity.”
I swallowed down a laugh. “I’m shocked you never wore them.”
“More shocked I haven’t used them to clean the toilet.”
