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“You did?”
“Well, what if?”
“You can do that. You have all the control.”
“Actually, you changed my mind.”
“I did? How?”
“I don’t know.”
“Oh, come on, Lindsay. You have to tell me so I can do more of it.”
“I really don’t know. You didn’t do it on purpose. You just...did.”
“This is really unfair.”
“Why? Oh! Oh, I mean, if you’re not interested...”
“Oh, I’m interested. Trust me, baby. I’m interested. I just want to know what I said to make you change your mind.” His toe finds mine under the water. He brushes it lightly, all along my calf, to my knee, then gently up my thigh, halfway, until I shiver.
“It wasn’t one thing. I can’t explain it. You just...well, you were just you.”
“And being me made you...” He moves swiftly across the water, bent before me, face to face. His hands are on my thighs, waiting.
“Want you.”
“Oh. Damn, Lindsay,” he says as he sighs. “That may be the most honest thing I’ve ever heard.”
“I think that one time I called you an asshole I was more honest.”
“Hey!”
“You told me to give you the whole me.” Using my one good arm, I spread it wide in a boasting gesture. “This is it.” My bad elbow slips and almost dips into the water, but I save myself.
“I didn’t know name calling would be part of it.”
I give him a coy smile.
“What name do you have for this?” His fingers creep slowly up my side, making me relax, making me close my eyes and tip my head back, accepting his touch. He cups one breast, not moving once he has it in his hand. Just feeling, exploring, touching.
Taking his time.
I’m surprised by how much I want him. Back in the hospital, I’d given up on ever being close to anyone again. That sense of being so dirty and used, turned into an animal, a device, an object moved around by other people to meet their goals made me want to crawl into a hole and just live the rest of my life alone.
Drew wouldn’t let me do that. And now here he is, loving all the pieces of me until they work together again, as one.
Helping me to be whole.
Desire lives inside his gentle touch, his intent clear. The hot bath is both soothing and cleansing, invigorating and sensual.
So is he.
“Lindsay,” he whispers, moving close, his mouth against my ear, kissing me lightly on the soft skin beneath my earlobe. “You’re my wife now.”
I shiver at the word wife.
“You’re mine. No one else’s. I’ve spent all these years trying to find my way back to you. No one will ever keep us apart. No one. Do you hear me?” He looks into my eyes, dark and firm.
