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“Cocky?That’s the word you want to use right now?”
She blushed again.“How about I shower first and you watch?”
I groaned.“Oh, you’re trying to torture me, aren’t you?”
She debated that for a second.“All right,” she said and began to strip down to her bra and panties.“As long as you behave,” she added, as she turned around, unstrapped her bra, dropped it to the floor, and began ever-so-slowly sliding her panties off.“You can join me.”
Fuck behaving.There was no way I was lasting a second in there with her.I was already busting at the seams over here.My jeans were getting tighter and tighter on me.“What are you waiting for?”she inquired, staring me down.“You coming or not?”She turned on the water and threw her head back in a sensual matter.
I let out something between a groan and moan, quickly undressed, and stepped in with her, closing the curtain behind me.
Chapter Thirteen
Scarlet
It had been two weeks since Nick attacked me in the bathroom of the courthouse and Colt saved me.And I was so glad when I asked not to dwell on it, Colt did just that, moving on and never talking about it again.He didn’t want me to have to relive the events anymore than I wanted to.
It’d been calm, though, a little too calm if you asked me.Nick and Rafe had backed off, but for how long was that going to last?There was no way they were going to let this go.Maybe until they figured out their next move, but I doubted they would move on from me forever.However, Colt made me realize that I couldn’t do anything about it and waiting for the other shoe drop was no way to live, so I decided to let it go.For now.There was really nothing I could do anyway.We were waiting to hear from Easton and he said he should have something for us any day now, so that was a good sign, right?Then there was Fort Knox, which was what I was officially calling the house Colt and I were living in.There was so much security around here you’d think I was a damn princess or something.He’s so protective of me.And I know he’s concerned, but we were taking every preventative measure possible.Not to mention, I trusted Colt with my life.
Colt came around me and wrapped his arms around me and I looked at him in the bathroom mirror.“You left me,” he whispered, nuzzling on my ear.
I giggled, the sensation always made me ticklish.“I had to wake up early.I had a tight deadline for this article I was working on.”
“All work and no fun.”He kissed my neck as his hands traveled down my blouse to my—
I turned around.“We have plenty of fun.In fact, I think we had fun three times over again last night.”
“Yes, but in the light of a new day you’re really no fun at all.”
I laughed.“You’re a piece of work, you know that, Mr.Ryder?”
His eyebrows shot up.“Mr.Ryder?”
“Yes.”
He leaned down and I kissed him.“Colt?”
“Yeah?”he questioned, on alert after I called his name like that.
I shook my head.“No, it’s nothing bad.I just wanted to say—”
I tried to find my voice.“I guess I’ve been trying to say this for some time now.I’m really no good at these things.”
“Scar, just tell me.”
“I love you, Colt,” I blurted out.
As soon as the words were out of my mouth, though, I wished I could take them back.His face fell and I couldn’t read him.Frankly, I never could, but now less so than normal.“I love you, too,” he returned.
I furrowed my brows.“You looked like you were going to be sick a second ago.”
“No, no, you misread it, that’s all.Scar,” he said and cupped my face.“I love you, baby.I’ve loved you since that morning right before we made love for the first time.I just didn’t want to make you feel pressured into saying it back.I wanted to make sure you were ready.You’ve been through so much.”
I closed my eyes and let out a sigh.“Colt, I survived those things with you—because of you.You saved me.But that’s not the only reason I love you.I can’t imagine my life without you.I want to be with you all the time.I love waking up to you in the morning, going to sleep next to you at night, date nights, spending time with your family, hanging out with our friends together, everything.”
I touched his face now.“I can get lost in your eyes all day.”
He kissed me then and it was as if he was reading my thoughts.When we finally came up for air, Colt said, “All right, you finish in here and I’m going to go get dressed.”
