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“I’ll work on it.”
“A verbal agreement would suffice.”
Her smile widened. “Alright. What are your terms?”
“Shared ownership. I keep the tub, but you come and go as you please.”
She laughed softly, and my fucking heartbeat picked up at the sound alone. “I don’t think that’s how it works in court.”She glanced at me, and her attention jerked back immediately. “What the hell happened to you?”
“I’m fine,” I said, figuring that was a good place to start.
She glared at me, going up on her knees in the tub. My eyes dropped to her breasts, the bubbles barely covering the nipples I wanted to see so damn badly. “You’rebleeding, Zander. And not into a blood bag, for once. Explain, right now.”
“Evan told me to stay away from you. I said you were mine.”
Her eyes opened wider. “You fought Evan, and he hurt you? I thought you were stronger than him!”
“I am.” I knew she wasn’t trying to insult me, and wasn’t offended. “I can’t kill him until I’m sure it won’t start a war between my family and Charlie’s clan, so the fight went on for a while. He looks a lot worse than I do, believe it or not.”
Her scowl said she didn’t believe it. “Come here.”
I reluctantly eased away from the wall, and stepped up to the side of the bathtub.
“Kneel down,” she instructed.
I followed the command, wincing when her bubble-covered hands brushed over one of my cuts. “None of them are deep. They’ll be gone in a day or two.”
“How often do you get injured?” Her voice was sharp.
“Not as often as Rafe and Bash.”
She smacked me on the shoulder, and I said, “Ouch,” even though it didn’t hurt.
“That didnothurt. What do you usually do when you’re bleeding like this?”
“Wait for it to stop. It’s not a big deal, Miles. Just a little blood.”
She touched one of the wounds lightly, and I flinched. “It’s bleeding too badly to ignore.”
When she studied her finger for a minute before lifting it to her mouth and sucking the blood off, my cock throbbed painfully.
Shit, I wanted her.
The phlebotomist had visited the night before, so truthfully, I was hungry. If I had to bet on something, I would bet the hunger was the reason I hadn’t healed yet.
“Your eyes arepurple, Zander. I’ve never seen them like that before. Is purple the step before red? I know they’ll be red when you’re hungry.”
“Nah.” I didn’t step back, still hoping she’d touch me again. But I also wasn’t going to ask her to feed me; she had offered, but I wasn’t enough of a dick to remind her of that.
“Liar.” She sat back in the tub, letting out a long sigh. “How are we going to handle the feeding thing?”
“However you’re most comfortable?”
“If lust is the goal, comfort isn’t really an option.”
“I’m sure you can imagine a few ways that are more comfortable than others.”
Her face reddened, and she dipped her head like she accepted that I had a point. “I was picturing myself reading a steamy bookwhile we sat on the couch together. With a movie playing, so I don’t feel like all your attention is on me, even if it is.”
