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B probably stands for Bimbo.
“That’s the day I bought your ring,” he murmurs softly.
I almost slip and fall with how fast I jerk my eyes around to face him. “Really?”Let it go, Izzy! Maybe he’s just saying that to make you feel good. Bravo! Good for him. Now take it and run, don’t beg for the truth and ruin it.
“Really. I told you that when I gave you the ring.” He spins me and rinses shampoo from my hair. “I bought the ring five years ago. I’ve had it all along. The next morning, I went and got my first tattoo.”
“But… B. Why would you get a B if you’re out buying me a ring?”
“Bubs…”
“Mmm?”
He scoffs. “Bubs. The B stands for Bubs.”
“Damn.” I let my head fall with disappointment. I’m sad. I’m elated. I’m heartbroken for all the time wasted and pain inflicted. “I wish you’d told me. We wasted so much time.”
His hands leave my hair, slide down my sides, then spin me to face him. “Is it so hard to believe? I thought I was pretty damn obvious.”
“I thoughtIwas pretty damn obvious,” I counter. “I followed you around like an idiot. I was your date everywhere, because I wanted to pretend it was real. Like playing mommies and daddies with dolls.” I look up into his eyes. “You know, like pretend. It advanced from dolls, to actual dates for fight events and stuff. You asked me because we were best friends, but I always said yes, because I loved you. And if I worked hard at it, it was easy to pretend it was a real date. But if you already had a ring…” I shake my head. “We’re so dumb.”
He breathes out heavily. “We’re both idiots, Bubs. We were both scared, when really, we can tell each other anything. That was the whole point; having someone we could tell all our secrets to.”
“We did… about everything except that one thing.”
“The most important thing.” He drops a kiss to my forehead. “Never again. We’ll never be apart again.”
“No.” I breathe out a sigh as his smooth hands slide along my arms. His dick continues to press against me, it demands attention, but he doesn’t mention it and neither do I.
“Let’s get you dried off,” he says a few minutes later. Shutting off the taps, he reaches for a towel and works to warm me, since I begin shivering as soon as the hot water stops. Warmth oozes along the inside of my thigh, drawing my gaze down, and rushing mortified heat to my face.
I’m bleeding.
On our feet.
“Hey.” He grabs my chin and forces my eyes up to his. “It’s okay. Let me help you.”
He runs a towel through my hair to soak up the excess water, then holding my hip with one strong hand, he picks up a fresh pair of mesh underwear and kneels down in front of me. I canfeelthe swelling down there.
Stitches.
Blood.
It’s a massacre, and yet, his eyes remain on mine and his touch gentle. Taking my hands, he places them on his broad shoulders as though I were a small child, then he helps me feed each foot through the leg holes.
Slowly, carefully, he pulls them up and into place, and though I tense and wait for the pain, it never comes. He stops just before they touch my stitches. I sag, weak with relief.
He’s always so gentle with me.
“I bet that’s the sexiest thing you’ve ever seen,” I joke awkwardly.
Scoffing, he stands and looks down into my eyes. “Trust me when I tell you, you are the sexiest woman I have ever seen… in more ways than one.” He grabs the robe and holds it out. “Now for your arms. Careful about your IV.” As soon as I have my hands through, he gets to work fastening the ties. “You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met, Bubs. Giving birth to that beautiful baby has only intensified that.” He kisses my hair softly once he finishes the last tie, and turns me to lean against the towel rail. “Done. Like brand new.” He steps away. “Just let me get dressed and we can get out of here.”
He grabs his clothes and stabs his arms and legs through the fabric without drying. The now wet fabric sticks to his skin, but it doesn’t slow him down. Shaggy wet hair hanging in his eyes, water droplets teasing his bottom lip, boyish grin when he looks back up triumphantly. “All done.”
Stepping back toward me, he takes my weight and helps me through the door.
“That was the longest fucking shower in the history of showers, James. Get off my sister!”
