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“You’re far more.” He lifted her just as gently and carried her to bed. The smooth, cool linen felt good under her suddenly hot skin.
He stared down at her side. “I’m going to remove the bandage.”
“The tape’s the worst.” She braced herself for the ripping sensation on her skin, but it was over fast.
She raised her head off the mattress to see. “Is it bad?” If he was expressing concern, should she panic?
“Not that bad, but don’t look down. I’m going to grab the supplies and take care of this.” He leaned over her, his features set. “Don’t look or get up. Promise me.”
“I promise.”
He walked away. She listened to him rummaging in the bathroom for the medical supplies the hospital sent her home with.
Her heart shouldn’t be aching to let him back inside. But all the brickwork and cement she’d spent three years building into a wall were slowly crumbling, which left her heart vulnerable to AJ.
He was being so sweet and caring. Tender and loving. All the words women used when it came to their partners.
He actuallywasall those things.
Trouble was, he had a dark side too. One with secrets and lies, and it was entirely possible that he’d leave her again.
She didn’t want to let him back in, but it didn’t look like she had a choice. Her wall had fallen and her heart was fully exposed.
ELEVEN
Apollo was used to lacking routines in life. He didn’t know where he’d end up tomorrow or next month. But being here with Indika…he could get used to this.
Checking on her, making sure she got the rest she needed, fixing her food… All those small tasks felt good to perform for the woman he never stopped loving, not even for a minute he was away from her.
And helovedperforming other tasks, like licking her pussy into a shuddering orgasm that helped her sleep. Even taking care of her wound when it bled at the outside edge filled him with protective tenderness.
Problem was, he was half-hard around her at all times. Their one encounter wasn’t nearly enough.
He wouldn’t pressure her for sex. He knew all too well why she put on the brakes with him. What he hadn’t quite figured out yet was why she let him in on occasion.
Blackout was trained to look for patterns in everything, but he couldn’t figure out Indika.
Yet.
There was also the not-so-small issue that she didn’t trust him, and that he hadn’t given her any reason to. When he answered phone calls in the night or slipped outside to hand off intelligence to an undercover operative, he did it out of duty to his country.
She didn’t see it that way, of course. She saw it as a breach of trust and more secrets that would eventually rip him away from her again.
Things were heating up, though. Oz and his team had dug up more dirt on the men who traveled with Raheem. Then Apollo made sure to drop the breadcrumbs where Blackout would find them.
He’d spent years doing this work and he was damn good at it.
But he wasn’t the nine-to-five man Indika deserved.
He switched on the shower and slowly stripped off his clothes. Mind absorbed by the fight for power the terrorist cell was undergoing, and a thousand details were in the front of his mind, at least until his heavy, half-erect cock stiffened to full mast.
It was demanding release, whether he wanted to make time for pleasure or not.
He didn’t want a quick jack-off session in the shower, he reminded himself. He wanted Indika.
He stepped under the spray and let the warm water run down the front of his body. When rivulets reached his cock, an involuntary moan slipped from his throat.
Maybe one quick jerk-off would keep him going and give him the patience he needed to allow Indika time. Being with her, touching her,lickingher, was a lot to bear while denying himself the same.
