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Pretending otherwise wouldn’t make him feel better, so it was time to give him what he needed. She clasped his face between her hands. “You were tense, all pent-up anger. You needed an outlet. I am your wife and your outlet. This is part of what I’m here for.”
He considered her words. “I don’t know.”
“Please, you know most guys fuck the hell out of anything with a vagina that crosses their paths after a bad shift and a few beers. Badge bunnies exist as an outlet for them. Why not me?”
He laughed, “God, you have any idea how long it’s been since I had a bunny?”
“Other than today?”
“A decade maybe.” He got her coconut oil infused shampoo and used it on her hair.
“No wonder you boxed all the time.” She relaxed into his hands, gentler now. “Got to funnel that homoerotic energy somewhere.”
“Very funny, Cupcake. It’s not homoerotic. It’s anger built up over years. You’re just the very cute cherry on the top of the rage sundae. He touched you.” His last words echoed the anger from before.
“He wasn’t alone. The other guys used that strategy on each other. I should have made a ‘no contact’ rule,” Erin said.
“It was unnecessary at that point. He did it on purpose, in front of me, to remind me you serve at his pleasure, not mine. He controls you, not me. I can’t protect you.” His arms instinctively pressed into the shower wall.
“Which is no different than any fire captain and the exact reason Bat Chief McClunis has banished you from 15,” Erin said.
“She’s on maternity leave now. I ought to come by and check on you. Remind him who’s the boss,” he said, abandoning his previous ‘no professional contact’ stance from a week ago.
“No. Williams went a little overboard, but it’s nothing I can’t handle. Besides, I’m not leaving 15 anytime soon, so he’ll be my captain. And you will be my husband, and my Chief. Can you two call a truce? Please. For me?”
Noah relaxed by degrees and kissed her lips softly. “This is why it’s a travesty you can’t be an officer. Yes. A truce. For you.”
“Good. Now give me my co-wash.”
Chapter 7
Luna opted to use the shower in the guest bathroom rather than the outdoor one by the hot tub. Flour down the bikini was stickier than she’d expected.
Though she definitely wished she’d made sure the bathroom door was locked. She was naked in the shower when someone barged in.
“Vanessa. Seriously? You didn’t even get dirty.” She shoved the shower curtain to the side.
Aww, fuck. It wasn’t her roommate. It was Captain Williams.
He was shirtless.
And she was naked.
“Oh, fuck.” His eyes bulged for a second, and he immediately spun around to head out the door.
Which, unfortunately, was closed.
He crashed headfirst into it and landed on the tile floor as Luna tried to wrap her naked body in the shower curtain.
Which was transparent.
Not that the captain was looking at her now, because he was lying on the tile floor, stunned and bleeding from near his right eyebrow.
“Goddamn it. Hijo de puta!” she swore in two languages. Where the hell are the towels?
She considered calling for help, except she couldn’t believe it would make this situation any better. ‘Hey guys, just me and the captain naked together. Nothing to see here.”
Finally, she located the towels on the other side of the bathroom and did her best to maneuver around the constraints of the shower curtain. Ripping it off the wall would bring unwanted attention to them even faster.
