Page 73 of Fate Forever and Always

You suck.

Brie

Not yet. :-P

I would try to get it out of her somehow. I needed to know who this Dax person was. From the tone of her text, she seemed excited. If she could be happy about her love life after everything she had gone through, then there was hope for me to do the same.

Chapter thirty-one

Nick

The smell of jasmine wafted into my nose the moment I opened the front door. My body reacted immediately, sending a shiver down my spine. That jasmine smell has been my favorite scent for as long as I could remember. I put all my work stuff down and knocked on the door with one knuckle.

“Sweets, I’m home.” I heard the water slosh. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.”

She was quiet for a moment, then I heard her voice come out just above a whisper. “It’s okay.”

It broke my heart into pieces to hear her like that. I placed my hands and forehead on the door.

“Callie, I’m really sorry. I just wanted you to know I was home. I will be in the kitchen, okay?”

I started walking away, but before I made it to the kitchen, the bathroom door swung open. She was standing there in nothing but a towel.

We both stood still, just staring at each other in silence. I went to speak, but my words were cut off when she motioned with her head toward the bathroom.

“Sit with me?”

I didn’t even need to think about it. I would take any inch she gave me. I nodded my head and took a step forward. She walked in with me following close behind. I sat on the toilet and turned my head to give her some privacy to get back into the tub if she wanted it. I felt her hand turning my cheek, and before I could turn it fully, she dropped her towel to the floor. It took everything in me to keep my eyes on hers and my hands to myself. I miss touching her bare skin.

“Nick,” Callie whispered.

“Yeah, baby?” I swallowed the lump that was forming.

In one fluid motion, she pulled me up. I still kept my hands to my side. She leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed me. I felt the pleasure roll down my spine, warming my entire body.

When she pulled back, she kept her mouth closed, but her eyes raked over my face. I didn’t know what she was doing, but I fucking loved it.

“Take a bath with me,” Callie whispered.

I knew my face was showing all my hesitation because her face dropped.

“Oh, it’s okay. You don’t have to. If you don’t want to, you—”

“Yes,” I blurted out. I cleared my throat to rein myself in. “Only if you’re sure.”

She nodded and helped me out of my clothes. I was half embarrassed at how fucking hard I was just from smelling and kissing her.

We got into the bathtub, and I fully expected her to sit across from me, but she just plopped down right in front of me. The top of her perfect ass rubbed up against my erection. I let outan involuntary groan. I saw her tense a little, but she didn’t pull away.

After a few quiet seconds, I leaned in. “Can I wash your back?”

She nodded, then handed me the loofah.

I placed it on her back, and she let out a small moan. My dick twitched, and I was hoping to God she hadn’t felt it. I washed her back, but before I could finish, she reached forward to grab the shower head that was hanging from the holder and turned it on. She handed it to me, and I rinsed her back off. When I moved her hair to rinse off the last of the soap, I saw her perfect neck. The urge to kiss her there overwhelmed me. Usually, I let her steal the touches and kisses, but I just had to take the lead this time.

My voice came out unsure, almost as if I was whispering, “Can I kiss you here?” I pointed to right above her collarbone. She nodded her head again and leaned her back into me further.

I slowly kissed her warm, wet skin, but kept my mouth still. Once I could tell she was fine with that contact, I moved up her neck, and she gave me more of those beautiful moans.

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