Page 29 of Hear Me Roar

Hazel choked out a laugh and cringed ever so slightly. “God, that word drives mecrazy.”

“What,coitus?”

Shenodded.

“Coitus, coitus, coitus,” I belted out playfully, shoving my face inhers.

“Ew, stoppp!” she squealed, as I backed her into the tiled wall of theshower.

The water pelted my back as I laced her arms around my neck and swallowed her in myembrace.

“Would you love me if talked likeSheldon?”

“I wouldn't be able to understand you if you sounded likeSheldon.”

“Well, do you understand that all this coitus talk makes me wanna do justthat?”

“Coming from you” – her brow quirked – “yes. You're like a teenage boy who just discovered sex. Foreverhorny.”

“That's your fault, notmine.”

“How is that myfault?”

I pulled my head back and gave her a deliberate onceover that ended with tangled stares. “Have you taken a good look atyourself?”

“I'm a woman, duh. Of course Ihave.”

“Then you should know what I'm talking about. Perfection is addicting asfuck.”

“Oh, shut up.” She smirked and rolled her eyes, earning her a swift slap to herass.

“How about you just get over the fact I'm always going to want you, bend over for me, and give me this ass?” I hedged, running a finger from her heat to the sweet spot she’d given only tome.

“Dirty, dirtyboy.”

“Don't act like you haven't loved it everytime.”

My answer was her shoving my shoulder to slip out of my grip and exit theshower.

“Exactlyyy,” I cooed, “I better find you on naked the bed when I get outthere.”

With the speed of a tornado, I rinsed myself clean and jumped out into the cool surroundings of our bathroom, grabbing my towel off the counter. I dried off in double time and wrapped it around myself as I stalked into the bedroom, expecting to find my naughty little kitten on the bed as instructed. She wasn’t, though. Instead, she stood beside the nightstand withmyphone in her hand. Chocolate brown eyes met mine when she noted I was standing in front of her, her expressionindiscernible.

“It beeped and I was standing right beside it. I looked out of reflex. That’s Manny’s tone on myphone.”

“Who is it?” I askedindifferently.

“It says unknown, but the sender seems to knowyou.”

“What does itsay?”

“Hey, stranger. How youbeen?”

“The fuck?” My head flew back. “Ask who itis.”

Hazel’s lips thinned and I caught a glimpse ofthe eye.You know, that look your girl gives you when she’s not fucking happy. It made me nervous, but really, I had no reason to be. I wasn’t hiding anything from her. Still, my heart beat a little faster as I watched her type a quick response andwait.

Andwait.

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