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“Yes, it will. You know? You’re still the prettiest girl in the room.”
Janie laughed. “In this room, maybe.”
“So, want to go spend a little kissy kissy time with me?” Bane asked, waggling an eyebrow at her.
“Why, sir, I do believe you’re flirting with me,” Janie said with a smirk.
“No. I’m promising you, you will be screaming before the night is out. With pleasure, of course.”
Janie took a shaky breath and then a bite of her food. “Hurry up and finish. I’d like to scream with pleasure all night, starting now.”
Bane stood up and strode around the table, scooping her into his arms. “Food can wait until later,” he growled as he carried her toward their bedroom. “My woman wants me now, she’ll have me now!”
Chapter 19
Charlie unlocked his front door and stepped inside, flipping on his lights and looking around his apartment. “Come on in,” he said, closing the door behind her and securely locking it once she’d entered the apartment. “It’s not much, but it’s home.”
Daisy walked into the living room, looking around with interest. “It’s nice. I’m surprised it’s so big.”
“Yeah, it doesn’t look it from outside,” he said.
“You hungry or want something to drink?” he asked.
“No, thanks.”
“Alright, well, if you don’t mind, I’m going to run take a shower real quick. We got sweaty, and then I rode next to a dripping Lucien, who smelled just like the water he’d been in just before we left. I’m telling you, you don’t want to go swimming in Bayou St. John.”
Daisy laughed. “That bad, huh?”
“Come on, you can smell it on me,” he said.
Daisy nodded and grinned at him. “Yeah, I can. It’s pretty bad.”
“I’ll be right back. Kitchen’s right there, as you can see. My room is to the left. Carson’s is to the right. Help yourself to whatever you want, and feel free to dig. I have no secrets from you. Never will.”
Daisy smiled at Charlie.
Charlie started to go kiss her before leaving the room, but then decided against it since he smelled so bad. Instead, he just went directly into the bathroom and turned on the shower so the water could heat up as he got undressed. Once it was hot enough, he got in, and squirted shampoo directly onto his head before starting to lather it with his eyes closed. He was whistlingto himself as he scrubbed, using some of the lather from the shampoo to wash his body before reaching for the soap to finish the job.
He froze when his hand touched soft, warm skin instead of the rack he kept the soap on. He leaned his head under the water enough to rinse the soap from his face so he could open his eyes. Daisy stood just a foot away from him in the shower, completely naked.
He swallowed. “Daisy?” he asked.
“You’ve healed my heart. Today you and my family went and healed my pride. But my body still carries traces of shame. I need you to take that away,” she said, looking directly into his eyes.
He reached for her and pulled her into his arms, kissing her tenderly at first, then more passionately as she kissed him right back. Charlie lifted his lips from hers and looked into her eyes.
“You don’t have to say it, I know it’s all in my head. But I need you take away his touch. Replace it with love. Replace it with yours, the way it will be for the rest of our lives.”
“I will always give you whatever you need,” he promised. “But just one thing…”
Daisy looked up at him, waiting for him to tell her what that thing was.
“It’s been a long, long, long time. I’m not sure how much control I’m going to have the first time, but I promise, it’ll get better the second time.”
She grinned at him and leaned against him, kissing him again.
Charlie ran his hands up and down her back, stroking her skin with his fingertips, eliciting little moans of pleasure from her as he turned her into the warm water so she wouldn’t get cold. He kissed her again, then held her at arms’ length to be ableto really see her. “You are beautiful,” he said. “I can’t believe you want the likes of me.”
