With my hands suspended above her shoulders, I waited for her to comply.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“What?”

“You’re naked.”

Did she think I was going to attack her in the shower after she told me she was tired?

“And?”

“And, I’m naked. So I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Baby, you’re tired. I’m just gonna wash your hair.”

Sloane slowly tipped her chin and leveled me with a look that had my cock jumping to attention.

“I could rally,” she murmured.

My cock was wholly on board. Thankfully, at the moment, my brain seemed to be in charge.

“We’ll see how you feel after I clean you up and get you into bed.”

A ghost of a shadow moved over her face and I knew where her thoughts had turned. I’d turned her down twice and she thought I was doing it again, this time after I fucked her.

“I get it—”

If she’d planned on saying more she didn’t get the chance before my hand shot out and I tagged her around the back of the neck. I pressed her body against mine right before my mouth went to hers. The moment our lips touched Sloane opened her mouth and my tongue swiped her bottom lip before finding hers and pushing it back into her mouth. With a fist full of hair, I tilted her head and took the kiss deeper. In response, Sloane’s hands went to my ass. Her knee glided up my thigh and I hooked the back of it. Then with a jump, her legs went around my waist. I twisted to the nozzle-free wall, pressed her back against it, and broke the kiss.

Well, fuck, that escalated quickly.

“I’m trying to take care of you.”

I felt her shift. My hands gripped her ass tighter and I flexed my hips. I realized my mistake when I felt my shaft glide over her slick pussy, and she moaned when the head of my cock bumped her clit.

Fucking Christ.

“Sloane, baby, you’re killing me.”

“Why are you always saying that to me?”

“Because you push me to the brink of my control. Because when I’m with you self-preservation goes by the wayside. Because I’m confused as fuck and don’t know what to do with you. I don’t know how to make you stay. I don’t want you to think I got you naked in the shower to fuck you. I wanted to take care of you. But like always, you look at me with those outrageously beautiful eyes and my thoughts turn. Because I don’t want to fuck you in the shower. The next time I have you, I want you in bed. I don’t want you tired and scared. I want your attention on me and what I’m doing to you. I want to learn every inch of you. I want to memorize the noises you make. I want to watch you come with my mouth between your legs and I want your mouth wrapped around my cock. But I can’t say no to you and have you think I’m rejecting you.”