sensation and heat skittering over her body. “They’re even better. They fill my hand and you are so sensitive to my every touch.”
She reached up and cupped his face in her hand. “I thought I’d never—”
“Don’t say it,” he said, releasing her breast to still her words with a finger to her lips. “Not. Yet. I can’t…hear it…yet.”
He leaned his forehead onto hers and swallowed hard. His eyes misted, the raw emotion on his face tore at her soul, bringing her own tears to the brink once more. She laid her hand over his heart, feeling the steady beat.
They sat there for a few minutes, gazing into each other’s eyes as if seeing the other for the first time.
Finally, he released her, sliding his hands down to pull her work shoes off then helping her stand. When she reached for the waistband of her scrubs, he brushed her hands away. “Let me.”
With a laugh, she rolled her eyes. “I’m the mother of three, Dave, I think I can finish undressing myself.”
“I know.” He gave her another quick kiss even as he peeled the soft cotton pants down over her hips and thighs. “But I need to do this. I need to take care of you.”
Something in the way he said it, the near anguish in his voice told her his control on the fear he’d been feeling all evening was near the breaking point. Not trusting her own voice at this moment, she simply nodded her acquiescence.
Then he paused. He leaned closer and let his fingers glide over her right hip. “What the hell happened here?”
Twisting sideways, she peered down at the tender area on her hip where his fingers gently touched a large black-and-blue spot. “That must’ve been where I hit the OR table.”
“He pushed you into the table?” Dave’s eyes grew intense and he growled his rage.
“No, sweetheart,” she said soothingly, rubbing his cheek with her hand. “I did that when I slammed the Succs into him and tried to get out of the way. I’m okay.”
The anger in his face eased slightly. He leaned forward and kissed the spot. “I guess you earned one battle wound, as long as it wasn’t too bad.”
He exhaled slowly and knelt in front of her, pulling her panties down over hips and thighs. She braced her hand on his shoulder to balance as she stepped out of her scrubs and panties and finally her socks.
“You are still the most beautiful woman in the world to me,” he said, gazing up at her from his knees as if she were the statue of Venus or a supermodel on a pedestal. Heat flushed her body from her toes straight up to the roots of her hair.
Before she could question his eyesight, he was on his feet again, scooping her into his arms. He carried her into the bathroom and lowered her to stand by the side of the tub.
“Hang on just a second.” He turned off the running water then quickly shucked his own clothing, tossing it out the bathroom door to land on the luxury suite’s floor. With a wink and wiggle of his hips, he climbed in.
She giggled. “We haven’t taken a bath together in years.”
“I told you. Tonight, it’s about me taking care of you.” Settling into the warm water, he held his hand out to her. “Come join me.”
She laid her hand in his big warm one and climbed in front of him, sitting between his spread legs and leaning back against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.
“Oh, yes,” she moaned as the warm water and Dave’s body helped her relax and soothe away the tensions from the night’s adventure. “A girl could get used to this.”
“We need to do this more when we get home,” he murmured, his lips pulling on her earlobe, eliciting another moan from her. She tilted her head sideways to give him better access as he nibbled softly on the spot just behind her ear—the spot he’d learned was her most erogenous place back on their second date. Heat pooled between her thighs and she felt his erection pressing hard against her lower back.
Eyes closed, she heard him open the bath
She reached up and cupped his face in her hand. “I thought I’d never—”
“Don’t say it,” he said, releasing her breast to still her words with a finger to her lips. “Not. Yet. I can’t…hear it…yet.”
He leaned his forehead onto hers and swallowed hard. His eyes misted, the raw emotion on his face tore at her soul, bringing her own tears to the brink once more. She laid her hand over his heart, feeling the steady beat.
They sat there for a few minutes, gazing into each other’s eyes as if seeing the other for the first time.
Finally, he released her, sliding his hands down to pull her work shoes off then helping her stand. When she reached for the waistband of her scrubs, he brushed her hands away. “Let me.”
With a laugh, she rolled her eyes. “I’m the mother of three, Dave, I think I can finish undressing myself.”
“I know.” He gave her another quick kiss even as he peeled the soft cotton pants down over her hips and thighs. “But I need to do this. I need to take care of you.”
Something in the way he said it, the near anguish in his voice told her his control on the fear he’d been feeling all evening was near the breaking point. Not trusting her own voice at this moment, she simply nodded her acquiescence.
Then he paused. He leaned closer and let his fingers glide over her right hip. “What the hell happened here?”
Twisting sideways, she peered down at the tender area on her hip where his fingers gently touched a large black-and-blue spot. “That must’ve been where I hit the OR table.”
“He pushed you into the table?” Dave’s eyes grew intense and he growled his rage.
“No, sweetheart,” she said soothingly, rubbing his cheek with her hand. “I did that when I slammed the Succs into him and tried to get out of the way. I’m okay.”
The anger in his face eased slightly. He leaned forward and kissed the spot. “I guess you earned one battle wound, as long as it wasn’t too bad.”
He exhaled slowly and knelt in front of her, pulling her panties down over hips and thighs. She braced her hand on his shoulder to balance as she stepped out of her scrubs and panties and finally her socks.
“You are still the most beautiful woman in the world to me,” he said, gazing up at her from his knees as if she were the statue of Venus or a supermodel on a pedestal. Heat flushed her body from her toes straight up to the roots of her hair.
Before she could question his eyesight, he was on his feet again, scooping her into his arms. He carried her into the bathroom and lowered her to stand by the side of the tub.
“Hang on just a second.” He turned off the running water then quickly shucked his own clothing, tossing it out the bathroom door to land on the luxury suite’s floor. With a wink and wiggle of his hips, he climbed in.
She giggled. “We haven’t taken a bath together in years.”
“I told you. Tonight, it’s about me taking care of you.” Settling into the warm water, he held his hand out to her. “Come join me.”
She laid her hand in his big warm one and climbed in front of him, sitting between his spread legs and leaning back against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.
“Oh, yes,” she moaned as the warm water and Dave’s body helped her relax and soothe away the tensions from the night’s adventure. “A girl could get used to this.”
“We need to do this more when we get home,” he murmured, his lips pulling on her earlobe, eliciting another moan from her. She tilted her head sideways to give him better access as he nibbled softly on the spot just behind her ear—the spot he’d learned was her most erogenous place back on their second date. Heat pooled between her thighs and she felt his erection pressing hard against her lower back.
Eyes closed, she heard him open the bath
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