One More Night with You by Lisa Marie Perry

Author:Lisa Marie Perry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“I’m not holding you to the game.”

Joey was in the middle of wiggling the cards back into their box. Fumbling over her task, she dropped them. “There are clothes and cards on the floor, limited light, and you didn’t put down a towel. This bathroom’s a cautionary tale in the making.”

This tub, in my arms, is a safe place for you.

She picked her way to the tub. “What do you mean, you’re not holding me to the game?”

“Just what I said. If you leave this room, I won’t follow in pursuit. The high card means nothing.”

“Gallant of you, Zaf,” she said, propping her cane against the tub. She bent and slipped off one shoe then held on to the tub’s edge to remove the other. “But I take card playing seriously. When I cut the deck, I knew there was a fifty-fifty chance you’d get the high card.”

“This isn’t one other thing that’s out of your control.” Zaf felt the cords of his neck tighten and his blood rush to his penis—despite the scientific psychology of cold water’s effect. “What you do next is your choice. But as a suggestion, take your dress off before you get in this tub. You will get wet.”

“What a pervert. My mamá warned me about men like you.”

“Your mamá’s a smart cookie.”

“She wouldn’t want me to be alone with a brooding, mysterious fellow who obviously wants to do dirty things to me in a bathtub.”

“So you have a choice to make.”

“Mmm-hmm. You’re here, I’m here and it’s a lonely night, Zaf.”

“That’s all it can be about.” I’m a lying bastard. I love you and I’m too weak not to.

“Just like when we cut those cards, I know what the stakes are.”

He almost bowed up to gather her in his arms, but the stern determination on her face warded him off as if she’d snapped, “Don’t interfere.” She would come to him without his help.

He had the entire night to make her come for him.

Zaf widened his legs, creating space for her to settle when she gripped the edge of the tub and stepped in with her right foot first.

“Cold,” she yelped. “It’ll cool me down, but it’s chillier than I expected. How are you coping?”

“My body decided to ignore it.”

“I see that.” Perched on the edge of the tub, running one foot over his under the water, she said, “This is as deep as I’m wading.”

“Worried about what I might do, Jo?”

“Nope. Just assessing things.” Thoughtfully, she reached out a palm and explored his bent knee. “Your body amazes me. The symmetry and the harshness... When we slept together, sometimes I woke up during the night and if I had trouble drifting off again, I would watch you sleep.”

“I’m not the world’s most peaceful sleeper.” Night terrors sometimes ripped him from dreams and threw him out of bed in a cold sweat.

“I remember. Whenever I noticed you in an angry dream, I’d try to soothe you. God knows if it ever worked.

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