Chasing Shadows by Catherine Bybee

Author:Catherine Bybee [Bybee, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503903432
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

They made it to the shower, and that was when Avery digested every ounce of him.

The tattoo on his right shoulder was a geometric design he told her didn’t have a meaning. He’d been on spring break his second year of college, drunk with his friends . . . yeah, she could identify with that. She wasn’t sure how much of her college years she’d actually spent sober.

There weren’t many times in Avery’s sexual life that she’d showered with a man. Early on, when she wanted to try everything once. But in her most recent past, she never wanted a man to look at her the way Liam did. Every gentle swipe of his soap-filled hand told her she was beautiful . . . said he was lucky.

The moisture dripping off her hair as she stepped from the shower matched the volume of the ice that had been around her heart. Even as the thought entered her head, she tried to pull it back.

It’s just sex.

Even alone with her thoughts, she couldn’t convince herself that was true.

Liam was different. What that meant she couldn’t name. Refused to name. Men bounced once they slept with her. They always did.

With a towel wrapped around her and another one in her hands as she dried her hair, she watched Liam come up to stand behind her. Their reflection in the mirror brought a smile to her face.

“What has you so quiet?”

“Nothing.”

He rested his chin on her shoulder and stared at her in the mirror.

Before he could call her a liar, she squeezed out the only words she could find. “I really like you.”

He bit his lip as if he was trying not to smile.

“You just figured that out?”

Avery rolled her eyes and dropped her gaze. “Men never stick around. And you’re kinda growing on me.”

“I’m not like any other man in your life.”

“Yeah, I know. It’s scary.”

He laughed.

“Stop. I’m serious.” She shivered, looked at him. “Ever since we met, I’ve felt like there’s a wool coat on my bare skin, but I’m fine with it because feeling the coarse fiber is better than feeling nothing at all.”

His laughter faded. “I want to be the silk against your skin. But I’ll take the wool coat for now.”

He took the towel from her hands, set it aside, and grabbed a brush. With slow strokes, he brushed her hair without so much as a tug.

“You’re good at this.”

“I have a niece who doesn’t sit still unless I’m brushing her hair.”

“You’re too much.”

He nodded without shame. “I am.”

“Humble, too.”

Moving her hair to the side, he kissed the back of her neck. “Tell me something.”

Avery tilted her head to the side and encouraged him to kiss her again. “Yes.”

“Do you ever let men spend the night?” Lips on her neck, a tiny lick.

She shivered.

“No. I kick you all out once I’m done.”

He untucked her towel and ran the bristles of the brush gently over her back.

Her sex fluttered.

“What side of the bed do I get?”

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