“Morning,” Kallie said.
“Good morning, beautiful,” Ash said.
“No ‘Pretty Kallie’ for me this morning?”
“Good morning, Pretty Kallie,” he said with a smile. “Did you sleep well?”
“Like the dead. You?”
But Ash saw her wince in pain and he knew what was wrong.
“Hangover?”
“A bit, I think.”
“I have just the cure,” he said.
“What’s that?”
“Come on,” he said as he helped her naked body out of bed. “You, my dear, need a hot shower.”
“Mmmm, that does sound good. I think I might need food, though.”
“Trust me. I’ve got it under control. A hot shower, hot coffee, and by the time you’re done, brunch will be here.”
“Brunch?” she asked.
“I ordered it a few minutes ago. Come on. A hot shower for two.”
“Two?” she asked.
Ash looked back at her as he led her into his bathroom.
“You didn’t think I was going to let you shower alone, did you?”
Kallie smiled as he led her into the bathroom. He walked her through the small marble hallway that led into the walk-in shower. Ash fiddled with the knobs before water began to pour from small holes in the entire ceiling. It mimicked a waterfall, drenching their skin. And Ash couldn’t take his eyes off Kallie’s smile.
“You like it?” he asked.
“It feels so good,” she said with a sigh.
Ash pulled her into his arms and the two of them stood until their bodies were soaked. He swayed them side to side, slowly turning in a circle as they danced to the beat of their own drum. Kallie’s arms wrapped around him and held him close, and he felt her sigh into him. He felt a smile bloom across her cheeks as he looked down toward the top of her head. She looked up at him, his face shielding her skin from the water. It created their own little world, where nothing else existed except the two of them.
“Kallie.”
“Yes, Ash?”
“Give me a second chance.”
He watched her eyes dance around his face as his hand came up to cup her cheek.
“I’m not asking for a relationship. I’m not asking you to heal on the spot. All I’m asking for is your time. Because I can’t quit you, and I don’t want to.”
He watched her nod her head and his heart soared. He gathered her in his arms and pressed their lips together, then lifted her off her feet. Her arms threaded around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist, and he felt his entire body rise to life again. She was giving him a second chance. A chance to show her the world as it could be if she were with him. He settled her against the warm marble walls and slid his tongue between her lips, caressing her cheeks as his hands smoothed over her fingers.
Ash made love to her in that shower. Slid his cock between her juicy folds and stroked her body. The fire in his toes wafted up his legs. His back. His neck. Kallie was the perfect woman. Innocent. Headstrong. Independent. But with just enough vulnerability that he could be her man. Be the one that kept her strong when she couldn't keep herself strong. Her body was warm and her pussy was tight. Her juices coated him even as the water battered down against their bodies. She sighed against him. Gasped against him. Rocked against him and lost herself within him.
He growled into her skin while she chanted his name, her body coming around his cock. She sucked him in deeply, her hands grabbing at his body. She pulled him into her and he fell against Kallie. Pressed his cock deeply between her folds and fell weak against her. For the first time in Ash’s life, he was truly weak against a woman. Succumbed to the electricity that lit him on fire for her. The water pelted against their skin and he panted into the crook of her neck. Kallie ran her fingers through his hair and he stood there, sheathed within her, until he had regained his strength.