“I know. I shouldn’t have followed Trevor that night.” She trembled. “It’s a night I’ll never forget.”
“Do you still have nightmares?” He sat on the bed and pulled her onto his lap, holding her tightly.
“Yes.”
“Me too,” he told her.
“Really?”
“Yeah, and in every one of those nightmares, it’s your body lying there instead of Trevor’s. I came so close to losing you and it terrified me. I’m willing to compromise on a lot, baby. But never your safety, all right?”
“I can live with that.” She smiled up at him then ran her fingers up his chest. “Don’t worry. I’ll get my appetite back.”
“I might be able to help with that.” He ran his hand down her back.
“Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah. Might have to find a gag for you, though. I don’t want your brother busting down our door once you start screaming.”
“Do you know my brother has a dungeon?”
“Yeah, he told me. Then he said I wasn’t taking you anywhere near it.”
“Eew, like I’d want to play where my brother takes his subs?”
“So you’ve never had a boy in here, huh?” he asked, looking around.
“No.”
He patted the mattress. “So this is a virginial bed then?”
She rolled her eyes. “I guess so.”
He winked. “That’s going to change, isn’t it?”
She rolled her eyes.
“I need to take a shower. I’ve had a long day. Do you mind?”
No, she didn’t mind. Her heart raced. In fact, she had an idea of just what she wanted to do while he was in the shower. She climbed off his lap and he kissed her lightly.
“I won’t take long.”
She waited until he moved into the attached bathroom before quickly stripping. Then she removed her hearing aid and took a deep breath. All right. She could do this. She trusted Connor. He wanted to be with her. He loved her, and she loved him.
She opened the bathroom door and walked in to find him stripping.
He turned, facing her. “Baby? Everything okay?”
“Yes,” she told him. “I want to shower with you.”
His eyes widened. “Are you sure?”
“I am.”
“Have you taken your hearing aid out?”
“Yes, Sir.”