mad. You did what you did because you … care. I just don’t like being treated like a child.”
“That’s not what I was doing.”
“I know,” Sophie said, unbuttoning her skirt and letting it drop to the floor. “I’m going to take a shower.”
“Okay,” Grady said, glancing around the kitchen. “I guess I’ll cook dinner.”
“Really?” Sophie asked. “I was kind of hoping you would join me in the shower.”
Grady’s eyes brightened, his smile turning from contrite to flirty. “And what would we do in the shower?”
“I was thinking we would do something dirty,” Sophie said, smiling. “And then I thought we would clean each other up.”
“And what about dinner?”
“What do you think those menus in the drawer are for?” Sophie’s hands traveled to her back, unfastening the bra so her breasts could spring free and Grady could focus on the milky expanses he wanted to devour.
Grady followed the trail of clothes as Sophie discarded them piecemeal, adding his to the mix as he moved. The shower was on, and Sophie was already inside when he entered the bathroom.
When he climbed in next to her, he couldn’t restrain his hands. They roamed her tone midriff as he pulled her beneath the steady stream of hot water. Steam rose around them, both from the water and their own heated intensity. Grady lowered his lips, capturing Sophie’s mouth as he tangled his hand into her hair.
“I just want you to be safe, Sophie,” Grady murmured. “You mean too much to me to lose.”
“I know,” Sophie said, running her hand down Grady’s cut torso, flattening her palm against his defined abdominal muscles. “I’m sorry I scared you.”
“I’m sorry, too.” Grady extended his tongue, licking the expanse of skin between Sophie’s ear and her shoulder.
“Don’t ever be sorry about caring,” Sophie said, caressing Grady’s cheek with her finger as she leaned forward and kissed him. She slipped her tongue into Grady’s mouth, letting it tangle with his as she sank into his warm embrace. “Don’t ever be sorry about caring.”
Grady tightened his arms around Sophie’s narrow waist. Her body was lithe, but strong. Her face was flushed with color, and her mouth was open as he cupped her rear in his hands. “No more talking,” he mumbled, kissing her deeply.
Sophie didn’t bother to respond, instead wrapping her hand around his rigid length and tugging lightly. Grady gasped at the tactile sensation, his mind muddying with desperate thoughts and desires.
He ran his hands up and down her back as he moved her to the wall of the shower, pressing her shoulders to the tile. Sophie lifted her leg, hanging it over Grady’s hip as his fingers pressed to her warm core.
“Oh.” Sophie gasped as he rubbed her sensitive nerve bundle. “Oh!”
Grady reached down, anchoring her raised leg to him as he slid inside of her, relishing the feeling as her warmth engulfed him. Sophie wrapped her arms around Grady’s shoulders, pressing her wet face to his as he started to thrust.
“Oh, you feel so good,” Grady murmured, sucking her ear into his mouth as he pumped in and out. “You feel so good, sugar.”
“I … .” Sophie couldn’t find the words to express her feelings. She knew what she wanted to say. She knew what she needed to say. She still couldn’t say it.
Grady pulled out, swallowing Sophie’s protests with his mouth. After a feverish kiss, Grady flipped Sophie’s body around so she was facing the wall of the shower. He moved up behind her, kissing her shoulders as he entered her from behind.
“Ugh,” Grady moaned.
Sophie’s arms were outstretched, her hands plastered to the walls on either side of her head. Grady reached up, linking his fingers with hers as he continued move in and out of her. He rested his forehead against the back of her head, recognizing the building orgasm as he continued to piston in and out of her.
He moved his right hand down, slipping it between Sophie
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