Page 19 of Enter if you Dare: Part Three

“Shit, is breakfast ready? I thought we could take Leni out for food, so I wanted to shower first and then let her eat. I was hoping she would want to dig a hole with me today.”

I laugh. “Noa, I’m not sure Leni is the hole-digging type, but if you bring a chair, she will supervise. However, that is also not why I’m here.”

I strip off my clothes and wait.

“What’s wrong then? Shit, I have shampoo in my eyes.”

I chuckle. “Rub the glass and look for yourself.”

He makes a circle shape on the glass and peeks out. “Oh! Well, this is going to be a great day.”

I take a step closer, and his eyes follow my every move until he slides the shower screen open, and I step inside.

“To be clear, this isn’t just a shower, right?”

I snort. “Correct, this is not just a shower.”

“I just wanted to make sure, because Cipher told me last week I had the awareness of a golden retriever.”

That makes me laugh because that conversation was after he’d bumped into Cipher’s workbench. Noa had been excited to tell him something and had knocked all the parts on the bench out of order.

“You are my golden retriever, and I will take you how you come.”

He reaches out and grasps my hand, using it to pull me into his body. The warm water falls over my skin, and I gasp at the sudden heat. “Too hot?”

“No, it’s nice,” I reply as I tip my face up into the water and close my eyes. When I open them, I find Noa watching me. He reaches over and pushes my wet hair back from my face with both hands.

“You doing okay?” he asks.

“Better,” I say. “Right now, while I’m here with you, I am better.”

“That’s good. You know I would do anything for you, right? Like anything. I would dig a thousand holes or listen to Vero talk for an hour. I would even eat Cipher’s cooking, even after he poisoned me that one time.”

“He did not poison you.”

“I beg to differ . . . I was sick for two days.”

I chuckle. “He told me you ate three servings.”

“Because I didn’t want to hurt his feelings. But the point I am trying to make is whatever you need, I’m always here.”

I put my hand flat against his chest, over his heart, his beat solid under my palm.

“I know you would.”

He kisses me, pulling me in with a hand on the small of my back. The water runs warm around us, while the steam fills the small space, and just for a moment I stop thinking about everything else to focus on the man in front of me. Noa gives everything he has to the people he loves, and that is what I love most about him.

He spins me so my back is to his front, then his lips find my neck, and he kisses along my jaw to below my ear. I tip my head, resting it back against his shoulder as his hand splays across my stomach.

“You smell so good.”

I chuckle. “We’re in the shower.”

“So? You still smell good.”

His hands move slowly across my skin, tracing lines down my sides and over my hips. I twist my body as I reach up to hold his shoulders, and he walks me backward until my skin meets the cool tiles.

“I need you to know something.”