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CHAPTER4
“If you don’t finishyour shower in two minutes, I’m breaking down the door and joining you.” Jonah hadn’t taken her threat of monopolizing the bathroom serious. But now on Monday morning, he needed to at least take a shower before he left. His first fucking day of work.
“You wouldn’t dare.” Her voice was strong like Saturday night never happened. The shy little bird had vanished.
He leaned against his doorframe and closed his eyes. He hadn’t known she was on the couch. He’d had an itch which Candy had always been willing to scratch for him when he was in town on business. It hadn’t occurred to him he had roommates now. It’d also been almost two in the morning.
When he’d opened his eyes in the middle of it, there Lacy was. Eyes wide, pupils blown, cheeks flushed, and chest rising and falling fast. He figured she’d look away when she realized he saw her, but she hadn’t. Her eyes had felt more intimate than what he’d been doing with Candy.
He should have stopped and taken Candy to the bedroom as soon as he realized Lacy was there, but Lacy’s gaze had kept him locked in that moment. He wasn’t into being watched, but something about Lacy fired him up.
Candy had been upset about not getting a second round, but he couldn’t get Lacy out of his head the rest of the night. And even though Candy and him were just a sex thing, he didn’t want to fuck her while thinking about Lacy. Wondering if Lacy would have the same look on her face as he buried his cock deep inside her.
He shook his head. He needed to forget that. Particularly right now as he had to get to work. “One minute, little bird.”
“Oh, I’m shaking,” was her sarcastic reply. Mornings with her were a trip. Coffee mellowed her into the likeable girl everyone else adored. He preferred this feisty little bird, though, with just a hint of deviousness.
Fuck. Picturing her in the shower made him harder. The smooth skin of her shoulders. Her eyes latched onto his. Her lips parted. The water would make her body slick as he drew his hand—
Fuck. He closed his eyes and took a breath. She fascinated him in a way he didn’t really understand. Maybe it was that weird mix of her curiosity and naivety.
The shower stopped and he held his breath, bracing himself.
The door opened and she stood in the doorway wrapped in a towel with another towel wrapped around her hair. Her skin glistened, still slightly damp. He held himself still because if he moved right now, it would be to sweep her into his arms and ruin his first-day-on-the-job good impression by being hours late. Not to mention, ruin his housing situation.
“All yours.” She swept a hand into the bathroom as she went to her bedroom and slammed the door.
“Fuck,” he breathed out as he entered the bathroom and closed the door. Her peaches and cream scent clung in the air, and seeing her dripping wet, with a towel barely covering her hadn’t helped diminish his erection.
She opened her bedroom door and yelled, “You have five minutes.”
He shook his head as he stepped into the shower and quickly washed the sweat from his workout off. He wouldn’t have time to trim up his beard. Dammit. He’d even made Lacy coffee this morning, but she was still a fierce little bird. She’d taken the cup into the bathroom with her.
A curt knock on the bathroom door made him turn the shower off and grab his towel to throw around his waist before he opened the door.
“What?” His patience was completely shattered by this woman.
Her eyes went wide as she took in his wet physique. She inhaled sharply and wet her lips. She dressed in business casual. Gray slacks with a black sleeveless top that looked like satin. Would her skin feel like satin beneath his touch? Her bare feet peeked out from below her pants. Toes had never been his thing, but hers weakened his resolve to stay away from her.
“I. . . . ” Her brown eyes flitted all over his body. Her lips practically begged to be taken.
He was pretty sure she wouldn’t be happy if he dragged her into the bathroom, stripped her naked and had his way with her. Maybe she would, but that wasn’t on the agenda today. Or any day. Instead, he grunted and went around her to his bedroom and slammed the door. Work would be the break he needed from her.
* * *
Holy crap,this morning was intense.Lacy quickly texted Beth before slipping her phone in her purse as she rode the elevator up to work. She hadn’t even filled Beth in on Saturday night yet. How would she ever communicate effectively what had happened? Live porn show? Unintentional interactive sexual experience?
But this morning. . . . Holy crap. Jonah’s blue eyes had damn near scorched her. Her whole body had burned from the look in in his eyes. Was he angry at her? Which if she hadn’t been so busy trying to get ready for work, she would have asked what the hell was going on. She’d given him fair warning about the amount of time it took for her to get ready. Including long showers. She hadn’t exaggerated.
When she had finished getting ready, she wasn’t sure if he was still home. Not running into him again had been a relief. She wasn’t sure if he’d been serious about barging in to share the shower, but she hadn’t wanted to press the issue either. After all, she had been a participant in his sex on Saturday. Not a willing one, but she hadn’t exactly looked away either.
Would he take that as an invitation? That she wanted him to join her in the shower because she’d watched him? Just the thought of him completely naked and wet in the shower with her had her stomach doing crazy flips and not necessarily in a bad way. The image wasn’t hard to imagine when he’d opened the door, still dripping wet in only a towel.
After only a weekend, she needed a break from Jonah.
Fortunately, at work she wouldn’t have to deal with him. . . until she got home tonight. Depending on how long he stayed at work, she might not see him at all during the week. It was his first week, so good impressions and all that. Fingers crossed.
Please let Jonah be a workaholic.She worked with two workaholic bosses, but fortunately they didn’t expect all of their staff to be like them. Only when a project had a tight deadline or needed a quick turnaround.
