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My loofa went still. His form grew clearer and clearer. Though he was still just a silhouette, the shape of him was obvious. And he was close. Less than a foot away from me standing here.
Could he see me?
His next words were uttered soft as silk. “And by the looks of it, I think you’d do just fine.”
I stared at the shadow of his face through the curtain, unable to move. Unable to do anything but listen to the pounding of my pulse.
His head tilted. “I think I’ll wait outside, Detective. By all means, take your time.”
He shut the bathroom door with a final click, triggering my first ragged inhale.
What. The. Fuck.
With the lighting direction, I thought he wouldn’t have been able to see me at all. But that whole time, when I’d been arching my back and rinsing my hair and soaping my body, he’d…
He was so close...
As my eyes fluttered shut, the image of him standing there returned. All he’d had to do was pull that curtain aside. That stupid, thin layer of plastic and cloth, and then he’d see all of me.
I squeezed my eyes shut and tried not to scream my mortification. I ran my hands down my hair and neck, rinsing the rest of the soap off like it would take the memory with it.
But, of course, it didn’t, and my body was too pent up to forget. My palms slid down my breasts and over peaked nipples. Heat and desire thrummed to my lower abdomen in a persistent pulse, tightening and tugging on me.
My fingers traveled down past my navel, and for a moment, I thought about what his hands might feel like. Would he be rough? Or gentle and tortuous?
How long had it been since he left? The meeting tonight stood at the top of the priority list, but all I wanted was to slip my fingers in between my legs and—
Terror shocked me to my sense.
I gasped and yanked my hand away. “No,” I breathed. “Remember who he is, Gray. What he is. You can’t go there.”
The knob squeaked, and I flinched when the cold water hit my skin. But it did the job, for the most part. You can’t always control your feelings or instincts, but you can always control your actions. I wouldn’t let my guard down again.
Drying off and stepping out, relief swept through me noticing that my bedroom was empty.
I had to walk out pretending like nothing had happened. Maybe he’d believe that I was completely oblivious to that… whatever that was.
That thing that wouldn’t ever happen again.
Chapter Thirty-Two
“I hate this,” I stated.
“Do you want to back out?” Razai asked.
“Of course not. I just need it to be known. And I can’t believe you told yet another person about me.”
The club music rattled the mirrors on the walls in the dressing room. We were in one of the few private rooms so that the other dancers wouldn’t see me or Razai, and they could have the privacy they deserved.
He held his hands up. “I didn’t say anything more to Darby other than the basics, and she’s not one to ask questions.”
The woman in question walked in. Darby carried a bag and a stony, bored expression. Behind her came another surprise.
I groaned, “Ember? What are you doing here?”
Ember, with arms crossed and a defiant lift to her chin, stated, “None of your business, is it?”
My sigh could have started a tornado all on its own. Maybe one that could carry me away to a far-off land with no archangels in sight to fuck things up for me.
