The tub’s not overflowing, and the shower’s not on.
But the sink…
Yup, I can hear the rushing sound of water from behind the vanity doors.
Steeling myself, I pull one side open and?—
“Shit!” I hiss as water flows anew, frosty cold and furious, dumping over the toes of my heels, probably ruining them, but I have bigger problems to solve.
Because I don’t know how to shut it off.
There seems to be a waterfall pouring from the back of the cabinet and?—
“What the hell is going on, cookie?”
I gasp, not having heard Jace come up behind me.
“I-I—” My mouth opens and closes, and all I can do is point at the vanity, at the flood of water and say blithely, “It’s leaking.”
His gaze was on the water pouring out, but my words have them flicking to mine for a brief moment, and I don’t miss the incredulity—and blip of humor—in his hazel eyes. But I lose that connection just as quickly because he looks away, tugging off his suit jacket and hooking it on the towel holder.
Then he’s?—
“I—”
Too late.
He’s dropping down to the tile, laying on his back as he shimmies beneath the sink, broad shoulders barely fitting into the opening.
There’s a moment of stillness, the water still pouring, and then I’m watching the material of his button down strain over his torso as he does something I can’t see underneath the vanity.
Something that works, though.
Because the water shuts off.
And then I’m watching a sexy—and wet, his clothes absolutely plastered to his body—Jace Henderson shimmy his way back out from beneath my sink.
And, unfortunately for me, he’s wearing that smirk as he says,
“Now what, cookie?”
Six
Jace
“I can’t stay here!”
I’m tired.
Wet.
Pissed that I came home to an inch of water in the hallway and even more pissed that it was originating from Marie’s freshly refurbished unit.
I don’t want to think of the damage to the condos on the next floor down.
Don’t want to think about what other hidden problems may be lurking in her place, ready to fuck up her life.
I just want to change my clothes, collapse into bed, and sleep for the next ten hours without interruption.
