“You know, it was really hard to get all the oil out of my hair. You sure you don’t want help?” she asked.
“Help with what?”
“With washing your hair. I don’t think you’re going to be able to do it with one hand.”
Theo’s eyes about popped out of the sockets. “You want to help me bathe?”
Did she?
Oh God, what in the holy fucking Pandora’s box had she just opened?
Dani’s gaze shot to Theo’s groin, and then she blinked and straightened her body, quickly looking back at his face.
“Well, no, I think you can handle washing your naughty bits,” she said, trying to play it off, “but you look like you might struggle with everything else.”
He raised his brows.
“Oh, don’t be weird about it,” she said, waving her hand likeit was nothing, despite feeling her palms starting to sweat. “It’s a naked body. We’ve all seen them.”
Sure, maybe if it was someone else’s body.
“Yeah, but we haven’t seen each other’s.” He was saying everything her brain was screaming. But as if she had to prove how unbothered she was—whether to Theo or to herself, she wasn’t sure—she pressed on.
She shrugged, trying to play it cool. “There’s a first for everything.”
“Is there?” he asked, raising a single brow. “Because there are plenty of people in the world whose nude bodies neither of us will ever see.”
Okay, why was he acting like seeing each other unclothed was the most ludicrous thing in the world? It wasn’tthatbig of a deal. She was starting to feel a little offended that he was so put off by the suggestion.
She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “Okay, fine. Don’t accept my help. But when you’re lathering that oily mop of yours for the fifth time and your arm is aching, don’t come crying to me about it.”
Dani spun on her heel to leave again, pissed at herself for even making the suggestion, when Theo called out, “Wait.” A teensy hint of a devilish smile started to form on her lips, but she quickly bit it back.
“Changed your mind?” she asked.
“Only because my shoulder really fucking hurts. No peeking, though,” he said, putting his finger up as if giving her a rule.
“I promise I’ll try not to.”
“You’lltry?”
“Well, I won’tsneaka peek, but if I catch a glimpse of a dickin my periphery, I cannot guarantee that my reflexes won’t give in to my body’s carnal desires.”
The words spilled out without hesitation. What had gottenintoher? She’d never talked like this to Theo before.
But…she sort of liked it.
“Why do you say that like there might be dicks popping up left and right?”
“Hey, we’re in Greece,” she said, shrugging. “Maybe there’s some mythical multi-dick creature lurking about.”
He placed his free hand over his eyes and laughed. “My God, where do you come up with this stuff?”
“You should see some of the new monster romances that we’ve been getting at the library. It’s some sexy shit,” she said, relieved that he seemed to be relaxing a bit.
He shook his head, still smiling. “Okay, Juicy. Turn around for a second, would you?”
“Fiiiiiine,” she said, rolling her eyes and smiling.
