“Jude,” she said, as she reached in to turn on the shower.
My eyes locked on her.Somehow, I’d drifted so far into a series of memories that I hadn’t even noticed she was completely naked.She gestured toward me, sweeping her hand up and down.“Are you going to shower in your clothes?”I almost choked.
Obviously, this was not the first time I’d seen her bare.But like this, just standing in the bathroom, as she reached her hand in to see if the water was warm, something about it felt so right.These were the moments I wanted to cherish with her, day in and day out.
“Because I’m getting in,” she added with a sly grin.
She stepped into the shower.I was tearing my clothes off, practically racing to catch up.I was already aroused, even though I hadn’t even been thinking about her that way.I took a breath, telling myself to slow my roll.
Once I was in the shower, Kendall leaning her head back under the water, and the sight of her skin pink from the steam undid me, my knees practically buckling.
She lifted her head, her lips curling in a smile.“There you are.”
I actually had to marshal myself, reminding myself to breathe.Once again, the emotion of it slammed into me.She reached for the bar of soap, quickly rubbing it between her hands before starting to slide it over her body.Fuck me.The sight of bubbles rolling over her skin as the water ran down was going to kill me.
“Fuck, Kendall,” I finally managed, bringing myself into the moment.
“What?”She bit her lip as she looked at me, her lashes spiky from the water.
I stepped under the water raining down, and leaned my head back.I couldn’t even really manage to keep myself from getting aroused.I simply accepted my fate.
Her palm landed on my chest as she slid the soap bar over my skin.I dragged my eyes open and slapped my palm over hers, holding it in place.“I’m going to need a minute.”
“Is that all it’s going to take?”she teased.
I shook my head.“You’re going to kill me, Kendall.”
She bit her lip and pressed a kiss on the underside of my jaw.I snagged the soap, quickly soaping myself to take care of the basics.We stood under the water as we rinsed off.
Kendall blinked up at me.“I need to wash my hair.”
“Please do,” I said, because I could have just stood here for the rest of my life.
I watched as she shampooed and rinsed her hair.My hands slid down her sides as I sucked a nipple, teasing one and then the other.She let out a little sigh when I smoothed my hand over her belly before I delved between her thighs.She gasped, “Jude!”as I teased her, finding her wet and slick.
We were kissing, and the water was running down over us.My length swelled and hardened.I finally had to break away from her sweet mouth because if I didn’t, I was going to take her right here against the shower wall.I reached around her and turned the water off.
As we toweled off, it was hard not to touch her.When we walked out to the main area of her small apartment, I snagged the condom I’d tucked in my wallet before I left the house.
Once we got out into the kitchen area, Kendall asked, “Do you want to eat now or get dressed?”
It would’ve been a challenge, but I could have handled waiting.“Do you?”I countered.
She shook her head, her damp curls swinging, and she giggled again.Somehow, we made our way into the small alcove where her bed was between kisses and a few stumbles.I tossed the condom up by the pillows and rested my hands beside her hips on the mattress.
Her tongue darted out to swipe across her bottom lip.I felt as if she’d reached into my chest and literally held onto my heart.
“I want this to be good for you.”
She lifted her chin slightly, her lips curling at the corners.She took a quick breath and let it out before saying, “Okay.”
“You need to tell me what you want,” I began.
“If you want to stop at any point, you just say so,” she said.
I dropped my head, letting out a disbelieving breath.I lifted my gaze and locked my eyes with hers.“Kendall, there’s no universe where I’m going to want to stop any of this, at all, ever.”
“You don’t know that,” she insisted.“What if I’m terrible in bed?”
