“I could care less about getting sick. Right now what I care about is seeing the man I love want me sexually. To look at me like he wants to devour me.”
His eyes, which burned with lust and unfilled desire, snapped to mine. “How can you ever doubt for even a second how I feel about you?”
I threw my hands up. “Because I’m standing practically naked before you and you won’t fucking look at me!”
“We’re both teetering on unchartered territory. After everything you’ve been through, I would rather die than hurt you.”
“You hurt me more when you won’t look at me or touch me,” I protested.
With an agonized sigh, Rev finally allowed his gaze to rake down my body. There was no feeling of embarrassment or inadequacy. Just the look on his face warmed me from head to toe. “You’re so beautiful,” he murmured.
Tears stung my eyes from his adoration. “I am?” I questioned.
He smiled. “Every inch of you.”
Closing the gap between us, I took his hands in mine. One I brought to my cheek and the other I brought to my breast. Rev and I both sucked in a breath as his fingers closed over my nipple. I cupped his face in my hands. “Please don’t ever stop looking at me like you want me.”
He shook his head. “Not wanting you sexually has never been an issue, Annabel. Every morning you lay beside me, I was hard as a rock. But I didn’t want you to think I could only see you sexually—that I was some sort of animal like Mendoza. I wanted you to see I cared about what was inside.” His chin jerked at the shower. “You better get inside before all the warm water is gone.”
“Get in with me.”
Although his hand remained firmly on my breast, his brows shot up in surprise. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?”
“Warm me up, Rev. I need you.” My hands went to the jacket of his tux. When I moved to slide it off his shoulders, he didn’t protest. As my fingers worked at the buttons on his shirt, his hands came to his waist to unbutton and unzip his pants.
When he slid off his pants, he revealed that even with a tux, he was going commando. As I stood there, staring at him, my heartbeat roared so loudly in my ears I was sure Rev could hear it. God, he was so beautiful. A wall of muscle that was decorated with multicolored tattoos. My gaze slid down his washboardabs to take in the dark dusting of hair below his hips, but more importantly, his already large manhood that wasn’t fully aroused yet.
At Rev’s chuckle, I glanced up in surprise. “It’s surprising that a lady like yourself would be staring at my package.”
“I can’t help it. I’m impressed.”
His eyes gleamed with male pride. “I’m glad to hear that.”
After I shimmied out of my panties, I stepped inside the shower. Rev followed close behind me. The scalding water didn’t feel nearly as good as having him so close or feeling his eyes on me.
We stood there, breathing hard and staring at each other, for a few seconds. “I swore if you took me back, I wouldn’t move fast with you,” Rev whispered to me.
“Once again, it’s me putting the moves on you, isn’t it?”
He flashed me a wolfish grin. “I would have to say I’m a very willing participant.”
“All I know is what is happening between us or what is going to happen feels right. That’s all we can go by, right?”
“Yes, it is.”
Rev stepped behind me and turned my body full force under the stream of water. He brought his strong hands up to rub up and down from my shoulders to my wrists. Between the warm water and his touch, my chilled skin became enflamed He placed a tender kiss on my shoulder blade, which caused me to arch my back against his lips. Gentle kisses feathered across my back to my other shoulder. He then kissed his way up to the back of my neck while his hands left my shoulders to rub around my waist and abdomen.
Laying my head back against his chest, I sighed in what could only be extreme contentment or ecstasy.
Slowly, Rev turned me around to where I was facing him. “Are you getting warm?”
I smiled seductively at him. “I’m on fire.”
“Where?”
“Everywhere,” I replied.
His hands came up to cup my breasts. “Here?”
