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Almost as if she conjured it, my phone buzzes with an incoming text. “It’s from Noelle,” I report as I read the message. “She says she’d love to watch Oscar. And to bring him over any time.”

Mel brightens. “That’s great.” Her attention shifts to the window, where the early-morning sun is filtering through the trees. “When do you want to leave?”

I check the time. “We’ll both want to shower first. Then pack up Oscar’s things to bring over to Noelle’s. Do you want to make any food for the road? Or pick something up on the way?”

“On the way.” She grins. “If we’re on a road trip, that means chips and candy from the gas station.”

“Nothing healthy, then?” I ask with a chuckle.

“Oh, no. Definitely not.” Melissa shakes her head quickly. Then she laughs. “Healthy is for home. Road trips are an excuse to pig out on junk.”

“Ah, I see.” I smile back at her. “We’ll get plenty of junk snacks for the road, then.”

She looks at me for a moment before her expression turns pensive again. “You know, I just had an idea.”

“Oh?”

“Well, if we want to leave as soon as possible, maybe we should consolidate our showers.” Her lips twitch up. “It would save time.”

My body immediately reacts at the idea of sharing a shower with Melissa. My dick throbs, and my pants go uncomfortably tight.

The first time we showered together, I was anxious about it. Though my prosthetic is technically waterproof, thanks to the special mods Yara added, it’s still better to leave it off when I’m showering. And even though Mel had seen me without it in bed, being exposed in the bright lights of the bathroom, having to balance only on one leg… I wasn’t sure it was something I wanted Mel to see.

But Mel knew just how to make me feel better about it. While I was messing around with my prosthetic, feeling more and more anxious by the minute, she came up with the perfect solution. “I thought this might be fun,” she explained, gesturing to the small bench she’d moved from the porch to the shower. “I could sit on your lap. I really like it when we do that.”

I really like it, too. And the bench in the shower was such a success, I bought one made specifically for that purpose. Now we shower together at least once a week, and I don’t feel self-conscious about it at all.

“Showering together would save time,” I agree as I pull Mel onto my lap. My erection nudges at her, and she wriggles against me. “And it would save water, too.”

She nods solemnly. “That’s true. So, really, it would be irresponsible of us not to share the shower. Conserving resources and all that.”

One hand comes to Melissa’s ass, and the other, her back, as I stand with her in my arms. “It would be very irresponsible of us,” I agree. As I start carrying her towards the bathroom, I add, “In fact, maybe we should shower together all the time.”

Mel giggles. “If we always have sex in the shower, though, that might defeat the whole conserving water thing.”

I dip my head to hers and kiss her. “I guess we’ll just have to be quick, then. Unless you’d rather just shower...”

“Oh, no.” Her response is immediate. “If I’m going to see you naked, there’s no way I’m not touching you, too.”

My hand lightly squeezes the plump curve of her ass. “You read my mind.” Then I kiss her again. “And it’s been entirely too long since I’ve seen you naked.”

“Since last night?” Mel asks with a laugh.

“Yes.” Pausing in the bathroom doorway, I lift her higher in my arms as I meet her gaze. “If I could have you naked all the time, that would be fine with me.”

Her eyes crinkle ‌at the corners as she smiles at me. “I’d be fine with you being naked all the time, too.”

I carry her into the bathroom and set her down. Then I peel her shirt off, revealing her lusciously-bare breasts waiting beneath.

Melissa reaches for my pants, working the elastic waistband down past my hips. As my erection springs free, her eyes darken with desire. “I don’t think I mind being quick this time,” she says. “Because I really want to feel you inside me.”

Hunger throbs, deep and insistent.

Yanking her sleep shorts down, I lift her out of them and take her into my arms again. Love and desire tangle inside me, building until there’s no room for anything else. “Mel, baby. I really want that, too.”

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“I can’t believe how gorgeous the views were.”