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she asked, rolling her head to the side.
“What?” he asked and she could hear the suspicion in his voice.
She opened her eyes and looked up at him with wide eyes, her smile growing slowly. She waited until he knew she was up to something before she said, “You’re hands aren’t going to be able to hold me now,” she said and slipped out of his grasp and spraying the water right at him.
Unfortunately, she had severely underestimated her opponent. His hands might not be able to stop her, but his arms were incredibly strong and he had years of military training on his side. She only got away with the initial sting of success before he hand her flipped around and repined once again, using more of his legs than anything else. To make it worse, she was laughing so hard she couldn’t put up a fight, or even hold him away from her as he held her in place and tickled her mercilessly, his fingers made more nimble by the conditioner that helped them slide over her skin.
“I give up!” she cried out, gasping for air. “I promise to behave!” she begged.
He stopped and looked down at her, one eyebrow raised in challenge. “Who says I want you to behave?”
Her surprise was only for a moment before she started laughing once again, charmed by this side of him that she’d missed so much.
“So what do you want?” she asked, not sure she actually wanted him to answer.
“Hmmm….that’s a loaded question. I want you, naked, all weekend, in my bed without any interruptions.”
Her smile grew broader as he finished his description and her whole body tingled with excitement. “Is that what will happen next weekend?”
He kissed her gently. “Hopefully it will happen this weekend as soon as tonight’s event is finished.”
“I thought you had that embassy thing tomorrow. Isn’t that why you bought me the second dress?”
He sighed and leaned his head back. “I hate those parties. They are the most tedious few hours in existence.” He brought his head down and looked at her with an intensity that had her gasping for breath. “But you’ll be there tomorrow and I don’t have to let you out of bed after that, right?”
She couldn’t help but agree, nodding her head enthusiastically. “Well, except for riding,” she clarified.
“Okay, one ride.”
“And maybe dinner with my dad?” she asked.
He sighed. “Lunch!” he contradicted.
“Deal.”
“And you’re naked the entire rest of the weekend,” he commanded.
She sighed and tilted her head to the side as if considering his request.
Before she could say anything, he grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up, twisting so he could rinse out her hair. “You act like this is up for debate, my beauty. It isn’t.” He lifted his arms and moved her hair around so the conditioner would rinse out.
“So I’m to be restrained if I don’t obey?” she asked, lifting her eyebrows as he shut off the water.
He stilled, a wolfish grin spreading across his face. “I think you are a brilliant woman.” He lifted her once again, carrying her out of the shower stall and setting her down on the soft carpet. He grabbed a towel and gently dried her off.
“I think I might have stumbled into something out of my league,” she replied, putting her hand on his head to balance herself.
“Ah, but you won’t know until I have you completely at my mercy.”
He stood up and looked down at her with that special intensity that never failed to melt her bones. She reached up her hand, touching him gently on the cheek with her fingertips. “Does that mean you’ll be at my mercy?” she asked softly, bending her knee slightly so she could lean against him, the towel hanging uselessly by his side. She should feel cold with the cooler air from her apartment hitting her wet skin. But with Rais looking at her with that kind of promise in his eyes, she felt nothing but heat, feeling almost uncomfortably warm.
“Absolutely,” he almost whispered, pulling her close and kissing her gently.
When he released her, she almost skipped into her bedroom to dress, feeling as if her world was perfect now that he had come back here early. The whole ‘love’ and ‘end of relationship’ issues were not going to intrude for the next seventy-two hours, she told herself firmly.
She glanced at the clock as she pulled on her slacks and a silk blouse. “What are you doing today?” she asked, her mind already going through