Vivid Avowed (Evelyn Maynard Trilogy #3) - Kaydence Snow Page 0,67

bad thing from my mind until I couldn’t think straight. I wanted him to make me forget.

Josh stilled behind me. “Eve . . .” He sounded unsure, worried.

“I don’t need your pity.”

“I’m not pitying you. I’m trying to take care of you.” His voice was calm and patient as he nudged me around to face him.

I immediately felt bad for snapping at him. “I know. I’m sorry. I just . . . please make me forget.”

Without waiting for an answer, I reached between us and started stroking him. He was impossibly hard and covered in the evidence of my orgasm, mingled with the spray of the water.

He let me touch him as he searched my face again. Then he gave me what I wanted.

He pushed me back against the tiles and kissed me forcefully, teeth scraping, tongue battling for dominance. One of his hands slapped the wall next to my head, and the other lifted my leg. He hooked my knee over his elbow and pressed his palm flat against the wall near my hip, keeping my leg angled out. I guided him back inside me, and he pressed his forehead against mine, his breath washing over my wet face.

Then he started to move, driving into me as he had before, his intense eyes watching my face. After a few moments, I felt the nudge of his ability. I lifted my other leg and wrapped it around his hip as he held me up with his mind. The new position allowed me to spread my legs wider, tilt my hips forward. Josh’s strokes reached deeper and deeper, and I held on to his shoulders and let my head rest against the tiles.

I watched him as intently as he watched me. He was beautiful—his full lips parted, his soft hair falling over his forehead in a wet mess, his green eyes hooded yet still watching, seeing, knowing.

His movements became more erratic as he chased his own release. I could tell he was close. I was too. He was hitting just the right spot with every slap of his hips, and that heady feeling was building again.

“Come with me,” he growled out as he drove into me one last time and ground his hips against mine.

Just as he’d obeyed all my demands, I now obeyed his. We both crashed into orgasm the same way our bodies had been crashing into each other—with intensity and urgency.

We cried out but kept our eyes open, our gazes locked.

As our breathing slowed, Josh pulled out and lowered me to my feet. My knees shook, but he kept me steady. He moved me back under the spray and rinsed out the conditioner I’d completely forgotten about. I held his gaze, reading his unspoken message even as he read every expression on my face.

He’d given me what I asked for, but now he was taking care of me.

As the last of the conditioner left my hair and the water washed our sweat away, I leaned forward and kissed him gently.

He sighed against my lips, and his shoulders relaxed under my hands. I hadn’t realized how tense they were until I felt the muscles soften.

I pulled back and looked him in the eye, running my nails over his scalp. “Thank you, Josh. I love you.”

“I love you too.” He gave me a small smile, and I knew we would be OK. I was where I needed to be.

I shut off the water as Josh stepped out of the shower and reached for the towels.

I dressed in a pair of Josh’s sweatpants and Alec’s T-shirt. It smelled faintly like him, and even though it made my heart ache, it also made me feel closer to him.

We came out to the kitchen just as Ethan dropped the last plate of steaming food onto the counter.

“Creamy pasta with some of last night’s leftover roast pumpkin and crispy bacon bits,” Ethan explained as he pulled out a stool for me. “Nothing fancy, but it’s comfort food.”

“Ethan, everything you make is fancy and delicious.” I gave him a smile, but it didn’t feel like it reached my eyes.

Josh took the chair next to me, and as soon as I started eating, I realized how hungry I was. We both stuffed our faces. Ethan ate half of his, then jumped up and disappeared down the hall. He came back moments later with a hairbrush and positioned himself behind me.

“You don’t have to . . .” I trailed off as his warm, comforting hand landed on