Chapter 123

After the tickling (which finally ended in a long, slow, lingering kiss), we lay in each other’s arms for awhile.

Then he leaned up on one elbow and looked at me.

“I need a shower. You want to join me?”

I nodded. He rolled off the bed and got to his feet, then pulled me along with him and led the way to the bathroom.

“Hmmm… I changed my mind. How about a bath instead?” he asked.

“Fine by me.”

He turned on the extra-large faucet for the jacuzzi bathtub, which was set into the floor. The faucet spewed water so fast that a fireman could hook up his hose to it.

That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.

“Hold on, I’ll be back in a minute,” he said as he grabbed a robe and padded out into the main room of the penthouse.

I walked down the steps into the jacuzzi and sat on one of the little ledges as the deliciously hot water began to fill up the tub. It was up to my waist when Connor finally returned, carrying a bowl of fruit and two glasses of orange juice from the breakfast table outs