Reining It In (Devil's Knights 2nd Generation 6)

I dropped my eyes to the tight boxers stretched across his ass and groin. “Naked?” I whispered.

“I think you were the one who said that was the best way to get clean, right?”

I had said that, but now that he was using my words against me, I wasn’t so sure about them anymore.

He yanked on his boxers, and I slammed my eyes shut. I was not ready to see Bear naked. I mean, I pretty much could tell exactly what he was packing through his tight boxers, but there was a sliver of unknown I was going to hang on to for just a little bit longer.

“Mama,” he laughed. “Have you never seen a naked man before?”

I put my hand over my eyes and shook my head. “No, I was a nun the past twenty-four years of my life. What’s a penis?” I rambled. I listened to Bear move around the bathroom and then I felt the water shift around me.

“Your tub is bigger than I thought, but you’re still gonna have to move a bit.”

“Uh, move me?” I laughed. I lifted my hand in the air and wiggled my fingers. They wiggled right in Bear’s soft, yet unyielding body. “What am I touching?” I whispered. I knew it wasn’t his dick, but I could honestly be half an inch away from greeting it with a wiggle of my fingers.

“My thigh, mama. Open your eyes and give me your hand,” he ordered.

“For what?” I asked. I might have challenged him to a bit more than I was ready for. My body wasn’t exactly in tip top shape; though, to be honest, it never really was. There was a good twenty pounds that hung out on my stomach and hips that made itself at home and wasn’t going anywhere. The dark bruises on my stomach didn’t help now.

“I’m gonna sit where you are, then you’ll sit between my legs.”

Made sense. Did I really have to open my eyes to make it happen, though? Yes. I dropped my hand back into the water and sighed. “I would like the record to state that I normally don’t look like a pale punching bag, yeah?”

I opened my eyes and looked everywhere but at Bear. Well, I couldn’t really not look at his legs that were right in front of me, but I could see his legs at any point without having to see his dick. I scooted back, got my legs under me, and hoisted myself up. I looked to the side and once my feet were on the floor of the tub, my eyes connected with Bear’s. “Hola.”

“You’re a nut, mama.”

“Been told that a time or two before,” I muttered. “Have you ever been told that you are built like a Greek god?”

“Can’t say that I have,” he chuckled.

“Well, you are.” I had only had a close inspection of his calves and thighs, but I was certain his Greek godness extended to all of him.

He reached out and his hand settled on the curve of my waist.

“Did you watch me get up?” I asked.

“Hell yeah, mama.”

Well, at least the man was honest.

“Any complaints?” I whispered.

“Just that you didn’t give me a chance to actually study you.”

“Study me? I don’t think there will be a test at the end of tonight.”

He chuckled and stepped closer to me. His other hand grabbed my waist, and he tipped his head. “You gotta breathe, mama, or you’re going to pass out.”

I released the breath I didn’t even realize I was holding. “Good advice,” I whispered.

“Do you want me here, or do you want me to leave?”

“I think that is a question you should have asked before you got naked,” I laughed.

“I did, and you seemed okay with this.” He stepped closer still, until his legs bumped against mine. “Still okay?”

I nodded and bit my bottom lip between my teeth. “It’s great,” I squeaked. I was acting like a damn virgin, and I certainly wasn’t one. “I’m just, uh, well...” I didn’t know what I was. Shocked? Surprised? “I’ve never been with a Greek god before,” I blurted. “I mean, I know you’re not a Greek god, but the fact that you rival every statue or painting of Adonis or Apollo, is a bit much to take.”

“Didn’t Adonis get gored by a wild boar?” Bear cracked.

“Details,” I muttered.

“And not really a god.”

I rolled my eyes. “Maybe there is a test and I’m failing it horribly.”

“We won’t go into him living in the underworld for half of the year either.”

“Okay, mythology major,” I drawled. “You can stop correcting me.”

“But it is distracting you from the fact that we’re both naked with a plate of cheese and sausage on the sink.”

I glanced at the shark-coochie board. “I’ve already eaten enough cheese to constipate three nuns and a priest. I could use some fruit to help counterbalance.”

Bear reached for the platter, scooted around me, and sank into the water. His legs circled around me, and I glanced over my shoulder to look at him.

“How am I supposed to eat?”

Yeah, I was concerned with eating. More like it was going to distract me from the fact that I was naked in the tub with Bear.

Since I met the man, I had wanted it and hinted at it, but now that I had it, it was a bit intimidating.

I turned so my front was facing Bear and sank down into the water. It came up almost to my shoulders, and my body was covered by the suds. I leaned back and cracked the back of my head on the faucet.

“Oh fuck,” I groaned. Only I could give my already concussed and fragile head a good crack when I was trying to get it on with Bear.

Bear dropped the platter on the floor next to the tub and pulled me closer to him. He caressed the back of my head and wrapped his other arm around me. “I don’t think this tub is made for two, mama,” he chuckled.

“Well, not when one of those two people is a giant,” I chuckled.

“How long have you been in here?” he asked.