Enchanted (The Accidental Billionaires #4)(62)

“I am healed, Andie,” he said stubbornly.

I rolled my eyes. “You’re still bruised up.”

“They’re painless now.”

I didn’t believe him. Maybe he wasn’t in much pain anymore, but I highly doubted he was pain-free. “Let’s get into the hot tub.”

We’d been using the Jacuzzi every night to help ease his soreness.

I jumped up, and Noah rose a moment later. “Are you trying to change the subject, Andie?”

“Not at all. I’m just trying to get you to be reasonable.”

He pulled off his shirt and tossed it onto the couch. He’d thought ahead and was already wearing a pair of swim trunks.

“I’m never unreasonable,” he said as he walked toward the sliding doors. “What do I have to do to prove that I’m one hundred percent healthy?”

Okay. Fine.

Then I was going to see just how healthy he was. There was still a nagging distance between the two of us because we hadn’t become intimate again, and I was about to see if I could breach it.

He still had some bruises to his rib area, but those contusions were fading.

Maybe he was capable of doing anything.

I followed him outside and watched as he turned on the hot tub.

“Aren’t you coming?” he asked, raising a brow in question.

“I plan on it,” I said in a sensual tone that I almost didn’t recognize.

I hadn’t used it since the time I’d been in Mexico with him.

Do it, Andie. Take the plunge.

Noah was healing, and there was nothing I wanted more than to indulge in every kind of sensual pleasure I could imagine.

We might have to adjust or stop if his movements were painful, but I wanted that connection back, and I was determined to jump-start that part of our relationship again.

I couldn’t go another day without touching him the way I wanted.

If he was still too hesitant to make a move, then I’d make one.

I’d been the one to put that distance between us in the first place, and I was ready to break down that wall.

He entered the bubbling water and then turned to face me.

Grabbing the hem of my shirt, I jerked it over my head and dropped it on the cement.

“Andie? Are you going to change?” Noah’s voice sounded raspy.

I met his eyes and held his stare. “I love to get into a hot tub naked,” I told him as I slowly unclipped the front fastening of my bra.

His eyes flared with heat, and that urged me on. I let the flimsy piece of lingerie fall down my arms and I shook it off.

Noah’s expression was hungry and fierce as he looked at me with a primal longing that shook me to my core.

“I’m not going to argue,” he said, his voice harsh. “Feel free to get as naked as you want.”

I shot him a sultry smile as I reached for the button on my denim shorts. “Thanks. I definitely will.”

He was watching me like a predator now, and I reveled in the heat I saw in his expression.

The desire.

The passion.

The need.

The longing.

God, I could feel all of those things myself, and it was consuming me.

“I’m tired of waiting, Noah. I can’t do it anymore. I want you too much. I love you too much,” I explained to him as I flipped the button and then lowered the zipper.

“You can never love me too much. I was tired of waiting weeks ago,” he agreed gutturally. “I just didn’t want to rush you.”

“You’re not rushing me. I think I’m going to end up seducing you.”

“You’re doing a damn good job of it so far,” he answered, staring at me like he was mesmerized.

I wiggled my hips and pulled the jean shorts and my panties down my legs, and then kicked them off.

“Come over here,” he growled as he started to get up from his seat in the tub.

“So bossy,” I murmured as I sauntered over to the in-ground tub and slowly made my way down the cement steps. “Do you always get what you want?”

He stood and wrapped his arms around me the second my foot hit the bottom of the stairs. “Hardly ever,” he said in a throaty tone. “But I’m going to this time.”

I looked up at him in the dim light of the patio. God, he was magnificent. He was staring at me like he wanted to devour me whole, and his eyes radiated a hot promise that made my core clench with anticipation.

I put my hands on his muscular shoulders. “I’m all yours.”





CHAPTER 26

ANDIE



“Do you have any idea how long I’ve waited for you to say those words? That you belong to me?” Noah said in a rough voice.

“I love you,” I told him as I put my arms around his neck. “I think you’re my reward for getting through everything that’s gone wrong for me so far.”

He grumbled, “I love you, sweetheart, but I doubt I’m any woman’s prize.”

I shook my head. “You’re mine,” I disagreed. “You’re the one thing in my life that has gone right. I don’t want to ruin us. I should have told you I loved you. I should have seen what’s so damn clear right in front of my face. I should have jumped at the chance to marry you. And I should have never let you put any barriers between us physically, when all I wanted was for you to fuck me senseless. I want you, Noah. It’s only ever been you.”