Page 164 of By His Vow

I shake my head as he approaches the bathtub, wondering if I’m going to be able to lie to myself for an entire year, all the while calling myself Mrs. Callahan.

My ring catches my eye, but I don’t allow myself any time to focus on it—not while I have a naked man pouring bubbles into a tub.

Fuck. His ass is something else.

Hard. Round. Perfect.

I squint at the little red marks on his skin.

Did I?—

He turns around, and my beautiful view of his ass turns into something else entirely.

“Well, good morning, Mr. Callahan,” I muse, resting back on my palms while shamelessly staring at his hard dick.

I spent more than enough time worshipping it last night. He knows how I feel; there’s no point hiding it.

“See something you like?” he asks, his voice deep with desire as he reaches for himself, wrapping his fingers around his shaft.

Fuck.

My eyes jump to his.

“You shouldn’t look so good naked. It’s not fair.”

“What’s not fair right now is that you’re still wearing my shirt,” he counters.

He stalks over, gently stroking himself as he does before reaching out and dragging his shirt from my body.

I squirm on the countertop, desperate for him to touch me.

But he never does.

Instead, he just wraps his hands around my waist and lifts me.

“Take me back to bed,” I whisper in his ear, making him chuckle.

“Does your brother know you’re a sex maniac?”

“I sure hope not. And if you feel like telling him, that’s at your own risk. We already know he can overpower you in a fight.”

“Not true,” he states.

“Umm…” I trace the lingering darkness around his eye with my pointer finger. “If last week taught me anything, it’s that?—”

“I let him make those hits. I deserved them for what I was doing. Don’t think that just because I didn’t fight back, I can’t.”

I chuckle. “Sure.”

I groan when he lowers me into the bathtub, the hot water soothing my aching muscles.

“You’re a brat,” he points out as he releases me.

“You love it,” I taunt, watching the way his eyes widen and his chin drops.

“You drive me crazy.”

He stands tall, making no attempt to hide just how much he loves my sass.