“Nothing has to happen,” he offered. “You can sit here in the water and just relax. I’ll even turn around until you get in if that makes you feel better.”
“And if I want something to happen?” she asked, immediately wishing that she had kept her thoughts to herself.
“Is that what this is all about?”
She nodded, still standing fully clothed and just out of his reach.
“So, all the times you pulled away from me when I thought you were about to kiss me, and the times that you woke up nestled against me and jumped out of bed like someone had shocked you, were because you want me?”
“Yes,” she admitted.
“Why fight that?”
“Because I’m scared.”
“Of me?”
“Of this. If I admit that I’ve fallen in love with you and that my soul knows your soul on a deep level that I don’t understand, then I have to admit that it’s all true.”
“And knowing that you’re important to the world probably doesn’t help.”
“Are you just going to ignore the fact that I just admitted that I’m in love with you?” she asked, hands on her hips.
“I heard you,” he said, one eyebrow raised, mocking her. “But I’ve heard you say it so much in your sleep I guess I already knew.”
“You lie,” she said, her mouth open wide in shock.
He shrugged.
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“You’ll never know, I guess.” He motioned at the hot tub. “Get in, the water’s wonderful.”
She stood there for a moment, considering whether she should or not, then she shook her head, annoyed with herself for being so timid. She knew if she didn’t, she would spend the night in his arms, regretting it as she had every time she’d felt like kissing him or blurting out her feelings and she decided not to. She had attacked a WereDragon with a staff and won today; there was no reason to fear her heart.
Before she thought better of it, she slipped her shirt over her head, then took off her pants and her boots. She got into the water, still in her bra and panties, stepping in and sinking down to her neck with a heavy, satisfied sigh.
“That works, too,” Eli said with a satisfied grin.
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“I want you,” she said.