Chapter Thirty-Four

"Oh, that's terribly fetching," Sophie purred as Daniel emerged from the bathroom. "Rawr," she said in her sauciest tone, winking broadly at him.

They had just spent an explosive hour in the sunken tub together – initially just relaxing and soaking and not really talking, and then in short order flooding the floor as they made love by flickering candlelight.

She hoped Auntie Barbara wouldn't get any mold or that her second floor caved in – it would be awkward to explain how exactly the entire floor ended up wet.

Well, Daniel and I were having spectacular sex in the tub, and as we moved the water sloshed around, soaking everything in sight, Sophie thought to herself with a wry smile.

Yeah, not a conversation she really wanted to have with Auntie Barbara.

"Yes, I thought it was rather dashing myself," Daniel said, twirling as though he were a supermodel on the runway at Fashion Week.

Sophie giggled at the vision in front of her – Daniel, wearing her silk kimono robe.

Her PINK silk kimono robe. The robe that fit her perfectly due to her short stature, but on Daniel's tall frame bordered on the obscene – not to mention the hysterical.

"That color really brings out your eyes," Sophie said, gazing up at his hooded lids and dark hair.

"I'm thinking of converting all my flannel shirts and overalls to this particular shade of… pink," Daniel said, pinching the robe between thumb and forefinger and examining it carefully, making Sophie smile.

Sophie jumped as the doorbell chimed from downstairs, instinctively pulling the duvet up to further cover her breasts.

"I'll go… it's probably the food delivery," Daniel said, heading for the door.

"You're going dressed like that?" Sophie called after him, hearing his laughter down the hallway.

"I'm very secure in my masculinity," Daniel shot back. "Fear not."

**

Sophie's eyes kept threatening to close on her, but she fought to try and stay awake longer.

She really didn't want this day to end.

Daniel was already asleep beside her, obviously worn out from their day of playing tourist.

Or from the energetic sex they kept having every hour or two.

Either way the man was tuckered out, Sophie thought with a smile.

Sophie smiled at the memory of the day – their perfect day. Sex, books, eating Chinese food in bed. Daniel cracking jokes and making her laugh in that stupid robe of hers, conversation and discussion during the drive and over lunch, some truly fantastic sex in some new and exciting places, and the way he looked at her…

No man had ever looked at her so… hungrily. She felt like a vixen, the most beautiful girl in the world when Daniel looked at her like that.

Now that his walls were coming down, she wondered how she had ever thought him cold and unfeeling and rude. Though it had taken some time, and there was still trust to be built between them, she could see that he was a genuine, kind, warm person, who was searching for someone to love, just like her.

Peter had never looked at her with such a combination of admiration, lust, affection and warmth before, not in all their time together.

Daniel made her feel… precious.

And she'd felt that way since last night when they'd made love in the hallway – the single most erotic encounter of her life – until this moment, when he held her close and wouldn't let her move away from him.

She'd fallen, and she'd fallen hard.

She really didn't want this day to end.

She fell asleep with a smile, savoring the feel of Daniel's warm, silky skin against her own.

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