okay?" her words were anxious.
Guilty, he struggled to get up. "You're early." He turned the shower off.
"And you're not supposed be taking a shower yet."
He saw her arms pull in close to her body as she crossed them over her chest. It was the posture she'd taken with him many times during his convalesces when she'd caught him doing something the doctor had forbidden.
"I hate to admit it, but I might need a hand getting up." Thor had made a few attempts to push himself upright, but couldn't find enough footing with only one foot.
Approaching the door, Liza slid it open. "I have a mind to leave your hard headed ass right there, Thor."
"But you have too big of a heart to leave a man down." Thor gave her a lopsided smile.
"You should be glad. So, how do you want to do this?"
"Put your arms under my arms. I'm going to do most of the pushing, but I need someone to keep me stable."
Following his directions, Liza moved in close to him.
Oh, hell, he thought as he smelled her intoxicating scent.
Chiding himself for not remembering how she affected him, he steeled himself against her smell. Pushing up too fast to avoid a soon-to-be embarrassing situation, Thor almost knocked them both into the shower. But, luckily, Liza was stronger than her tiny frame suggested.
50
APPREHENSION
Standing up, he quickly grabbed the towel from the bar and held it in front of him until she stepped back. Wrapping it around his waist, he looked up and his eyes made contact with Liza's and he couldn't help but notice that her hazel eyes had darkened to green. He didn't know if it was because of him or a reflection of the emerald green v-neck top she wore with her white knee-length skirt.
"Thanks." He cleared his throat. "I might've pruned sitting there at the bottom of the shower without you."
She rubbed the back of her neck. "No problem. I'm here to help. If I assist you to your room, you think you can manage from there?" Liza licked her lips.
It was a signal Thor was becoming familiar with when she was nervous.
"Yeah."
Aligning herself to his side, Liza wrapped her arms around his waist.
"You're going to get your clothes all wet." Thor couldn't stop the thought that raced into his mind. He wondered if she was wet in other places. That caused him to drop his eyes to her skirt. Returning them back to her face, he took a deep breath, which he shouldn't have done because he could smell the soft scent of her hair. Get yourself together, man .
"Are you ready?" she asked.
"Yup." The single word came out gruff.
Together they managed to lift him out of the bathtub and into his room. Just as they reached his bed, Thor attempted to step away from her prematurely and the sudden lack of support caused him to fall. Since Liza had yet to let him go completely, she was caught up in his tumble toward the bed.
Thor landed on his back with Liza sprawled on top of him.
Neither of them moved. Feeling the supple imprint of her body on top of his, Thor was helpless to stop the full awakening of his cock as it made its presence know between their pelvises.
Identifying the texture of her skirt, he was alerted to the fact that his towel had been lost in the fall.
"Liza," was the only thing he got out before he pulled her lips down to his.
51
YVETTE HINES
He kissed her like a starving man. Nipping at her bottom lip, then drawing it into his mouth. Deepening the kiss, he slid his tongue along hers.
Liza began to moan and grind her hips into his hard length.
He gripped her hips and pressed against her.
Breaking away, he panted, "Tell me if you don't want this.
Stop me now, Liza. Otherwise I'm going to be buried too deep for either of us to speak."
Her giggle fluttered in her stomach and patted against his abs before it left her lips.
"I want you, Thor." Standing up, Liza removed her clothes.
The urgency in her gesture let him know she hadn't lied, her desire was as elevated as his.
Scooting back until his head rested against the pillow so he
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