The Bed You Make
Chapter 17, concluded
Alex was glad the night was over. He and his partner Marcus Taggert had just spent the past thirteen hours or so sitting in an unmarked car outside a suspected stolen merchandise drop-off point. Nothing had stirred all night. Apparently, Alex's snitch had gotten his information incorrect. Or the skinny little bastard had doubled back and warned the thieves about their presence. Either way Alex made a mental note to retrieve the money they'd paid the snitch for his information.
The handsome detective reached a weary hand into the shower and fiddled with the knobs. He gave two quick turns for the hot water and a single half-turn for the cold. Thank heaven for the man who invented the shower, Alex thought. He waited a moment to ensure that the water temperature was just right before stepping into the warm, relaxing spray.
Alex spread his legs and let go with satisfaction. Wryly he remembered the first time Dara had seen him that way. Equal parts shock and curiosity filled her expressive features. In the end, curiosity won.
‘ Is this a regular thing for you ?' she'd asked.
‘ Sweetheart ,' Alex had replied, ‘ peeing in the shower is a guy thing. It's what we do. And yeah ,' he anticipated Dara's next words, ‘ I know there's a toilet just a couple of feet away. Our way saves time. And water. '
‘ So this is your way of helping to save the planet .'
‘ Yep. Here's another one .” He'd grabbed Dara and dragged her into the shower. It was not long before the t-shirt she'd worn to bed became a transparent second skin. ‘ Sharing a shower ,' he leered, peeling the cotton T from her body, ‘ saves water, too .'
What followed between them had been playful and sensual. The very memory of it hardened Alex's body painfully. There was no way, he angrily turned the hot water off, Stefan Cassadine inspired that kind of reaction in Dara. He was too cold and calculating an individual.
Alex smiled despite the biting cold of the water. One thing he would not have to worry about while he sought the truth about Dara's situation was anything physical happening between her and her new husband.
Alex was willing to bet money on that.
