Chapter 23

"I'll be staying with you," he murmured.
Her spine stiffened and she stared down at the floor of the tub. Damn, even his big feet were sexy. "I don't think so."
Theo sighed. "I know things might - no, will - get awkward, but, Star, I can't leave you alone. If by some sick twist of fate this is real, and if you did change inside the house, you'd be so vulnerable - I couldn't have that on my conscience. Not as your former lover, not even as a family friend." Tenderly he rinsed the suds from her hair then picked up a bar of soap and began to wash her skin. Everywhere he touched, she felt as if she were on fire, and the wetness between her legs had nothing to do with the water.
She wanted to argue, but he was right. Besides, nothing had ever felt quite so good as standing here with him. She even forgot all about the dull throb of her ankle. "Okay. Thank you."
Then she made the mistake of looking up. He was staring down at her, his lids heavy, his lip caught between his teeth. Her hands moved up to wrap around his neck, and without a second thought, she lifted her face to his.
Kissing Star, with the warm water sluicing over his skin, had Theo thinking he'd died and gone to heaven. It had always been like this between them - one touch then combustion occurred. His scientific mind tried to rationalize it, but he'd never figured out just what it was between them that pushed every button he had - even ones he hadn't known about before her.
Their lips tangled as his tongue sought out all the warm, familiar contours of her mouth and he soaked in the taste of her. How had he survived the last six months without this? His hands came up to cup her breasts. They were on the smaller side, a B-cup maybe, but Theo had always thought they were perfect - sweetly rounded and just right for his hands.
Star moaned into his mouth as he rubbed his thumb across her beaded nipples. She tilted her hips into his thigh while her soft belly cradled his aching cock. Shifting her footing, she yelped, bringing Theo back to earth, though he'd forgotten for a moment all about the magical nonsense she'd been spouting. Theo was a scientist. Magic was bullshit, but passion - that had a real, physical explanation, and however else their relationship had gone wrong, the sex between them had always been phenomenal.
"Easy, sugar." He steadied her with his hands on her upper arms though he wished they were still on her breasts. Forgetting whatever else he'd been going to say, he dove back in for another kiss. She looked up at him with those pretty, robin's-egg blue eyes framed by thick, dark lashes, and he was sunk. He had just enough presence of mind to lift up her sore leg and guide it around his thigh then he clamped one hand on her ass to support part of her weight.
"Mmm." She groaned into his mouth and rubbed her mound across his thigh, which meant her belly shifted to caress his erection.
Carefully, glad of the rubber mat beneath their feet for stability, he backed her up against the wall as they kissed. When her back touched the wall, he lifted her off her other foot, pressing her against the tile to hold her in place. Without prompting, she wrapped both legs around his waist, tilting her pelvis so her soft pussy cradled his shaft.
"You still on the Pill, sugar?" He let his lips trail across her cheek so he could murmur in her ear.
"Uh-huh," she gasped as his cock twitched against her cleft.
"Good," he returned. Sliding one hand down between their wet bodies, he positioned himself at her slick, swollen entrance. When she moaned and pulsed against him, he surged inside, letting out his own groan at the tight heat of her channel, gripping him like a fist.
"Theo," she sighed as he began to rock in and out, keeping the movement shallow so he could keep her pinned against the wall.
One hand still supported her butt and he gripped the towel bar set into the wall for support with the other. It wasn't optimal - he wanted to touch her, to cup those pretty breasts and play with her silky skin, but that would have to wait for later - if there was a later. Right now, all that mattered was he was finally where he belonged - back inside Star's snug little pussy. He fastened his mouth on the tender spot at the base of her throat and sucked. Her nails dug into his shoulders and her whimpers escalated. It had always been like this between them - hot, fast, explosive.
"Come for me, sugar," he whispered, licking her earlobe. "Can't...hold...out...much...longer."
"Don't wait." Her voice rose into a wail and she cried out his name as she shattered around him. Her convulsing muscles gripped his cock, pulling his own orgasm up and out of him with devastating force. He slammed himself deep and nipped at her throat again, which kept her climax going while he erupted into her heat.
Long moments later, her legs slid down his, and she slumped against the wall, her arms still twined around his waist, and her head buried against his chest.
"You okay?" His voice was so husky it was practically a growl.
She nodded mutely.
He turned them both so she was under the spray of the shower then he picked up the soap and tenderly cleaned her off - again. "Time to get clean and get out of here, hmmm?" The water had started to turn cold.
"Y-yeah," she stammered, averting her gaze. "Right."
She sat on the edge of the tub to finish washing herself off while Theo took care of his own ablutions. "How'd you end up finding me, anyway?"
"Sam said you hadn't called to say you got here okay. Since he knew I was on my way to Greenville, he asked me to stop by and check in."
Star snorted. "Sounds like Sam. I'd be pissed, but as it turns out, I'm damn glad you showed up."
Theo finished rinsing the soap from his skin and help Star stand to do the same. Then he turned off the water and helped her out of the tub. Wrapping her in a big towel, he sat her back down on the toilet lid while he grabbed a smaller one from the rack and started to dry himself.