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Ella

The next day is lighter somehow, like I’ve been buried in the sand and soh I can tell he’s still hurting, so I work on keeping his mind distracted

"So what did you do to it?" I ask Micha as I circle the back end of his car with s in the black paint, which look worse in the sunlight

"I took it for a very intense joy ride" A lazy grin stretches across his face as he puts his head beneath the hood to exae where he’s working and crossover my knee "At least tell s were totally worth it"

"Of course They’re alorth it," he says with a hiddenthat only the two of us could ever understand

Gripping the edge, I lean back over the engine and give hi onto the ground, and pinches my ass A squeak comes out of ine Pushing rease all overto clean the grease off with er hs at me as he retrieves a new tool box froood look for you"

I stick out ?" he asks

I hold up o take a shower and wash my clothes"

A wicked look dances in his eyes "I have grease all over me to I think I may need to co about last night I keep backing up toward my house with my eyes on him "I’ll tell you what If you can catch me, you can shoith me"

His eyes scrollin between his teeth "Is that a challenge, pretty girl?"

I try not to sht, but it’s too much and my lips turn upward I take off toward racefully, but by the ti my waist He spins s around his waist, he opens the door and gets us into the kitchen

He glances around the room and cocks an eyebrow "Is Lila here?"

I shake my head slowly "She’s with Ethan"

"What about your dad?"

"He went to work"

His aqua eyes darken and I can’t help but kiss hiues entwine together I runonto asin thehis lips away from mine, he carries me into the downstairs bathroom When I hear the shoater turn on, I pull , he sets me down underneath the ater

I let out a scream as my clothes are drenched

"See, this way you’re washing your clothes and taking a shower at the sarins and tips the showerhead down so it hits more of me

I seize the front of his T-shirt and yank hi water He braces his hands on the walls, and water sprays over his hair and drips down his face

I smile at him innocently and allow the water to stream down my body "Now you’re all clean too"

He shakes his head, then shoves away from the wall and jumps all the way into the shoith me He shuts the curtain and seals us inside the stea wet and beads of water drip into his eyes I run rease and then through his hair He aims the shower head down on ers through my hair sensually and his other hand coathers so at the roots, he leads me toward him for a deep, watery kiss Steanite

Panic starts screa inside my head, but I tell it to shut up and suck the water off his lips as I find the bottom of his shirt to lift it over his head He pulls back and helpsit to the side, instantly reuniting his lips withthe lines of his e; the lyrics to the first song he ever wrote

His hands explore my hips, my waist, then up my shirt Finally, I just take it off for hiether as we continue to kiss underneath the hot water Minutes later, the rest of our clothes are in a pile by our feet and I can hardly think straight The way he toucheshas ever felt like this before

He sucks on my breast and licks the water off o down until his tongue finds the right spot I fall back against the wall as a scream claws up my throat and I lose total control over my body

This time I don’t mind

Micha

After Ella corab a towel off the hook She raises her ar her eyes on me as I wrap the towel around her

"What?" I ask her, because I can tell she’s thinking deeply about sos casually, but her cheeks turn a little pink "It’s just that if I would have known all along that it felt that good, I probably wouldn’t have fought it so hard"

"Well, I’ another towel and tying it around my waist

She nibbles on her lip apprehensively as she crosses her arht, pretty girl," I de about?"

She lets her lip pop free "It just doesn’t seeets to have all the fun"

I try not to get too excited, because let’s face it, she’s a runner "I’m sure I’ll have plenty of fun by myself later"

She reaches forward hesitantly and yanks the towel offthe edge of the counter, fighting to stay calm

Her eyes travel over ers softly alongme harder than I already aainst the door and letting go

Ella

I have no idea what the hell ca to over analyze it I can finally breathe again and that’s all that ht be exactly e both need

Micha wraps a towel around his waist looking happier than I’ve ever seen hiently into hisinto , I stare down at our wet clothes balled up in the corner "Nohat do we do?"

He licks his lips and braces his hands on the wall, trapping ain"

I swat his chest, pretending that he’s being silly, even though I do want to do it again "Iwet and I’s and leans away "No one’s home so keep the towel on you and run upstairs"

I eye over his lean chest "Yeah, but what about you?"

"You can go get et dressed if you want to" His lips tug into a flirty grin

I start to say so, but the back door slams shut and Lila and Ethan’s voices float frooes that plan," Micha says with laughter in his tone