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He dropped her on the bed and frowned at her "That’s what you want"

She rolled off, co to her feet, and flapped her hand at him "It’s not important I need you to help me make the bed I cannot rest in a bed with rumpled sheets, and of course, the top sheet isn’t even here any longer"

He blinked at her "What are you talking about?"

"We have to re for a ht If you’ll excuseto do" Theo’s eyes dropped and she saw that he had a hand cupped over his privates, as if he was in pain He brushed past her and into the bathroom without another word That wasn’t very polite

She had no idea how to make the bed, but surely she was capable of it She pulled all the re off, and thenoff all sides by precisely the sah of course it was hard to tell without a way to measure it

She tucked the sheet in at the head of the bed That was rather aard, as she had to reach toward theinto the bathtub again, which was distracting, but it didn’t bother her much James’s "personal" service, for lack of a better word, had left her feeling quite happy

She et the sheet tucked in precisely the correct amount

She had just started the other side when the door opened again She was bent over the bed, trying to make sure that the sheet didn’t for over her shoulder Jaht it was supposed to be With a , she said, "Will you please help ine how the housee it" Sheto smooth the sheets so there were no wrinkles

There was a funny noise, like a deep groan, but when she looked back at Jaht up in the air again So he was telling the truth about that being his nor about it all the ti sure the top sheet was s

Every once in a while she would steal a glance at Ja a wrapper with no drawers and no chemise, but he seemed unmoved

When the bed was finished, she slipped between the sheets, still wearing her wrapper because she couldn’t bear the idea of being naked in front of hi sry? I’ll have Maydrop send up a hamper with one of the footiven the lack of kitchen staff"

"I never eat in bed" But she was ravenous

The aht You’re not to even think about leaving that bed I’ly, he see else Such as the al between the sheets

The emotions in Theo’s chest were so turbulent that she didn’t even frown at his blasphemy and the set of his jaw There was a naked erently over his folded arht over There was a naked pirate in her roohtened by him in the least What’s more, she let her eyes drift over his scarred, ht of him made her own body feel needy For solanced at his scandalous tattoo Itrush of desire

Ja at her as if she were no more than a pirate’s captive Theo found that a little sht She had been a prisoner, of a sort Not to James, but to her own fear

She ran over that oldit with the detach But all of a sudden, she re, lean body The way he had thrown back his head in utter bliss The groans that broke from his lips when she caressed him