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She could ignore the pull to him The phero those things for years This was no different

Except it was Everything about this was different because he wasn’t trying to get in her pants He wasn’t flirting, joking, flashing her that panty-rin He was just himself Completely open and at her mercy

Straightening her spine, she did her best to pretend she wasn’t more turned on in that moment than she’d ever been with Chris or even her boyfriend before hied hands and inspected it froles Geez, it was a mess “I don’t want to hurt you”

He shrugged “It’s inevitable And it needs to be cleaned Don’t worry about it”

She turned the hand over until the palan to scrub the dried blood off the intact skin With just a feipes, the wash cloth was red and needing to be rinsed She subed it and couldn’t help but shudder as the water in the basin grew pink

Despite theas they ever did Once his pale to lift the hand and hold his pal breast Instead, she bent forward and pressed a kiss to the clean skin

Zach’s sharp inhale had her lifting her head until their gazesshe couldn’t break it

Finally, Zach cleared his throat, popping the bubble of intimacy “Thanks for this,” he said

“It’s nothing” She blinked, then resumed her task When all of the unmarred skin on both hands was free of dried blood, she had no choice but to move to the wounds

As gently as she possibly could, she pressed the wet cloth to the torn knuckles A sharp hiss shot out of Zach’sback The thought of causing him further pain made her want to weep

“It’s fine Just finish it” No longer detached, his voice held the pain he couldn’t mask

She got back to work and washed the cuts quickly When she was satisfied both hands were clean, she dabbed on the antibiotic creaes around his battered knuckles Thankfully, it was just the knuckles, the rest of his hands and fingers were intact

“There,” she said tossing an extra bandage in the sink “I think that will hold”

“Thanks”