Chapter 45: Reconnoitering

Jo and Stone hadn’t been home when Trey and Mallory returned.

Mallory would have loved another bath, but she took a shower instead. She stepped in, then heard the bathroom door open.

“You’ve heard of privacy?” she said to Trey.

“You’ve heard of water conservation?” he said.

“How tree hugger of you.”

She wet herself down as he slipped out of his clothes. She watched him with the stall door opened a crack. He slid into the shower wearing a smile. “I figured you’d need to work off some adrenaline.”

“Always thinking of my needs.”

“What can I say? I’m that kind of guy.”

He kissed her as if he owned her. As if he owned her soul. She liked the idea. Maybe. Kissing him back was just what she wanted to do.

“This has gotten complicated,” she said when he released her lips.

“This is pretty simple. A man. A woman. Sex. What’s complicated?”

She laughed. “I’m talking about the case.”

“Let’s not. Let’s leave it behind for a few minutes.”