Chapter 218 Flame Tame Ch5

• After the shower, he tries. He really does.She can feel him trying — the way he ghosts past her in the hallway, shoulders stiff, jaw locked, eyes flicking away the second she shifts too close. Like if he looks at her too long he’ll remember how sweet she tasted with hot water dripping down her thighs.
• He leaves the room when she enters. Keeps his answers short. Buries himself in fixing broken things around the house that don’t need fixing just so he doesn’t have to stand still long enough for her to touch him again.
• But she doesn’t let him.