Mark heard water running. Elated, exhausted, yet strangely unwilling to go to sleep right now, he went to find Abby.
He needed her with a desire that seemed unquenchable.
The bathroom door was propped open, and he smiled seeing the cats coming in and out, their tails like question marks. He waited a second, listening for Abby, and he heard her sigh as she stepped into the tub.
He opened the door, his entire body tightening when he saw her nude and glistening.
"Oh!" she said in surprise before laughing a little. "I thought you were one of the cats."
"You always take a bath with company?"
She smiled, her eyes heating as she looked at him. "With feline company, yes. They love running water for some reason. But not usually with human company."
"And what about now?"
She pushed water aro
