Page 42 of Laying it Bare Biker Style: Ryder

Grayson started the truck and steeredus out of the parking lot. “Prez closed our businesses for tomorrowfor cleanup. But he told me to tell you that you are not expectedto report tomorrow, but he would keep you in the loop.”

“I’ll contact him tomorrowafter the two of us are feeling better.” Ryder dropped his chin tothe top of my head and ran his hands up and down my spine. “ButSage is my main priority right now. Although I’m pretty sure hegets that.”

I wasn’t sure how long it would takeme to move past my ordeal. I didn’t have memories of my firstencounter with Wasp and yet that incident had managed to creep intomy nightmares. Thankfully not often. But there was a good chancethis latest altercation would haunt me for a while, whether I wasawake or sleeping. I wanted a distraction tonight and was craftinga plan.

We pulled in front of the house andthe three of us hopped out of the truck, strolled up to the frontdoor, and stepped inside.

“Gage will be dropping yourbike off in about an hour. Do you want me to fix you two anythingto eat?” Grayson walked toward the kitchen.

I sagged against Ryder. “I just wantto shower and crawl into bed. I’m not sure my stomach is up for anyfood.”

“How about we get youshowered and you eat a quick bite while I shower and then we crawlinto bed? We still have waffles in the freezer. That shouldn’tupset your stomach. You need to eat something.”

“Okay. Maybe a shower willperk me up a little.” Especially mixed with some shower sex. I wassure I could convince him to join me. And once we were both wet, hewouldn’t be able to resist.

“I have an even betteridea. Breakfast, even though it’s not breakfast time, in bed.”Ryder pressed a kiss to my temple before leading me down thehallway.

Once we were inside his room, I gazedup at him. “I don’t want to be alone.”

“I can sit in the bathroomwhile you shower.”

“I want you to shower withme.” As I strolled into the bathroom, I drew my sweatshirt up overmy head and tossed it onto the floor to deal with later. Or maybeburn later.

When I glanced over my shoulder athim, his eyes were studying me while he ran his hand along hisbeard. I could almost see the wheels turning in his head. He wantedme to get cleaned up, eat, and get some rest and knew thetemptation if he crawled into the shower with me.

“Please. I need you,Ryder.” After tugging off the rest of my clothes, I stepped intothe shower, hoping he would follow. Adjusting the temperature, Iallowed the hot spray to rush over my chilled skin and soothe myaching muscles.

About a minute later, he climbed inwith me. Standing in front of me, he tipped my head back to look upat him. “Let me wash you, Sage. Just stand in here andrelax.”

My eyes drifted downward and hishardening dick caught my attention.

“This isn’t about that. Ididn’t climb in here for him. I came in here to take care ofyou.”

“I want you to take care ofme like that. I want you to make love to me, Ryder.” I reached myhand down to touch him, but his own encircled my wrist and broughtmy fingers up to his lips.

He placed a kiss on each one. “I loveyou, Sage. So so much. And I would love nothing more than to loveyour body right now but why don’t we get showered, get you fed, andthen while we’re snuggling in bed we’ll see how things go. I wantto make sure you’re okay. I’m worried sex isn’t what you need rightnow.”

“But I know what I –”

Dipping his head down, he touched hislips to mine in a gentle kiss. “When we finally tumble into bed, ifyou seem like pretty much yourself; I’ll be all over you.” He gaveme a warm smile. “So let’s wash the filth of today off of us. Afterthat I’ll serve you breakfast in bed and then we’ll snuggle.” Hewaggled his eyebrows at me, making me giggle.

But I still managed to toss him asmall scowl. “I know you’re trying to do what you think is best forme, but I think I know better what’s going on inside of my headthan you.”

“Well I can’t decide if youneed a Snickers or if you are really doing okay.” He shot me asmirk. “So I’ll stick to my plan and we’ll see what happens.”Grabbing a wash cloth, he soaped it up and ran it over my bodybefore washing my hair.

I grinned to myself. Oh he’d see whatwould happen; that was for sure. Because he wasn’t going to sleepuntil after he made love to me. He was a man after all and he couldonly resist so much of a naked and willing female.

While I rinsed myself off, heshowered. And then the two of us dried off.

I tugged on one of his t-shirts andthen crawled into bed while he strolled out to the kitchen in onlya pair of jeans. He returned a few minutes later with a hugeskillet holding a plate with two waffles, a container of syrup, abanana, and a glass of milk. I raised my eyebrow.

“We don’t have any trays soI improvised. We were two bachelors before you came along. And ifyou are scoffing at the fruit; you need a decent meal after whatyou went through and also if you still plan on me devouring youafter you eat.”

“I’ll lick the plate cleanif it means I get sex with you before bed.”

Shaking his head, he chuckled. “I loveyou, Sage. And you are one tough woman.”

I was bound to have flashbacks andmeltdowns, but I refused to allow what had happened to me depriveme of enjoying my life. And tonight I intended on enjoyingRyder.

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