Chapter 846

If it had been her, Khloe thought, she couldn't have survived.

Every scar on Nick-though they now looked painless-was a testament to his desperate struggle.

"I was...scared." Nick's voice dropped, raw and honest.

"Scared I'd never see you again." The words made the tears she'd been holding back finally spill, falling into the bathwater.

Nick sighed and bent forward, brushing her tears away with a soft kiss.

"Don't cry." His voice was cool, but his touch was impossibly gentle, "See? I'm here, back in front of you, perfectly fine."

"Perfectly fine?" Khloe murmured, her hands roaming over him, counting the marks both old and new.

"Here...here...and here.All proof." Before she could finish, he pressed his lips to hers again.

Beneath the water, his body reacted.

Her cheeks flushed hot, and though she tried to pull back, he held her fast.

Dark tides surged in his eyes.

together skin, rippling

washing." His voice was low, commanding, and strangely

inch of me?" Khloe bit her lip,

His breathing grew heavier.

hands began

her

slipped, and the bath sponge fell into the

yourself," she said,

of backing out?" He leaned

like

stayed silent, continuing her task, hands

he called, voice hoarse with

oblivion, still focused

needs extra attention." He could

motion, he lifted

washing?' he asked against her, teeth

voice dragged

"Not done yet..."

against her shoulder,

catch a chill." She quickly turned the hot water on, rinsing

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