Billionaire's Match

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.

was low, commanding, and strangely

Khloe bit her lip, pressing her hands

His breathing grew heavier.

his hands began exploring her waist

seized her hand and guided it

slipped, and the bath sponge

she

of backing out?" He leaned close, his nose brushing her

skin felt like

continuing her task,

he called, voice

she answered, feigning oblivion, still

needs extra attention." He could no

motion, he lifted her, letting her straddle

he asked against

voice dragged

"Not done yet..."

lips pressed against her shoulder, hands lingering along

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