Kade was totally unrepentant as he teased, “You can always go full ‘baby’ and let me help you bathe.”
He felt Arden grow still in his arms.
“No need,” the man replied stiffly. “I can manage it myself. Just let me rest for a bit.”
“…All right.” In compliance, Kade took Arden back to the bed and carefully lowered him there. But before heading to the bathroom, he remained standing by the bedside and said, “Sooner or later, you will have to show me your body. Or do you plan on never getting naked in front of me?”
Arden looked up at him with an unreadable expression and thought, ‘If possible, yes.’
But he knew that if this was going to last between them, a time would eventually come when he would no longer be able to hide anything from Kade.
Now that he was starting to believe they had a
