Page 100 of Spring L.A.W.
Stan was particularly anxious to be reunited with at least half of his models at the mansion. The witches assigned to the other group had captured the ugly dudes on their way across the country, and as Lioness returned the van with the models, Victoria flew her helicopter over the Pacific Ocean and dropped off the criminals. As in, dropping them miles from land of any kind.
Crystal agreed to take Stan to his men right away, and the rest decided on a time to meet in the mansion’s library later that evening. Joell pulled Rayna aside and whispered something in her ear. The fiery redhead looked over at Crowe, winked, and handed a key card to Joell.Oh, joy! We might not have to wait much longer!
Joell took Crowe’s hand, and he followed her in a haze. When they reached the privacy of the elevator, he didn’t know what to say or how to act. He stared at his borrowed sneakers.
“What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?”
An automatic smile stole across his face, and when he looked up, she grinned and bumped his hip playfully. He couldn’t ask for a better person to fulfill his greatest fantasy. Plus, he knew exactly what she liked, so it shouldn’t be too hard to please her in return. His only worry was something he couldn’t quite put into words yet. Some sort of insecure,but will she love me tomorrow?thing. He was stuck in this body, so what on earth would he do if she kicked him to the curb?
By the time they reached the top floor, Crowe felt as if he’d eaten a whole flock of birds. They were alive and well and flapping around in his stomach. She seemed to understand his anxiety as she smoothed his hair away from his face.
The elevator doors whooshed open, and she took his hand again, leading the way to the model, Gabriel’s, room. “The first thing we should do is clean you up.”
“Oh, thank the Goddess!”
She unlocked the door and said, “I’m so sorry it took this long to get around to giving you a bath. You must have been miserable.”
“A bath?” Crowe halted, halfway in and halfway out of the room. “You mean in a tub of water?”
She touched his arm reassuringly. “Don’t worry. I’ll be right there and won’t let anything happen to you. Besides, as a human, you might really enjoy relaxing in a tub of warm water. Most of us do.”
That was true. All of the superwomen got into the hot tub or took a bubble bath at least once a week, and they looked almost as content as they did after sex. “I’ll try it, but I doubt I’ll like it.” With that, he managed to enter the room.
The door closed, but before it locked behind them, she put the ‘Do not disturb’ sign on the handle.
She led him right to the large whirlpool tub in the nicely decorated bathroom, which was the size of Rick’s entire room.
“Why don’t you just sit on the wide ledge, and I’ll fill the tub with water as soon as we find a temperature you like.”
Crowe sat down with trepidation pricking his nerves. Joell turned on and adjusted the faucets until she seemed satisfied with the water running over her fingers.
“Here. Try just putting your hand under the faucet. See if you don’t enjoy the feeling of warm water rolling over your naked skin.”
“Oh…”She said naked.
Anticipating the reward at the end of the trial by water, Crowe stuck his hand into the flow and withdrew it promptly.
“Too hot?” she asked.
“No. I think it’s okay.”
She put her hand on her hip and gave him that look. The one that said, ‘Oh, come on, don’t be a baby,’ without coming right out and saying it.
He reached for the water again and let it flow over his fingers for a while. It really wasn’t an unpleasant sensation.Maybe I could give it a chance.
She smiled at his effort. “Doesn’t feel half bad, does it, Crowe?”
“No, it doesn’t. I think it might be all right.”
“Good!” Joell started to walk away.
He grabbed her arm in panic. “Don’t leave me!”
She seemed to understand and walked back to him, patting his shoulder. “I won’t go far,” she said softly. “I was simply getting the soap and shampoo from the countertop.”
“Oh.” He felt warmth rise to his cheeks.This must be embarrassment setting in.He had seen people blush—not the L.A.W. babes, though. “I—I’m sorry that I’m so nervous about this. I feel perfectly stupid to tell you the truth, and I don’t want to act like this in front of you.”
She rubbed his shoulder and spoke softly. “That’s all right. Before you know it, you’ll be swimming in the mansion’s pool.”
