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as a reminder. What he needed at the moment was to wash Julia with that shower gel she loved and submerge them in the fragrance of the lavender scent to wash away the stench of spent gunpowder and copper leftover from Don’s blood. “Here.”
Schultz drew Julia’s shirt over her head and then went to work on her shorts. She didn’t stop him but her blue eyes followed every movement. She appeared to be more concerned about him than herself. He finally pulled her into the walk-in shower and allowed the water to wash away the red stains that would show up in their nightmares for many nights to come.
“I still don’t understand,” Julia said, watching as he drizzled the shower gel onto her hands. He went to work, wanting to do what he could to rid her of the reminder that she’d almost taken a life with her firearm. “Don has been one of my agents, for the most part, for the last year. Why would he blackmail me? Why would he do this to us?”
“He panicked,” Schultz said, wishing he could make it sound better than what it was. The man was weak and had made poor choices to compound the wrongs he’d committed. “Don had gotten to know you rather well and he was probably aware that you would have paid the extortionist rather than take the chance of your past hurting me. What he hadn’t counted on was Jon and the fact that I would discover what happened.”
“How did you know before he came to the door?” Julia asked, rinsing the purple tinted suds from her hands and then holding them out to him once more. Both of their hands were now clean, but it wouldn’t be clean enough…not for a long while. “Did your contact figure it out that quick?”
“Actually no, Jon did,” Schultz admitted, not really wanting to talk about this right now when they would have to rehash every moment when they gave their statements later today. He washed them both once more before putting the bottle of shower gel back on the small ledge. Once the hot water had rinsed them clean, he pulled Julia back into his embrace and just held her. It could have been five minutes…it could have been thirty. He just took the time to cherish her and give thanks that she was alive and well. They’d both made it through a harrowing ordeal and he didn’t want it repeated any time soon…never, in fact. “You know, even in the military…men and women know when to take orders. You should have done as I asked.”
“Don’t start with me,” Julia replied, her lips moving against his chest. He smiled when she lightly pinched his hip in retaliation. “He would have gotten off that shot and you know it. I will take a thank you though. I make a pretty good partner, if I do say so myself.”
“Oh, will you now?” Schultz asked, smiling tenderly when she remained strong. She wasn’t the wilting type and she wasn’t prone to theatrics. He’d seen many men and women become somewhat dramatic during these times—not that it wasn’t their right to do so. Julia wasn’t like that though and she marched on like the true heroine she was. She would have been an asset to many of the missions he’d undertaken in the past. “How about this…thank you, Julia Melina, for being my partner, my lover, and my future wife.”
“You’re about to make me get out of this shower, aren’t you?” Julia murmured, wrapping her arms tighter around his waist. The steaming water was streaming down both of them, creating a cocoon of warmth. He kissed the top of her head, not wanting to leave this sanctuary either. “How long will this take?”
“A while,” Schultz said truthfully, their night of planned lovemaking being delayed. They had the rest of their lives to make up for it though. “I’ll be by your side the entire time, but I’ll give you something pretty to look at.”
“I only need you, Mr. Jessalyn.” Julia pulled back and looked up at him with blue eyes brighter than the sky. “I’ll be by your side, holding your hand the entire time. An
Schultz drew Julia’s shirt over her head and then went to work on her shorts. She didn’t stop him but her blue eyes followed every movement. She appeared to be more concerned about him than herself. He finally pulled her into the walk-in shower and allowed the water to wash away the red stains that would show up in their nightmares for many nights to come.
“I still don’t understand,” Julia said, watching as he drizzled the shower gel onto her hands. He went to work, wanting to do what he could to rid her of the reminder that she’d almost taken a life with her firearm. “Don has been one of my agents, for the most part, for the last year. Why would he blackmail me? Why would he do this to us?”
“He panicked,” Schultz said, wishing he could make it sound better than what it was. The man was weak and had made poor choices to compound the wrongs he’d committed. “Don had gotten to know you rather well and he was probably aware that you would have paid the extortionist rather than take the chance of your past hurting me. What he hadn’t counted on was Jon and the fact that I would discover what happened.”
“How did you know before he came to the door?” Julia asked, rinsing the purple tinted suds from her hands and then holding them out to him once more. Both of their hands were now clean, but it wouldn’t be clean enough…not for a long while. “Did your contact figure it out that quick?”
“Actually no, Jon did,” Schultz admitted, not really wanting to talk about this right now when they would have to rehash every moment when they gave their statements later today. He washed them both once more before putting the bottle of shower gel back on the small ledge. Once the hot water had rinsed them clean, he pulled Julia back into his embrace and just held her. It could have been five minutes…it could have been thirty. He just took the time to cherish her and give thanks that she was alive and well. They’d both made it through a harrowing ordeal and he didn’t want it repeated any time soon…never, in fact. “You know, even in the military…men and women know when to take orders. You should have done as I asked.”
“Don’t start with me,” Julia replied, her lips moving against his chest. He smiled when she lightly pinched his hip in retaliation. “He would have gotten off that shot and you know it. I will take a thank you though. I make a pretty good partner, if I do say so myself.”
“Oh, will you now?” Schultz asked, smiling tenderly when she remained strong. She wasn’t the wilting type and she wasn’t prone to theatrics. He’d seen many men and women become somewhat dramatic during these times—not that it wasn’t their right to do so. Julia wasn’t like that though and she marched on like the true heroine she was. She would have been an asset to many of the missions he’d undertaken in the past. “How about this…thank you, Julia Melina, for being my partner, my lover, and my future wife.”
“You’re about to make me get out of this shower, aren’t you?” Julia murmured, wrapping her arms tighter around his waist. The steaming water was streaming down both of them, creating a cocoon of warmth. He kissed the top of her head, not wanting to leave this sanctuary either. “How long will this take?”
“A while,” Schultz said truthfully, their night of planned lovemaking being delayed. They had the rest of their lives to make up for it though. “I’ll be by your side the entire time, but I’ll give you something pretty to look at.”
“I only need you, Mr. Jessalyn.” Julia pulled back and looked up at him with blue eyes brighter than the sky. “I’ll be by your side, holding your hand the entire time. An
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