Chapter 48

LILY'S POV.

"Would you like to do it with me?"

It never occurred to me that I would be in the quietness of Adler's room before him and asking that question, offering him a deal. To help out.

For his benefit, Help him sleep.

Why not let him ask?

Because he wouldn't, looking like that and acting all soft, I was beginning to think I wasn't about to do this just for him; I also wanted to trail my fingers down his tanned, muscled body.

My thoughts had been raging wild from the moment he opened the door with only a towel wrapped around his waist, and the body I saw, the strength I stumbled upon, didn't fit with the personality in the kitchen.

It didn't fit the way he kissed the top of my head, or the way he smiled at me, or even looked at me.

And I wanted him to do more than just kiss me again, more than just touch me. I wanted to see what he was when he gave in to animalistic instincts.

He stared at my frame, his eyes darkening as he