Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 219

Back home, I coaxed Colin into hitting the sack first.

The guy acted like he’d hit the jackpot, putting on a pitiful face, claiming he had a fever, his hand hurt, his foot hurt, and he needed me to bathe him.

If he’d just behave, it wouldn’t be such a chore…but no, he had to push his luck. At first, he stripped down himself, and now he had me drenched from head to toe.

“Caleb Langley called out his full name through gritted teeth, soaked through.

“Phoebe, your clothes are wet; let’s just shower together, Colin said with an innocent face, earnestly reaching for the buttons on my blouse.

I slapped his hand away. Taking a deep breath, I kept reminding myself he was my husband. It was my fault, really. I’d spoiled him rotten.

“Phoebe.”

My phone rang. To avoid any water damage. I kept it on the ledge inside the bathtub.

Colin reached to grab it for me, but the moment he saw it was Dexter, his face darkened and his fingers slipped.

a dive

it went dead.

within me. Dexter’s number had been blacklisted before, and I could bet my bottom dollar

me with puppy dog eyes, the dark clouds from moments ago gone, replaced by a plea for forgiveness like a naughty

quelled yet

through clenched teeth, trying to keep a lid on my

with tears. “Is a phone more

was puzzled.

before I knew it, I was

extinguished

muscles, water droplets adorning him like a merman fresh from the depths, untouched by

innocently, a smirk creeping on

push him away, but he was too slippery, and I just ended up even closer. Having reached my limit, I

not

murmured, and then suddenly flipped

and I instinctively held my breath, only to have him kiss me.