I trust you completely.” He eased the big bottle of bleach from my clenching grip and set it on the floor, then raised my hands to his mouth. “You were so careful before,” he said, kissing the backs of my gloved hands. “These gentle, clever hands.” He kissed them again then grinned up at me, and my breath caught from how beautiful he was. “I have felt them on every part of me. I know just how clever they are.”

