The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin (Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees #2)

by Jennifer Cody

Since he’s always so good to me, I give him the good part of the shower spray and grab his shampoo, reaching up to wash him when he’s ready. This is one of my favorite parts of showering with Fox. Yes, the sex is always grand, but the intimacy of him letting me wash his body feeds my soul. I can’t tell him that I love him whenever I want. I have to make him feel it, and these little acts of service are how I do that. Fox’s way of showing he loves people is by doing stuff for them; he feels loved when I do things for him, and he knows that acts of service are not my main love language. Mine is the giving and receiving of gifts all the way. So he gives me little and big things and I do stuff for him, and we both fill each other’s love buckets up that way. Yes, of course I also give him gifts; I can’t help it. The little mini tables all over the house are evidence of my love. And yes, he is forever doing stuff for me, like washing vegetables when I’m cooking and opening doors. We fit well together, and Bellamy fits in with us too. I know it’s weird, but he does! I accidentally adopted him, but really, he belongs to us as much as we belong to each other. We’re a family, a found family, but a family nonetheless. If anyone messes with one of us, they’re messing with all of us, which is why I’m really anxious to get Bellamy’s weapons re-bonded to him. I’ll be happier when my kid isn’t relying on mundane weapons to defend himself and has his ward back to full strength. Fox cups my...