I returned with his clothes to find Hayden standingpletely naked in the middle of my living room. My eyes blinked a couple of times at the sight that I was being treated to. Hayden really likes to walk around naked in his house. I closed my eyes and thrusted the clothes in my hand forward towards him.


    "Why are you closing your eyes?" Hayden asked with hint of annoyance in his voice.


    Isn’t it obvious?


    "Why are you…naked…?" I asked with my eyes still closed.


    "Why? I’m about to take a bath. You didn’t expect me to take a bath with my clothes on, did you?" Hayden replied a little sarcastically.


    That wasn’t what I meant, and he knows it.


    "Here are your clothes," I said, choosing to ignore his sarcastic remarks.


    My hands remained stretched out to offer his clothes to him, but Hayden didn’t take them away from my hands.


    "Open your eyes, Malissa," Haydenmanded.


    "Umm…it’s ok…" I said, meaning it.


    "Don’t worry, I’m not shy," Hayden whispered, and I realized that he had gotten closer to me.


    "That’s not…" I murmured. That’s not the problem here.


    "You should keep your eyes on your man, otherwise, he might do some naughty things…" Hayden said it with a mix of joking and warning.


    Suddenly, I felt my body being lifted and my eyelids sprang open. Hayden had lifted me up onto his arms. I could feel the heat from his body against mine as he held me closer against the front side of his body.


    "Hayden…" I whispered his name in shock at his sudden action.


    "You’re usually quite defenseless already. Closing your eyes only made it worst for you. How are you supposed to see your enemy with your eyes closed?" Hayden teased.


    "Are you, my enemy?" I asked curiously.


    My question seemed to catch Hayden off guard, and he seemed thoughtful for a moment about my question. Then he smiled as his eyes captured and held mine.


    "That’s for you to decide," he finally replied before walking off towards the bathroom with me still in his arms.


    If I had to decide…


    Hayden led me into my bathroom, and I was more than fully aware that my body was pressed right up against his naked torso. His heat seeped into me through my clothes and his smell enveloped me along with his arms around my body.


    "Take a bath with me," Hayden demanded.


    "I already took one…" I mumbled in slight protest.


    "Take another one with me," Hayden said without a care.


    "I don’t…" I murmured softly as I tried to look away from his gorgeous face.


    "Hmm? Is that so? And here I was thinking of telling you a little about what is going on outside while we take an enjoyable bath together. Guess that won’t be happening…" Hayden said, sounding extremely regretful.


    I knew that he was baiting me, but still…


    "…You’ll tell me?" I asked, unable to stop myself and my curiosity.


    "Please me and I’ll tell you a little about what’s going on outside," Hayden stated his terms.


    "Really?" I asked.


    "Do we have a deal or not?" He asked in return as he smiled beautifully at me.


    I nced down as I bit my lower lip in thought. It was just like Hayden to propose a trade like this. He knew that I’ll ept it no matter what and in exchange, he’s going to y with me all he likes during our ’bath’.


    "We do," I replied after steeling my resolve.


    "I gotta say, I love negotiating with you," Hayden said with a very satisfied smile.


    His head bent down, and his lips were on my corbone. He nibbled on my sensitive skin before the hot heat of his wet tongue started licking me there. I moaned softly as my hand clutched at his back. He’s making me feel so sensitive all over. If he doesn’t stop, I’m going to drop his clothes from my hands.


    "Hayden…I’m going to…drop your clothes…" I said, my voice a breathless whisper.


    "Go ahead," Hayden replied before he continued kissing and nibbling on the side of my neck.


    I turned my head to the side, arching my neck towards him invitingly. Hayden knew what I wanted and began running his tongue along the length of my exposed neck. It felt so good. He’s making me melt just from this.


    "Ahh…Ahhh…" I moanedzily.


    Hayden’s skillful mouth teased and sucked on the tender skin of my neck as his hands started caressing my waist and squeezing my buttocks in turn. My body began responding to his seductive advances freely. I couldn’t stop him, and I couldn’t stop myself.


    With a final loud suck on my neck, he let go of me and slowly let my body slide down against his until my feet reached the floor again. My mind was already in a daze as my desire for him started taking over my senses and my body felt like it was ame.


    "Take off your clothes. Strip for me, Malissa," Haydenmanded lustily.


    His blue eyes watched me intently and I could see his raw desire swirling in them. Hayden took a step away from me and leaned on a counter as he waited for me to follow hismand. I felt his blue eyes on my body, and I closed my eyes in embarrassment. He usually took my clothes off for me so I never thought that stripping in front of him would feel like this.


    If I remembered correctly, I’ve only stripped myself in front of him once before. That was probably sometime very close to when we first met. Looking back, that memory was extremely frightening. Back then, I was so scared and intimidated by Hayden. Now, I wasn’t sure how I felt about him.


    He intimidated me still, but perhaps, even if just a little, I hade to understand him and because of that, I felt slightly less scared of him.


    With his eyes holding mine, my hand slowly began unbuttoning the small buttons in front of my dress. My hands shook and the first few buttons were a real struggle. Hayden was patient as he watched my every move. His gaze on me felt encouraging and my hands stopped shaking.


    --To be continued…