—Lia, can you bathe by yourself?

Her silence was a clear answer, but he still did not dare to touch her. She had the emotional helplessness of a little girl, but her body was that of a woman, a very sensual woman. Leaning over the edge of the tub, she was making circles in the water with her fingertips, and in front of her stood Ian, not knowing what to do, wondering what it was about this woman that he couldn't just strip her naked and put her in the bath.

He reached a ha