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promise you, when I find out, I will tell you. No more secrets between us, Ivy." He takes my hand and kisses my fingers.
    "Why were you so hostile to Uncle Bernie? Is it because he didn't send anyone to rescue you?"
    "No. It's more complex than that. We'll talk as soon as I get you out of here. Now, rest."

Chapter 4
     
    Ivy
     
    Jacade sets my belongings on the table outside the elevator doors of his penthouse. He crosses his arms and bends one knee, watching me as I brace myself on the wall and shuffle into his foyer.
    With a loud sigh, he wraps his arm around my waist and guides me forward.
    "I can do it." We hobble down the steps to his living room.
    "So you've said."
    I grumble and arch my back to escape his hold. He adjusts his arms, wrapping them further and tighter around me, squeezing me to his side.
    "I love you, baby, but you're a terrible patient."
    "Shut it, Jacade." My elbow bounces off his solid ribs.
    He angles us toward his bathroom. "First, you need a shower."
    Oh lord, no. "You're not bathing me."
    "How do you intend to bathe by yourself?"
    Umm… with a massaging showerhead? Three days with Jacade's nine-inch cock at my back, a girl needs some time alone in a shower.
    "Right." He lifts my T-shirt over my head and lowers my sweatpants.
    I stand next to his bathroom sink in my underwear, my body stiff and bent at the waist.
    "Ready?" He holds his hand under the stream to test the temperature.
    "I'd prefer to do this by myself." I stare at my feet and cross my arms to cover myself.
    "Eyes on me." He grips my cheeks and forces me to look in his vibrant pupils. "Spill it."
    "It's just, well, I haven't shaved… anywhere."
    "Babe, not only am I a doctor and have seen the human body in all its permutations, I'm the man who loves all of you." His warm fingers caress my cheek. "You're breathtaking under any conditions. Groomed or not. Now, get in."
    I slip out of my bra and panties, and he leads me into the shower, my back facing the nozzle.
    He strips and climbs in behind me. "Lean your head back."
    I rest my head on his shoulder. "Mmm. The warm water is heaven."
    "Your wet, naked body is heaven."
    I smile as he massages my scalp with gentle fingers. Vanilla scent mixes with the steam. "The shampoo smells like a cookie." I giggle.
    His cock twitches against my lower back. "No giggling." He rinses the shampoo from my hair.
    "Thank you for doing this," I say quietly.
    "I wouldn't have it any other way." He lifts up his razor and leers at me. "I could always shave you. I like the idea of a Bermuda triangle on your sweet pussy. I know I could get lost down there for hours."
    He didn't just say… "You're awful! I'm outta here!" I reach for the handle to the shower and he grabs me.
    "I was kidding… kind of." He chuckles, and I elbow him in the ribs.
    I lean onto his chest and savor the feel of his wet torso on my back. His hard cock pokes the crack of my ass.
    "How long until we can, umm, ya know…"
    "Fuck?" He glides the washcloth across my stomach, avoiding my incision.
    "Yeah."
    "Kelch said five weeks. No intercourse or orgasms."
    Oh. "That feels like a long time."
    "Yes, yes it does."
    I reach up to wrap an arm around his neck. "You can still come though."
    He groans and throws his head back. The rough skin of his thumb scratches my sensitive flesh as his hand skims up my stomach, stopping beneath my breasts. "No. I'm not jacking the beanstalk. I'm abstaining for the five weeks."
    "What?"
    He arches his neck to look me in the eyes. "I'm not taking Herman to the circus until you can come with me."
    I laugh at his serious tone for such ridiculous words. "That's silly, Jacade."
    "No, it's not. I have to shut down that part of myself right now. In case you haven't noticed, I have a giant schlong and little to no self-restraint in your presence. It's all or nothing, or I'll re-injure you. You're going to take your meds and focus on eating, resting, and physical therapy." He rests his forehead on mine. "We'll have sex