After taking a nice steaming hot shower, I reach for the towel on the rack next to me, only to be completely surprised when I hear Alexander’s booming voice declare, “I got this.”

It scares me so much that I jump and then lose my footing as I slide across the white tub floor. Grasping for the plastic sunflower shower curtain quickly, I cry out, “No!” before I rip it right off its hooks.

This was the only thing between the two of us. At least now I am covered by the curtain and not naked in front of him, even though I must have hit my head on the...