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“I’m reminding Grizz that he doesn’t own Luna.”
“She’s winding you up,” I tell Grizz. “Keep rubbing,” I add. He swaps my foot, and I moan in delight.
“Come on, Mouse, let’s go practise massaging . . . upstairs.”
Lexi jumps at the chance and rushes off to follow Axel. “They’re like rabbits,” I murmur, suddenly feeling relaxed.
“Duchess is feeding Ivy. You want me to run you a bath?”
I open one eye. “Sure.” I’m not going to pass up the opportunity to get a relaxing soak. He places my foot on the floor and holds out a hand for me to take.
Upstairs, he goes to the bathroom to run the bath as I sit awkwardly on the bed. He’s never done this sort of thing and it feels weird. “I can . . . erm . . . massage your back.”
I feel a blush creeping up my cheeks. “Lexi was kidding. Fletch never offered?—”
“I’m offering,” he cuts in, pushing his hands in his pockets. “Yah know, in case you need one.” He frowns like he’s working out his next words. “But if you think it’s weird or?—”
“No,” I say a little too quickly. “No, I’d like that.”
He gives a nod, going back into the bathroom to turn the tap off. When he comes back, he’s holding a bottle. “Oil,” he mutters in explanation.
“I’ve never . . . had a back massage,” I admit.
“You gotta take that off,” he says, pointing in the general direction of my shirt.
I give a nod, standing to lift it over my head. I turn away, keeping my back to him, and then I crawl onto the bed, lying face down.
It’s a few seconds before he moves towards me. The bed dips as he throws a leg over me, straddling my thighs. “You mind if I unfasten the bra?”
“Sure,” I whisper.
He unclips my bra and slides the straps down my arms. He drips oil onto my back and the coldness breaks me out in goosebumps. “I can’t believe no one’s ever done this for you,” he says, his voice sounding sad.
His hands run up the centre of my back, and I gasp at the contact. He glides them over my skin, sending electrical pulses through my entire body. “Oh wow,” I mumble, “that feels so good.”
Grizz works his magic for another twenty minutes, easing the muscles in my back until I feel like a new woman. When he climbs from me, there’s no hiding his huge erection. He grins, shrugging before going back into the bathroom to finish the bath.
“It’s ready,” he shouts a few minutes later.
I stand, holding my bra in place and going into the bathroom. I close the door behind me, and he eyes it warily.
“I’ve never had a bath with anyone before,” I tell him as I drop my bra to the floor. “I thought you could be my first for that too.”
He inhales sharply, his brows arching in surprise. I push my jeans down my legs, followed by my underwear. I daren’t look at him in case I see horror on his face, so I go ahead and get in the bath. Sliding into the water, I immerse my hair and then sit up and move forward. I hear him undress, but I keep my eyes fixed forward until he climbs in behind me and pulls me against him.
I lie on his chest, and he wraps an arm around me. “Thank you,” he whispers against my hair. “For asking me to be your first.”
Nineteen
GRIZZ
We sit in silence for some time. I don’t want to presume this means something, even if deep down, I think it does. Seeing Fletch sniffing around Luna again was a reminder of how much I’ve thrown away, but being here with her now gives me hope.
“There are other firsts,” she says, gently running her fingers over my knee. “As well as the dinner date.”
“Yeah?” She nods, and I take the sponge and load it with her favourite bodywash. “Like?”
“We’ve never been parents before.”
