Page 40 of Flock Around and Find Out

“What?” he asked.

“The water’s cloudy and smells good, but there’s no bubbles.”

“Epsom salt. It helps with sore muscles. It was scented with lavender.”

“Ah, that makes sense.” I let out a nervous laugh with no fucking idea why I felt nervous. This was Ruben, after all. There was no reason to get all shy around him. Still, somehow, this conversation felt a lot weirder while I was naked and he was fully dressed.

It reminded me of just how vulnerable I felt, and how low my defenses were. The reality was that if he took a few steps into the space, I wouldn’t have turned him away, that was for sure.

Maybe that was the real reason for my nerves, but I knew my actions only rested on what he actually tried. If he didn’t push, if he didn’t make that move, I wasn’t about to, but if he did?

Yeah, I was going for it. Not a question in my mind.

I’d let him get away with just about anything.

However, he behaved himself like the responsible bastard he was. “Tell me if you need anything. I’ll be looking through the book.” The door clicked closed when he left, and I sank deeper into the tub, until my mouth was just above the waterline.

I could always get myself off if I wanted. There was something to that idea.

I was a strong, independent woman and I could get my own orgasms, after all.

However, the memory of his reaction after I’d gotten turned on made me wonder if he’d be able to tell if I did. He wouldn’t say a word about it—that wasn’t his way—but I didn’t know if I could deal with the embarrassment if he knew what I’d been up to in here.

So I kept my hands to myself—from myself?—and finished my quick soak. The process of getting out turned out to be more daunting than getting in, however. Sure, my legs didn’t hurt so bad, but they did feel a bit like that jellied cranberry sauce that came in the cans and I pictured them just collapsing into a puddle beneath me.

To my amazement, they didn’t, and I pulled the robe around me. My hair remained up, since I wasn’t about to waste my precious time trying to dry it. I could wash it tomorrow back at home, in my own space, and when I could sit in the shower.

I walked slowly as I emerged from the bathroom. Slipping on the tile floor was probably an all-time low I didn’t know if I could come back from.

Ruben sat at the desk, his attention on the open book before him. He read it intently, so distracted he didn’t even turn to notice me.

It gave me a moment to stare at him and wonder…when had this happened?

He’d been an annoyance for so long, just my boss who got on my nerves and caused me problems—nothing more. So why exactly did I view him differently, now? When had he gone from a pain in my ass to me really wanting him to be a pain in my ass?

I couldn’t pinpoint the moment it had shifted, or even a trend. It was like dislike somehow transformed to like without me ever noticing it.

He turned his head, as though he’d just noticed my presence. A heat in his eyes caught my breath, held it there so I couldn’t move.

Is this it?

I felt strangely nervous. I wasn’t a virgin—no, I’d graduated to orgies, after all—so I had no reason to feel this sort of anxiety, but that didn’t stop it from affecting me, from rooting me in place.

His gaze moved down my body, though I knew there wasn’t much to see. I wore one of the fluffy white robes left by the hotel, which wasn’t slinky or form fitting. My legs were bare, of course, and he sure looked a lot slower when he got there.

He swallowed hard, an honest-to-god gulp, before shutting the book and rising.

“Come on,” he said, his voice tense. “I’ll help with your legs.”

Right.That was the plan. Leave it to me to completely forget about everything beyond my pussy. I wasn’t just easy, I was eager.

I went over, trying to not let it show how much my legs hurt. Not just my calves, but my thighs and even my ass. All the muscles ached, and I had a feeling they weren’t going to feel that much better for a day or two.

Still, I wasn’t about to turn down a massage.

I paused on the bed, unsure how to lie.

“Whatever makes you comfortable.”

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