“I will,” Josie murmured. “But I wanted to see you before you left.”
“You’ve seen me.” She gave her another kiss, lingering long enough to leave them both breathless, blood pumping, desire tingling low in her belly.
“How soon do you have to be at work?” Josie asked, fingers wandering below the hem of Eve’s T-shirt, finding the evidence of her desire.
She exhaled against Josie’s lips, resolve crumbling beneath her talented fingers. “I can be a few minutes late,” she whispered.
Josie pushed her onto the couch, and Eve couldn’t help the hiss that escaped her lips as her sore back collided with Josie’s upholstery.
“Sorry,” Josie murmured, hovering over her. “Your back?”
Eve nodded. She reached up, intending to pull Josie against her, but the movement sent a spasm of pain up her spine, and she dropped her hand with a grimace.
“Shit.” Josie sounded concerned now. “Did I hurt you?”
She shook her head. “I tweaked it just now. It’ll be okay in a minute.”
“Can I do anything?” Josie’s fingers traced gently over Eve’s sides.
She shivered with pleasure. “No.”
“How does ibuprofen and a back rub sound?” Josie asked, her fingers stroking slow circles over Eve’s ribs.
She exhaled, imagining those fingers working their magic over her sore muscles, and… “Yes,” she breathed. “Please.”
“Can you sit up?” Josie asked.
Eve pushed her elbows into the cushion beneath her, raising herself partway before Josie’s hands slid around her, lifting her smoothly into a sitting position. She went into the kitchen, returning with two pills and a glass of water. Eve swallowed them and followed Josie into the bedroom. She pulled Eve in for a gentle kiss as she helped her out of her T-shirt, hands rubbing gently up and down her back. Andfuck, that already felt amazing. Eve carefully arranged herself facedown on the bed.
She heard Josie squirting lotion onto her hands, and she released a slow, deep breath in anticipation. Then Josie’s hands were on her, warm and slick, sliding over Eve’s shoulders, and it feltso good. She closed her eyes, feeling herself flinch as Josie’s fingers pressed into her sore spots.
“Sorry,” Josie whispered.
“No,” she breathed. “Keep going.”
“You’re so tense… Jesus, Eve.”
She wanted to cry as Josie’s thumbs pressed into a knot between her shoulder blades, but it was a good kind of pain, the kind that promised relief on the other side, the kind that reminded her how long it had been since she’d gone for a session with her chiropractor or even a massage. And this was so much more intimate…socomfortable, despite the pain. She kept breathing, inhaling the rose-petal scent of Josie’s lotion as her fingers worked out all of Eve’s kinks.
By the time she’d finished massaging Eve’s lower back, she felt like a whole new woman, her muscles as soft and pliant as freshly kneaded dough. “You are one thousand times more talented than my heating pad,” she mumbled into the sheet.
Josie laughed. “And I’m at your disposal any time you need me. You had some pretty badass knots in your muscles.”
“Blame the kittens.”
“Never,” Josie whispered, “but I’m sorry I let you lug that box all over town if this is what it did to you.”
“Well, it didn’t cause the problem, only aggravated it.”
“Will you always have this pain?” Josie asked, trailing her fingers down Eve’s spine to circle the small surgical scar over her fused vertebrae.
“Probably, but it’s not usually this bad. I haven’t been keeping up on my exercises. Someone’s been distracting me.” She rolled over, pulling Josie in for a kiss.
“Sorry,” Josie murmured against her lips.
“Don’t be,” Eve told her. “I’m not.” She pushed herself upright, sighing in relief at the improvement in her back. “Thank you for the back rub.”
“You’re welcome. I made you late for work for an entirely different reason than I’d planned.”
