Chapter 274: The Couple’s Way
** Harper **
It took Harper an embarrassingly long moment to realize why Eli had frozen, and another embarrassingly long moment to realize what she had just done.
She wasn’t trying to seduce him ... She really wasn’t! Under the calming spell of the bath, all she was thinking was how to make things more comfortable for the both of them. In a completely innocent way. But now that her brain had finally been reminded of the not-innocent direction of thought ... She noticed belatedly how precariously close she was lying to his groin, and how palpably the muscles in his lower body had tightened beneath her stomach.
Then it took her yet another embarrassingly long moment to figure out what she was supposed to do next.
"... Oops. Am I too heavy for lying on top of you like this? Should I move?" She smiled sheepishly, though she didn’t move off of him. Her hand slid down from the tub rim into the water, resting casually over his thigh.
The truth was, they hadn’t had the chance to spend much intimate time together this whole past week. Toasted to a crisp from work, Harper had been too tired almost every minute she was awake, and it was hard to feel like anything physical even if the mental cravings kept crossing her mind. Meanwhile, Eli kept proving to be the thoughtful guy he always was, obviously noticing it though never saying a word, and she could tell he had tuned down his own usual teasings as well to avoid tickling that itch.
But in the end, both of them still had their normal needs. Skipping their daily exercises came with a toll, which was obvious from the way his pupils visibly dilated and darkened, watching her with a dangerous intensity.
"I thought we were supposed to be calm here," Eli reminded her. "I can see whatever idea that’s popping up in your pretty head right now isn’t calm at all."
Harper chuckled. "Oh, I’m pretty sure the hostess mentioned something about rebalancing and reenergizing ... Guess that part simply came after the calming."