40 - Felicity

"Do you normally shower with women?" I ask him.

It's a risky question, I know.

Shawn could find me nosy and be annoyed. But I have to start gathering my courage. Maybe if he gives me just a little more hope, it will be easier for me to summon enough later on.

"No," he answers, and my heart does a little leap. "Consider this your reward for helping me forget my troubles today."

He lets my hair go and starts to soap my shoulders, my arms, my breasts and my stomach. I hold my breath as I anticipate him going lower, but he soaps my back instead, my ass and the backs of my legs. Then he turns me around and soaps the front of my legs up to my hips. Again, he comes close to the part of me that has started to ache for his touch, but again, he ignores it. He hands the soap to me instead.

"Your turn."

I stare at the soap. Okay. I've never given a man a bath before, but I'll give it a try.

Shawn turns his back to me so I start scrubbing that while he stays still as a statue. I work on his ass ne