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‘Glad you feel that way. Come here?’

He scooped her up without any warning, making her squeal and laugh as he dropped her onto the sofa, tucking her into one corner. He grabbed her feet and lifted them so he could sit and lower them into his lap. ‘Here.’ He wrapped his hands around her calf, and started to slowly knead. ‘You OK with this?’

‘OK? Hmmm, yes.’ Mia sighed happily as he worked away at the slight, very, very worthwhile ache left over from their earlier activities.

‘You know, that sounded a lot like the noise you made when I slid my fingers…’

‘You’re awful!’ She laughed.

‘I’m not the one making sex noises…’

‘Please don’t make me want to kick you. I was enjoying this.’

‘OK, I’ll behave.’

‘Do you ever?’ Mia couldn’t resist nudging her toes under his ribcage, making him jump.

‘Don’t tickle me,’ he warned, eyes flashing.

‘Or what?’

‘Don’t say I didn’t warn you.’ His voice was low with an edge that made her shiver.

She couldn’t resist the challenge and wriggled her toes to make him squirm. He grabbed her ankle, dragging her foot away with surprising ferocity. ‘I warned you.’ He tickled the sole of the offending foot until she was squirming and gasping for breath and mercy.

‘Feeling sorry yet?’ He ran a single finger along her foot.

‘Not really.’ Mia giggled.

‘And you accuse me of not behaving.’ He shook his head, clearly amused, and started massaging the foot he’d just been abusing.

‘Oh.’ Mia let her head fall back with a happy groan. ‘Great orgasms and a foot rub? You can definitely come again.’

‘Give me a few more minutes to recover…’ He chuckled, his thumbs still working deep circles into the soles of her feet.

‘You are terrible.’

‘Is that a no?’

‘I didn’t say that.’

‘Good.’ He dropped a kiss onto her ankle before switching to her other foot.

‘Aiden?’

‘Yeah?’ He concentrated on her foot.

‘Can I ask you something, without it becoming a big thing or changing anything?’

‘Sure thing, Princess.’ He carried on rubbing.

‘Do you do this for all your… umm…?’

‘Lady friends?’ He supplied the words without breaking rhythm. ‘No. I don’t practice reiki on them either. Or make them taste-test my bakes. I save those favours for my favourite princess.’

Mia wasn’t sure why, but that pleased her a lot more than it probably should have. ‘Is there anyone else you’re doing things like this with? At the moment, I mean. I don’t think I’d mind, exactly, but is it OK that I think I’d want to know?’

‘I already told you I didn’t replace you.’ Aiden started to move up her calf, working on the muscles there. ‘And, as a rule, I don’t overlap my ladies.’