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decision.
    She toed off
her sandals.   "Fine, they're off.   Now what?"
    "Relax.   I promise this won't hurt a bit. " Matt smiled and reached for the lavender lotion on
the nightstand.   "Give me your hand . "
    She frowned,
but did as he asked.   "What are you
doing?"
    He squirted
some of the lotion into his hand.   It
smelled like summer.   "I'm going to
massage your hands.   Then, if you're
still feeling too stressed to sleep, I'll massage your feet, too. "
    She stared at
him.   "Are you for real?"
    He laughed,
reaching for her hand.   "Trust me . "
    "You keep
saying that," she muttered skeptically.
    He began to rub
the lotion into her palm, but otherwise didn't respond.   Her posture eased as he ran his thumbs over
the thick muscle at the base of her thumb.   She sighed.   He massaged into her palm, then down to the
tips of her fingers, one by one.   She
relaxed even more.
    "You're
really good at that," she murmured.
    He shrugged.   "I do this for my mom sometimes.   She says it’s soothing. "
    She sighed again,
slumping a little.   He was glad he'd made
her sit up near the headboard where she could lie back against the mountain of
pillows on the bed.
    He reached for
her other hand and repeated the massage.   She closed her eyes, relaxing into his touch.   As he worked the sweet-smelling lotion into
her skin, he slowly became more and more aware of her as a woman: her soft hair
sliding over her shoulders, her generous breasts, her strong thighs under his
forearms.   He shifted his weight, not
wanting to call attention to the erection he couldn't control.   He didn't want to scare her off.
    "I feel a
lot better now," she said, eyes still closed.
    "Will you
be okay tonight?" he asked, running his fingers up her arm.   She didn’t pull away.   He took advantage of her trust to smooth more
lotion over the delicate skin on the inside of her wrist up to her elbow.
    "I think
so," she said.
    He sensed the
worry lurking under her calm.   "I
can stay until you fall asleep, if you want me to . " He didn't know if it was appropriate or not, to offer to stay on the first date.   They barely knew each other.   How would she know she could trust him?
    Her eyes opened.   Matt stilled, hands still wrapped around
hers.   Her gaze was luminous in the low
light, her soft brown irises dark and mysterious.
    "Will
you?" she asked tentatively.   "It feels like too much to ask, after
everything you've done already . "
    Matt sensed her
reticence.   "I would be happy to . "
    She looked at
him and he fought to remain motionless.   His cock was so hard it hurt, but he ignored
it.   She needed his protection.   He desperately wanted to give it to her, and
if she knew how beautiful he found her, she would probably kick him out.   His heart thumped faster the longer she stared
at him.
    "Okay,"
she finally said, nodding.   "Let me
change into my pajamas . "
    Matt let out a
shaky breath, hoping she couldn't tell how relieved he was.   "Sounds good . " He let go of her arm and watched her head to the bathroom.
    When she
emerged five minutes later, face scrubbed clean and pink, she held her robe
closed, arms tightly clutched around her breasts.
    "I would
never hurt you," Matt said, turning slightly in the chair.   He hoped the bed hid the arousal he'd failed
to subdue while she was in the bathroom.   Even the sounds of her brushing her teeth and
washing her face had his body reacting more than it ever had to any other woman.
    She let out a
breath and climbed into the bed, still in her robe.   "I know . " She slid under the covers.   "It's a
good thing the air conditioning works so well in here," she muttered.
    Matt laughed.   "If you hand me your robe, I'll hang it
up for you . "
    She put a hand
over her face.   "Oh my God, I'm so
embarrassed . "
    "Why?"
He shifted again, reaching up to pull her hand down.
    "You must
think I'm such a wimp," she said, face flushed.
    He snorted.   "Yeah, no.   I think the exact