He took hold of one of her ankles. His touch felt somehow intimate. She wondered for a moment then if anyone had held her there before. He did it
so casually. Did he know that he was the first to do that? How could he, really?
He smiled up at her. Then she shivered slightly as she felt the cold water on her leg.
He used light pressure on her as he cleaned her leg. Even this was somehow intimate, having this man on his knees in front of her, cleaning her like this.
She couldn’t take her eyes off him. “There you go,” he said, “all done.”
He was still on his knees. He looked up at her. Their eyes met and she felt sure that something was about to happen - if only she knew what it was. She could sense it in the air - an atmosphere.
Adam took hold of her ankle again. He raised her leg slig
