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strong. This would be his balm to soothe her. Letting the grief take a reprieve, the time had come to give her the one gift he had left. Himself.
    The backs of her knees rested against the side of the mattress. His whole body tensed with the feel of her against him. She lay still as he unbuttoned her blouse. Taking a moment to admire her naked body, he pulled in a calming breath. Her breasts were round and plump, hips flared from a soft waistline. His gaze stalked the gentle slope of her stomach that led to the neatly trimmed patch of dark hair covering the lower part of her mound. Not fucking her was torture. Fucking her would be their destruction.
    “Come with me,” he said and took her hand to help her up. The water was almost to the edge of the marble wall by the time they entered the bathroom. “Get in.”
    “Thank you,” she murmured as she sank into the water. “I know you really don’t have time to do this.”
    He pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “You don’t have to thank me. Have I not always made time for you?”
    She rested her neck on the edge of the tub as Tony took the soap from the metal dish on the small side table and lathered it between his hands. “Yes, you always make time for me, but I know the day’s going to come when you can’t.”
    “Relax.” Tony tried to change the subject. “Just be quiet and rest.”
    The first night he’d bathed her, it had taken him two hours. The way her soft laugh echoed reminded him of that night.
    “What are you laughing at?”
    “Nothing,” she said, and he sluiced the water over her breasts. “I like to watch you.”
    “You like to watch everybody.” He placed the slippery soap back onto the tray. “Roll over.”
    She moved and let the hot water receive her belly, making her wince. Her body melted as the pressure from his fingers massaged the small of her back and down farther over her backside to her thigh. A soft purr rippled from her lungs. He knew that only his hands could take away the pain, force her to relax.
    “I’m sorry Renee couldn’t come this week,” he said as he lathered the soap between his hands. “She had a meeting and wasn’t able to get out of it.”
    “I understand.”
    Tony knew she understood, but he could still hear the disappointment in her voice. “She told me to help you tonight. That you needed a release.” His hand slid over the back of her thigh to rest against the inner slope of the firm flesh. It would only take the slightest slip and his fingertips could slide along the smooth skin of her pussy lips. “Do you?”
    Lily turned her head to meet his stare. God, she truly was beautiful. Sure, she had the perfect hourglass frame. And those tits. But it was her eyes that always got him—as blue as the sun-drenched sky. They were haunting when the light hit them.
    “Tony, you don’t usually—”
    “I know, poppet. I know. But you could use the distraction right now.”
    “Are you sure?”
    Could she see how badly he needed to touch her? Had she seen the pain he felt on that first afternoon he’d given the task to Renee? “Don’t question me, poppet. You’re still my student, and yes, I’m sure,” he said. “Turn over.”
    With soapy hands, Tony massaged her tender shoulders and down her arms, being careful to avoid her flushed breasts and taut nipples. He wanted to make her wait. Lily was right. He didn’t touch her often like this. He instructed Renee on his submissive’s pleasure. Tony didn’t want to confuse the situation between them. It had gotten confusing enough before Nicholas had arrived.
    Lily was Tony’s, and he didn’t want anything to ruin their arrangement. She trusted him, and he’d never do anything to break that trust. Including letting her fall in love with him.
    He handed her the bar of soap. “Now, wash your pussy for me. Slowly. I want to see your fingers.”
    She lifted her hips out of the water so he could see every touch. The soap slipped between her slender