Chapter 340

Valeria's face flushed instantly, though the cool mask helped calm the heat. "Don't mess around," she said. "I'm putting on lotion for you, Mrs. Grant. How is that messing around?" Sebastian's voice was hoarse and low. He sounded as if he were whispering. She knew exactly what he meant. His gaze was so hot that it felt like it could burn right through her. "You have to give me some time to rest. Didn't we just do it this afternoon?" Valeria pressed her legs together and caught his hand. "I can do my legs myself. I can reach them." She squeezed a bit of lotion onto her calf and rubbed it in. As she bent forward, her slender back curved. Sebastian's fingers tugged lightly at the loose edge of her robe, peeling it open as if unwrapping a gift until her skin shone under the light. His palm, slick with lotion, pressed over her shoulder blades, as if caressing a butterfly's wings. He felt her shiver, goosebumps tingling on her skin. "What about here? Can you reach this yourself?" T