See, and if he kept his hands on her, rather than say, taking it out on the sheets or something, then that would help Annie keep tabs on how he was doing all the better.

Though she knew Diego well enough to recognize that the tightening of his grip probably had less to do with pain and more to do with the three months.

"We're going to take it slow," she promised softly, keeping her mouth close to his ear as she started to move her hand -- not so slow as to be a tease, but definitely obviously keeping a slow, easy tempo in mind.