"Yeah," Annie agreed, maybe a little consciously extra-gentle in the way she trailed her fingertips affectionately down along his neck to his shoulder. And while her impulse was to get shy about this, she also knew logically that there was no reason to get shy, because look at how Diego had reacted. Like. Good instincts, January. "That was really hot. And effective."

And he hadn't had to distract himself too much with trying to be quiet! She'd just taken care of it! It was hot all the way around.