FOOT MASSAGE

JESS

The house had finally fallen silent, and the occasional creak of floorboards and the refrigerator's hum were the only sounds cutting through the stillness. Down the hall, I could hear Josh's heavy snores, muffled by the walls, and downstairs, the faint buzz of Sarah's music playing low in her room.

Luke and I were curled up in bed, his arm draped lazily over my waist as I nibbled on my lower lip, trying to quiet my restless thoughts.

"You're thinking too loud again," Luke murmured, his voice gravelly with sleep as he buried his face in the crook of my neck.

I smiled faintly but said nothing, staring at the faint glow of the moonlight filtering through the curtains.

"Jess," he said, his tone teasing now, "what's on your mind?"

I shook my head. "It's nothing. Go back to sleep."

He shifted, propping himself up on one elbow to look down at me, his dark eyes glinting with determination. "Not a chance. Come on. Out with it."

"It's stupid," I muttered, avoiding his gaze.

Luke arched a brow. "Try me."

When I didn't answer, he grinned mischievously and dipped his

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tickling me until I

I squealed, squirming beneath him, but he didn't let up until I was gasping for

said, his voice low and playful, "what's got

gaze, and sighed. "Aren't you

in his eyes replaced with something deeper. He brushed a strand of hair

is not the part where I'm selfish." He kissed the tip of my nose, then my lips, his touch so gentle it made my chest ache. "This is the part where I help you, okay? Stop overthinking me and focus on taking

sigh, resting my forehead against his chest. "Sometimes, I

tightened his arms around me, his hand moving to knead the muscles in

against my hair. "You're stronger

lower, pulling up one of my

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tender spot

heard you tell Laura your feet are swollen," he

as he began to massage the aching

tension melting out of me with every pass of

his lips grazing my temple. "Let me take

the steady rhythm of his breathing lulling me into

hands easing the ache in my body

quieting the doubts in my mind, I felt something I hadn't

to bring it up, but the guilt gnawed at me until I couldn't keep it

need to tell you,"

stop rubbing my foot, his attention fully on

with one of your friends."

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