One by one, Fin picked up first Cho’s shoes, then her skirt and her blouse on his way to the bedroom. He had only just draped her clothes over a chair there, when he saw her. The look in his eyes softened as he took in the perfection that was a near-naked Cho. And then it was gone, disappeared into a long t-shirt that only made her all the more alluring.
“Deidre told me about the Clarkson birthday,” he told her simply by way of explaining. As she came closer, he set her shoes down, and opened his arms to her. Idly, as he was still looking down into her face, he smiled and let his fingers undo her hair until he could comb them through it. “So I thought you’d either need a long soak in the tub, a bottle of wine, something stronger, or a good foot-rub. Maybe all of them.”