A hand started stroking my hip, moving down over my butt and then up again. I knew what he was suggesting.

"No"

"Roza…" There was a seductively teasing tone in his voice, as if he thought I was playing with him. I wasn't.

"I said no."

One of the things I loved the most about Dimitri was that he respected me and my opinions. Not like other guys who said they did, but in the end just didn't give a shit. Dimitri would never make me do anything I didn't want to do. He would never try to change me from the person I was, just because he wanted me to change.

There was other guys who, when a girl said no, would press the matter until she caved in. Some even went further and forced themselves onto their partners. But Dimitri wasn't like that.

I heard the bed squeak when he moved closer and put an arm around my waist, our usual falling asleep position. I felt his head move and then he pressed a kiss to my ear.

"Goodnight, Roza"

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