Helen traced the V at the top of the letter with the tip of her finger absently as she read the letter a few times over.
She'd wanted Nikola to push his luck, oh she'd wanted that so very badly. She'd still been on an adrenaline high from the chase and the improper excitement from their sharing a bed.
The little twinges of lingering electricity made her skin dance and she wanted Nikola's hands to sooth the sensations.
And perhaps replace them.
She couldn't be sure, if that would have been the end of it there, though having him pursue her more directly after that was ever so much fun.
She'd shared a bed with Nikola in a much more innocent fashion before then, but this was the first she'd hoped, wanted him to do something.
Oh, not as one sided as perhaps you thought, Niko, but she still wouldn't change that night.