There are several light laughs when he brushes over very ticklish spots in that exploration. "Well this is a different start," she murmurs. "Are you always this into foreplay?"

Because she really likes it. The way he pays attention makes her feel desired, wanted, which is all sorts of arousing. Even if that desire is just for sex; she isn't looking for anything else, and neither, Raya thinks, is Nikola.