Then Came You
-- EXCERPT: I look at Simon, ready to make a quip about how they look like two kids sneaking off together. My words die in my throat at the unabashed desire in his eyes. He doesn’t say a word. There’s no need when that look says everything. He puts his hand out and I take it. As soon as our palms touch, I know I made the right decision. If this benign touch sends my senses into a tailspin, what’s he going to do to the rest of me? He links our fingers and brings my hand to his mouth. I shiver at the press of his warm lips and the heated promise in his eyes. I let him lead me out of the restaurant, across the street to catch the tube. But just when I dig out my fare card, he sticks his hand out to hail a black cab. We get in, and despite the roomy back seats, we sit next to each other, thigh to thigh, both facing forward but if the way the air in the cab cracks with chemistry and attraction is anything to go by, he’s as aware of me as I am of him. “Where to?” The cabbie’s barked question breaks our spell momentarily and we turn to look at each other. “Is my place okay?” I ask absently, my eyes glued to his mouth. He nods as if unable to speak. I rattle off my address to the cabbie, and he pulls away from the curb. “Addie,” Simon’s husky voice is tinged with urgency. “You’re so fucking sexy.” When I turn to him, his eyes are on my mouth. I lick my lower lip and he bites his. “So are you,” I confess in a whisper and the rush of anticipation makes my whole body tingle. “Princess, you’re killing me.” He lets out a soft groan and his head moves toward mine, and my eyes flutter closed. Time slows making me aware of every single fraction of every single second that passes before his lips finally touch me. They softly press to the corner of my mouth and every thought flees my mind. The touch is as light as a whisper, and yet I feel it all the way to the tips of my toes. He moves his lips across mine—brushing back and forth—and with every single touch, I am unraveling. And for once, the idea of coming apart doesn’t scare me.
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