Every lingering touch.
It all feeds the fire building inside me.
I can't get close enough.
My hands slide over his shoulders, across the firm muscles of his back, clinging to him as though letting go isn't an option anymore.
His chest rises sharply against mine.
Mine does the same.
We're both breathing harder now.
Our tongues tangle as our hands roam,
Neither of us says a word.
We don't need to.
Hell, I don’t even think we can.
Our eyes meet for the briefest second before his mouth finds mine again, and whatever little self-control I'd been clinging to disappears completely.
It's never been like this for me.
Not ever.
I've dated.
I've kissed men.
I've even convinced myself I was in love once or twice.
But this...
This feels different.
Inevitable.
Destined maybe.
I know that sounds crazy, but I have never felt like this.
Like my body has been waiting for him long before my heart knew his name.
“Elsie...”
My name leaves his mouth in a rough growl that settles somewhere deep inside me.
The sound alone nearly undoes me.
He trails his lips from my mouth to my jaw.
Then lower.
His tongue.
His teeth.