haven’t finished
discussing how we’re going to handle this.’
‘Not very well by the looks of it,’ I replied as I
shook his hand off me, but before I knew it he pulled me up against his body,
one arm around my waist and the other up my back, possessively clutching the
base of my neck. I struggled to control my breathing as I felt the full length
of his muscular body pressed against me and that erection digging into
my belly button. I let out a small groan as all the blood pooled in my core and
sent spikes of desire radiating out. His eyes flashed hungrily as he looked
down at me and suddenly his mouth was on mine, deep, hungry, bruising and
crushing kisses, taking all of my desire out and exchanging it with his own as
he groaned into my mouth. I melted against his strong chest, gripping his large
biceps as his tongue danced with mine, as if we’d been practicing for years. I
could die happy right now. Then just as suddenly as he’d taken me, he let me go
and pushed me away from him as he took a few steps back in the opposite
direction, leaving me a quivering wreck. I stumbled backwards and let the
supporting pillar do more than hold up the roof as I tried to piece together
the fragments of my scattered brain. I must’ve only kissed inexperienced boys
up until now, because that was a kiss like no kiss I’d ever experienced. He
kissed like a man that knew his way around a woman’s body, and as I managed to
focus my eyes from my stunned daze and look over at him, I knew he’d felt it
too and the tent he’d created in his jeans had me groan in frustration. ‘What’s
your deal ?’ I demanded as I watched his chest heaving and his hand go
down to squeeze his erection.
‘This is why I can’t be around you, I have no damn
self-control and I can’t afford to be so tempted. From now on we speak only
over the phone if you call me for official purposes only. I’ll be here twenty-four-seven
with the exception of a daily four hour window from one until five p.m., during
which time you’re on your own on the island. If you need groceries you call and
provide me with a list of your requirements. I’ll collect them while I’m out
and drop them outside your door and leave, the same for the wood if you need
it. There’ll be no reason for you to see me again until I have to take you back
to the airport. Are we clear?’
‘Perfectly,’ I replied as I felt some tears roll
down my cheeks and immediately felt embarrassed. I saw his severe face soften
as he saw the state of me. He stepped towards me, but I turned and ran upstairs
and shut myself in the bathroom, locked the door and leaned back on it as I
started crying properly. I sniffed as I heard his footsteps and then heard the
door handle turn.
‘Ellie,’ he sighed softly, hearing his voice
caress my name like that, the way he’d just caressed my neck and my lips was
too hard.
‘Please go away Dan, you’ve made yourself
perfectly clear and you’re right, it’s best we don’t see each other. I just had
my emotions jerked around by one arsehole, I don’t need it from another.’ There
was a lengthy silence and I heard what sounded like his forehead or hand bump
gently on the door, followed by a heavy sigh and his voice whisper ‘ I’m so
sorry, I never meant to hurt you Ellie, please believe me.’
I heard him go down the stairs and the front door
lock. I slid down the door and curled up on the slate floor like a baby and
bawled my eyes out, again. What the hell was wrong with me? I was an
emotional volcano at the moment, spewing out random bursts of tears. I was out
of one frying pan and straight into another. How could I have fallen for
someone so quickly? I wondered. Someone I knew pretty much nothing about? “Because
you’re feeling emotionally vulnerable after the whole Zac debacle, Dan’s
fucking gorgeous and the sexual tension’s off the charts,” came Brooke’s
voice in my head and I smiled through my snuffles. I had twenty-six and a half
discussing how we’re going to handle this.’
‘Not very well by the looks of it,’ I replied as I
shook his hand off me, but before I knew it he pulled me up against his body,
one arm around my waist and the other up my back, possessively clutching the
base of my neck. I struggled to control my breathing as I felt the full length
of his muscular body pressed against me and that erection digging into
my belly button. I let out a small groan as all the blood pooled in my core and
sent spikes of desire radiating out. His eyes flashed hungrily as he looked
down at me and suddenly his mouth was on mine, deep, hungry, bruising and
crushing kisses, taking all of my desire out and exchanging it with his own as
he groaned into my mouth. I melted against his strong chest, gripping his large
biceps as his tongue danced with mine, as if we’d been practicing for years. I
could die happy right now. Then just as suddenly as he’d taken me, he let me go
and pushed me away from him as he took a few steps back in the opposite
direction, leaving me a quivering wreck. I stumbled backwards and let the
supporting pillar do more than hold up the roof as I tried to piece together
the fragments of my scattered brain. I must’ve only kissed inexperienced boys
up until now, because that was a kiss like no kiss I’d ever experienced. He
kissed like a man that knew his way around a woman’s body, and as I managed to
focus my eyes from my stunned daze and look over at him, I knew he’d felt it
too and the tent he’d created in his jeans had me groan in frustration. ‘What’s
your deal ?’ I demanded as I watched his chest heaving and his hand go
down to squeeze his erection.
‘This is why I can’t be around you, I have no damn
self-control and I can’t afford to be so tempted. From now on we speak only
over the phone if you call me for official purposes only. I’ll be here twenty-four-seven
with the exception of a daily four hour window from one until five p.m., during
which time you’re on your own on the island. If you need groceries you call and
provide me with a list of your requirements. I’ll collect them while I’m out
and drop them outside your door and leave, the same for the wood if you need
it. There’ll be no reason for you to see me again until I have to take you back
to the airport. Are we clear?’
‘Perfectly,’ I replied as I felt some tears roll
down my cheeks and immediately felt embarrassed. I saw his severe face soften
as he saw the state of me. He stepped towards me, but I turned and ran upstairs
and shut myself in the bathroom, locked the door and leaned back on it as I
started crying properly. I sniffed as I heard his footsteps and then heard the
door handle turn.
‘Ellie,’ he sighed softly, hearing his voice
caress my name like that, the way he’d just caressed my neck and my lips was
too hard.
‘Please go away Dan, you’ve made yourself
perfectly clear and you’re right, it’s best we don’t see each other. I just had
my emotions jerked around by one arsehole, I don’t need it from another.’ There
was a lengthy silence and I heard what sounded like his forehead or hand bump
gently on the door, followed by a heavy sigh and his voice whisper ‘ I’m so
sorry, I never meant to hurt you Ellie, please believe me.’
I heard him go down the stairs and the front door
lock. I slid down the door and curled up on the slate floor like a baby and
bawled my eyes out, again. What the hell was wrong with me? I was an
emotional volcano at the moment, spewing out random bursts of tears. I was out
of one frying pan and straight into another. How could I have fallen for
someone so quickly? I wondered. Someone I knew pretty much nothing about? “Because
you’re feeling emotionally vulnerable after the whole Zac debacle, Dan’s
fucking gorgeous and the sexual tension’s off the charts,” came Brooke’s
voice in my head and I smiled through my snuffles. I had twenty-six and a half
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