the elevator. Now, their lips ground together with a hungry urgency, their tongues twining in a dance that served to further inflame their passions.
His lips kissed their way across her cheek, moving toward the spot on her neck that always elicited a shiver of pleasure.
Thank you, Lord, thank you. It feels so good to hold her again.
He felt himself shudder.
I can't believe how close I came to losing her.
"Mmmmmm."
His lips had reached the spot and her body grew softer against his.
Lisa felt his arousal throbbing against her thigh and sensed herself growing moist in anticipation.
They'd returned to her apartment to discuss their future together, but a simple kiss as the elevator doors closed had become an aching need for both by the time the doors reopened.
She felt his hand slide between them, then under her thin shirt and silky bra to caress her breast. Again she moaned with pleasure as he toyed with her. His lips returned to hers while his hand stimulated the hard softness beneath his fingers. His tongue pressed urgently between her lips. Then, suddenly, he stiffened and pulled away.
"What's wrong?" she asked breathlessly.
He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.
"We're doing it again," he said softly, his voice quaking from the effort of suppressing his need for her.
She looked up at him, into his eyes.
"We're doing it again," he repeated, and then, in answer to her unspoken question, "We're putting the pleasure first."
He couldn't believe he was actually stopping them but felt her arms encircle him and squeeze as she nodded.
"You're right. You're right. After all I said, after all I blamed you for things, I couldn't even control myself for an hour or two. One kiss and all I wanted was to have you inside me again."
"That's true. But in your defense, you were kissing me , and how could any mere mortal be expected to control herself when tasting the lips of a love god."
She smiled, but it died quickly.
"Is this what our life will be together. Uncontrolled passion all the time?"
"I sure hope so."
He broke the embrace and led her by the hand to the sofa.
"Or, maybe not all the time. But enough of the time."
They sat quietly, her head resting on his shoulder, his arm holding her close.
After a minute, he said, "I don't ever want to lose the way you make me feel when we're together. It's all that keeps me going when we're apart. Just knowing that I'll see you again in a few hours keeps me smiling all day. And the thought of touching you…well…there are times during the day that an image of you will pop into my head, an image of you in the shower, or lying in bed, or walking across the room in your underwear, and I'll get so hot I can't concentrate on my work. Lord help me if I ever have to stand up during one of those episodes."
She laughed softly and smacked him lightly on his thigh. "Is that all you think of me?"
"No baby. You didn't let me finish.
"There are other times, when something will remind me of you, of something you said, something you did that made me feel proud of you, and for a few seconds, the whole world fades away and all I can see in my mind is your face smiling at me. And let me tell you it can lead to some embarrassing moments when it happens during a meeting."
Again he heard her soft laugh, but this time felt her hand caress his chest.
"And then there are the times I think of you for no reason at all other than I love you so much. That only happens a few dozen times a day."
Lisa lifted her head from his shoulder and kissed him on the cheek. Her eyes were moist as she told him how much she loved him, too.
"But things have to change, Rob."
"I know. And they have. That's why I stopped us before. Do you think I would have done that, could have done that, three weeks ago? Right then I wanted you naked more than almost anything in the world. The one thing I want more, though, is to never, ever have to live without you again."
Lisa disengaged herself and sat up. She
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