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pushing his hands through her hair. Her hands slid down
from around his neck and came to rest on his shirt. She could feel
the rapid beat of his heart through the thin material. He pulled
back from her and she could hear how breathless he was.
    They stood at
the foot of the bed. His eyes held hers and in them she saw
herself; she saw her soul mate, the love of her life. He rested his
forehead against hers. “You’re so beautiful,” he
whispered.
    As their lips
met again, electricity shot through her body. Heat rushed into her.
He lowered her onto the bed, hovering above her. Her fingers were
shaking slightly as they began sliding the buttons open on his
shirt.
    Her finger
brushed against his chest and she heard his sharp intake of breath.
A whisper of her name. She smiled, knowing he was as nervous as
her, that he wanted her as much as she wanted him. She slid his
shirt over his shoulders and let it fall. His eyes watched her as
she leant into him and brushed her lips against his shoulder. She
felt confidence bloom in her chest as she pushed up and rolled him
over, so she now towered over him.
    He smirked,
his low lidded eyes staring at her. “I always love a strong
woman.”
    Cora giggled,
enjoying her new found confidence. She kissed him and then allowed
her lips to move down his throat. Jack moaned, making her heart
trip over itself. She felt Jack slide down the zip of her dress and
felt his fingers gently push it aside. She pushed aside her
insecurities, knowing that Jack loved her, but never had she felt
this self-conscious before. Her hair fell down against her bare
back, making her shiver.
    Jack sat up,
holding her in his lap as his lips took hers. He held her, tongues
duelling as he slid off the bed to stand. He continued to hold her,
allowing her to wrap her legs around his waist. His lips moved with
hers, her head spun, her lungs no longer worked. All she could
taste was Jack.
    He pulled
back, gasping for breath. One look at her face made him smile. She
knew her cheeks were flushed, her lips plump from his rough kisses.
Yet she wanted more, and he knew this.
    He laid her
back on the bed, his frame towering over her. Her hands brushed
against his cheeks, a moment of calm before she saw the fire burn
in his eyes and his lips crushed hers. She lost herself in him as
she relished the soft caress of skin against skin.

    *

    They lay in
the bed, wrapped up in the sheets with her head against his chest.
They took turns eating out of a huge ice cream pot. After they’d
decided to eat all of their meal in the bed.
    Jack stroked
her arm, sending crazy energy flying around her body. She’d never
felt like this. She’d expected pain, to feel uncomfortable. After a
jolt of pain, the rest had been easy. Jack made it feel easy. He’d
been amazing...loving...gentle...The love that had surged into her
heart and consumed her was on a whole new level.
    “ It is nearly
time,” Jack whispered.
    “ Hmmm?” Cora
sighed.
    “ Come on,” Jack
laughed as he grabbed their sheets, making her squeal as she
lurched for them. He laughed. “I’ve seen your sexy ass.”
    Cora laughed
as Jack wrapped her in the covers with him. “Where are we
going?”
    “ You’ll
see.”
    Jack led them
to a door she hadn’t known was there. With one arm wrapped around
her waist and their covers, Jack used his other hand to open the
door. The cold air hit them. Cora pushed the covers up to warm her
shoulders. They walked up some steps and out onto a balcony that
overlooked the harbour. The lights winked across the water,
allowing her to see the silhouettes of people. Jack walked her to
the end so that the cold air seemed to smack her in the face. She
shivered.
    “ Hold on,” Jack
whispered. He left her and ran back inside. She laughed at his
naked ass running. He quickly returned and wrapped the cover around
the two of them.
    The cold
instantly vanished from their bodies. She focused now on the view
of Sydney harbour.
    “ Jack, this
is-”
    Her