new person – not that there was anything wrong with who you were before; it’s just…. Am I making sense? Do you feel the change between us? It’s like there’s this rope that’s pulling me towards you these days and you’re all I think about. You’d think that after five years together, this feeling wouldn’t happen so suddenly.”
“I feel it Eric. You're all I think about as well,” she whispered again, wishing now, more than ever that she could tell him the truth about who she was. However, she kept quiet, knowing that her deception could very well be the thing that would cost her the man she’d come to think of as her soul mate.
“Are you sure you’re ok? I mean, not being slack to the way things were before, but I don’t want it to be the way it was between us.”
“What do you mean? Didn’t you love how I was?”
“I did Mia. You know I did – but this…feeling I have now. It’s different – it’s better. So much better,” he confessed, the sincerity evident in his eyes.
Reaching her hand up, Natalie smoothed her fingers down the side of his face and took a deep steadying breath to get a handle on her own emotions. “I’m me, ok? I’m not going to change into anyone else. This new girl you met a month ago – she’s here to stay.”
“I hope so,” Eric said as he leaned toward her and captured her mouth in his, breathing in her scent, raw and fresh from their recent lovemaking.
Suddenly, Natalie broke the kiss. “I have an idea!” she said excitedly. “Let’s leave.”
“Leave?”
“Yeah, leave everything – get away from it all. Just you and me, on our own, no one else. What do you think?”
“I think that would be awesome. But, what about your job? What about my job? Not to mention all our friends and my family.”
“We don’t need jobs – I have money and we can call our friends. They’ll still be here. But we could go up to the Gold Coast, live on the beach in the sunshine - learning to surf and we could scuba dive - snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. We could live an eternal holiday!”
Eric’s eyebrows shot up in surprise as he sat up in bed, trying to absorb her request.
“Hang on. What do you mean you have money? Is it from when your parents died?” he asked, a slight frown on his handsome face.
“Uh, yeah. Life insurance from the um… accident,” she answered carefully, worried she’d just blown it by running her mouth off.
“I don’t know Mi. Leave everything behind – that’s huge.”
“It’d be great though wouldn’t it? I mean, look at us – we’re 23 years old, we’ve been dating since high school and we’re still just dating. Don’t you think it’s time we move this forward – it feels right to be together, doesn’t it? Tell me you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you Eric,” she murmured, leaning in to nip at his earlobe as she slid herself on top of him, her legs either side of his waist.
As she rocked her hips against him, she continued to whisper in his ear, enticing him with her body and her voice, begging for him go away with her.
“Alright, I’ll do it,” he growled. “But I have one condition first.”
“What’s that,” she asked him in a whisper.
“Sleep with me tonight, I want to wake up to you in the morning,” he told her, her answer a small nod and smile as she took the side of her bottom lip between her teeth.
Threading his fingers through her hair, his new found need took over and he crashed his mouth into hers, flipping her on her back and devouring her once more, glad that his time with her was no longer limited.
***
“Jesus, they’re going at it again,” Josh said, rolling his eyes and turning the music up on his stereo in an attempt to block out the sounds of moaning coming from the adjoining room.
“What was that? I didn’t see your mouth properly,” Louise asked, prompting him to turn and face her so she could read his lips.
“Sorry Lou, I just said that those two are
“I feel it Eric. You're all I think about as well,” she whispered again, wishing now, more than ever that she could tell him the truth about who she was. However, she kept quiet, knowing that her deception could very well be the thing that would cost her the man she’d come to think of as her soul mate.
“Are you sure you’re ok? I mean, not being slack to the way things were before, but I don’t want it to be the way it was between us.”
“What do you mean? Didn’t you love how I was?”
“I did Mia. You know I did – but this…feeling I have now. It’s different – it’s better. So much better,” he confessed, the sincerity evident in his eyes.
Reaching her hand up, Natalie smoothed her fingers down the side of his face and took a deep steadying breath to get a handle on her own emotions. “I’m me, ok? I’m not going to change into anyone else. This new girl you met a month ago – she’s here to stay.”
“I hope so,” Eric said as he leaned toward her and captured her mouth in his, breathing in her scent, raw and fresh from their recent lovemaking.
Suddenly, Natalie broke the kiss. “I have an idea!” she said excitedly. “Let’s leave.”
“Leave?”
“Yeah, leave everything – get away from it all. Just you and me, on our own, no one else. What do you think?”
“I think that would be awesome. But, what about your job? What about my job? Not to mention all our friends and my family.”
“We don’t need jobs – I have money and we can call our friends. They’ll still be here. But we could go up to the Gold Coast, live on the beach in the sunshine - learning to surf and we could scuba dive - snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. We could live an eternal holiday!”
Eric’s eyebrows shot up in surprise as he sat up in bed, trying to absorb her request.
“Hang on. What do you mean you have money? Is it from when your parents died?” he asked, a slight frown on his handsome face.
“Uh, yeah. Life insurance from the um… accident,” she answered carefully, worried she’d just blown it by running her mouth off.
“I don’t know Mi. Leave everything behind – that’s huge.”
“It’d be great though wouldn’t it? I mean, look at us – we’re 23 years old, we’ve been dating since high school and we’re still just dating. Don’t you think it’s time we move this forward – it feels right to be together, doesn’t it? Tell me you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you Eric,” she murmured, leaning in to nip at his earlobe as she slid herself on top of him, her legs either side of his waist.
As she rocked her hips against him, she continued to whisper in his ear, enticing him with her body and her voice, begging for him go away with her.
“Alright, I’ll do it,” he growled. “But I have one condition first.”
“What’s that,” she asked him in a whisper.
“Sleep with me tonight, I want to wake up to you in the morning,” he told her, her answer a small nod and smile as she took the side of her bottom lip between her teeth.
Threading his fingers through her hair, his new found need took over and he crashed his mouth into hers, flipping her on her back and devouring her once more, glad that his time with her was no longer limited.
***
“Jesus, they’re going at it again,” Josh said, rolling his eyes and turning the music up on his stereo in an attempt to block out the sounds of moaning coming from the adjoining room.
“What was that? I didn’t see your mouth properly,” Louise asked, prompting him to turn and face her so she could read his lips.
“Sorry Lou, I just said that those two are
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