‘It’s been my pleasure.’
And it had been.
He didn’t want the evening to end.
What was there to stop him leaning in for a kiss?
Nothing.
Except he’d given his word that nothing physical would happen between them again until they were legally married and he would keep that promise even if his testicles exploded with frustration.
‘Are you working tomorrow?’ She rubbed a hand up her arm, the movement pushing her breasts together. The image of dusky pink nipples immediately floated into his mind and with it came the thickening of his blood he was fast associating to feeling when with her.
He had to assume it was a simple case of forbidden fruit tasting sweeter. Like the child in the sweet shop who had no money and salivated over every piece of delicious confectionery on offer.
the evening.
our love and unity,’ she said,
skin. He could do that much
‘Can you?’
of our child, yes,
and pressed it to his fingers still
them that darkened the
stepped away before either of them had the chance to act on it, dragging his thumb down her cheek one
bowing his head, then turning on his heel and striding down
the breath she expelled was one of relief or
* * *
bed early,
lime-green sundress and slid her feet into a pair of wedged espadrilles, then grabbed her camera and headed out of her suite.
Was he still sleeping?
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