Close Your Eyes (47 page)

With the tiny, still sane part of her brain, she thought that k
issing
Matt
was like nothing else she
had
ever
experienced
. He was like fire
—
dangerous, hot
,
and leaving no escape from his heat. All encompassing and demanding, he mastered her body with one brush of his firm, masculine mouth.
His hands swept to
caress her arms and
then reached
lower to her waist
,
stoking
the already blazing inferno
. Her
impatience
sent
her even
deeper
into his embrace. She didn’t notice
that they had
moved,
but she
suddenly realiz
ed
that her shoulder blades were supported by the firm pillows of the sofa. It didn’t
really
m
att
er. All that counted was
that he
had
followed her there
. He leaned
over her closely as he kissed her again
with even more demanding
lips and tongue
.

The sofa was rather small,
more of
an oversized
loveseat
,
really.
T
he
furniture’s
name made much more sense to her
as she
succumbed to
his hard body
pressing firmly
against her soft frame. His lips moved from her mouth to her jaw
and traced
a line of greedy kisses down to her creamy neck
. A
trail of fire follow
ed
each kiss. She gasped as his hot tongue caress
ed
the hollow at the base of her neck
. T
he intense swirling motion tighten
ed
her whole body in acute anticipation.

‘I know I shouldn’t be doing
this
, Megs
.
’ He lifted his head momentarily
. His
eyes
were like
two blue flames. ‘Still, I can’t imagine doing anything else.
I want you so much
,
it hurts.’

She had no time to respo
nd. H
is mouth return
ed
to her skin once again.
The moment was growing beyo
nd her control.
H
er body
arched
under the assault of his mouth and hands. This was
no longer
just a kiss. It was lovemaking, passionate and r
aw.
H
is erection felt
hard and heavy against the skin of her
naked thighs as her dress rode higher, exposing her to his hands.

She wanted him
even
closer
.
H
er legs open
ed
to let him sink even deeper
against
her waiting
,
hungry body.
She
felt him shiver
as
his body contract
ed,
grinding into the cradle of her hips.
Returning to her lips, h
is mouth
dragged
against her heated skin as if he couldn’t
bear
to leave her, even for a second. They kissed passionately
.
Meg
’s whole body
caught
fire
as she
had
never experienced before. This wasn’t safe or nice anymore. This was passion like
th
e one
people
wrote stories
or composed songs about.

His hand reached between their entwined bodies
and stroked
her breasts and the flat plane of her stomach. Moving on to her hips
,
he pulled her dress even higher
. His
index finger hook
ed
under the lacy scrap of
her
undies and
peeled them
off. There was no time to stop him
, and s
he couldn’t have
forced herself to stop him even if s
he
’d
wanted to. She gasped into his lips as
his fingers explor
ed
the naked skin
between her legs and
circl
ed
her smooth flesh with the unnerving accuracy leading to the center of it all.

And then he was there
. H
is index finger and thumb
encircled
the little nub of pure sensation, flick
ed
over it gently
,
and coax
ed
it into an even more erect state
.
Her whole body convulsed in response
. H
er hands
shook
as she fumbled with the belt of his pants in her own quest for paradise. She found him hard and heavy, straining against the cotton fabric of his boxers. Her fingers closed around his thick shaft,
which
tighten
ed
as she felt his intense caresses.
Her nails scraped gently against the velvety skin covering his steel
-
hard manhood
. She was rewarded with the sensation of sticky moisture on her fingertips
. She dragged her
thumb across the sensitive tip and felt his large body rumble in response.

Then
thing
s
spiraled out of control
.
Her
universe suddenly stilled on the edge of
a
wonderful
precipice
.
H
er whole being concentrated on this one tiny point of her body where all the nerve endings met.
There was nothing but the sensation he was building, stronger and stronger
. Her
own fingers
matched
his crazy rhythm as she caressed him over and over again. She was reaching for something unattainable, something just out of reach, tempting
,
and so desirable.
Like a
moon in search of its planet, she clung to
Matt
’s body
. U
nable to do anything but follow his lead,
she was
pliant and amazed by the beauty of it all. He was the beginning and the end of everything as the first waves of
ecstasy
built
in her body
. E
ach one
was
stronger and more earth shattering th
a
n the previous one. Just like the first rays of sun barely touch
ing
the
earth and
being followed
by the
exquisite
,
blinding ball of pure light and life, her pleasure
rose
into a crescendo of emotion
. H
er breath
caught
in her parched throat as she gasped his name.
Her weightless body was
falling through the stars
and f
rom far off she heard his hoarse response
. H
is large body convuls
ed
on top of her as sticky wetness filled her fingers.

Silence followed
,
o
nly the sound of their labor
ed
breathing fill
ing
the room.
Afraid of what was waiting for her back on earth,
Meg
didn’t want to let go of this dizzying pleasure. Here, in the realm of passion, nothing
m
att
ered
,
save the purest pleasure and joy of being alive and
sharing this moment with
Matt
. She didn’t have to think of
their
past or look towards the future
. O
nly the now
m
att
er
ed
and s
he wanted to stay like this forever
. She
felt his heartbeat, loud and heavy against her skin
and wished she c
ould memorize it for later
.
She closed her eyes and tried to do so, desperate to prolonger this moment of happiness. Because deep down
,
she knew it couldn’t last.

Coming back to earth was brutal. Actually
, she imagined herself as
a capsule, burning as it approache
s
the planet, slicing through the atmosphere
with
lethal speed. She felt like
she was
on a collision course and
was
unable to do anything about it.

‘God,
Megs
, I am so sorry.’ There it was, her personal crash.
The remnants of her ship were scattered on the ground
. The
fire
was
gone and
had been
replaced with ashes.