Her response interrupts my lustful thoughts and I meet her eyes with a guilty look.
“God, that sounds amazing. There’s so much to do here and I want to do everything,” she exclaims, her voice filled with wistfulness.
Kady eyes close and she nibbles on that lower lip I was just picturing on mine. The sexy image sends dirty thoughts to my head.No, my other head.
I turn away, trying to refocus my attention back to my laptop as I pull up my game schedule. We have a break for a few days before we play in Rome, which means I have some downtime. In fact, an idea pops in my head that has me throwing caution to the wind.
“It looks like I’m free over the next few days. If you wanted a travel guide or partner, I’d be willing to hang out if you want.” The last word lingers on my lips – a hopeful prayer of sorts - as I hesitantly look up to find her staring at me.
The intensity of her blue-eyes throws me for a loop. “What? I didn’t mean to imply…”
Before I know what’s happening, Kady jumps off the kitchen stool and throws her arms around my neck in exuberant delight. Her lithe body is warm, pressing against the side of my shoulder.
“Gavin, you are awesome.”
I twist my torso to face her and my hands instinctively wrap around her small waist, mainly to keep her balanced and upright. That’s what I tell myself, anyway. My fingers hold tight and don’t seem to want to leave the softness of her body. This is the most contact we’ve had since she’s been here.
Even though I should let go, I don’t want to.It feels too good holding this girl in my arms like this. It’s the most non-sexual intimacy I’ve shared with a woman in a long time.Regardless of all the reasons I can’t pursue her, something about Kady pulls me in. It’s a potent alchemy of lust and pure physical attraction.
But deeper than that, we have this connection. The lost and lonely parts of our souls speaking to one another in a language of its own. Saying, “I know you.You’re not alone.”
I shake off the thoughts when she pulls away from me. She startles me when she cups my cheeks in her palms, smooshing them together like I’m a baby or stuffed animal. I’d be offended if it were anyone else.
“You are just so fucking cute,” she coos, jostling my head back and forth before placing a chaste kiss on my lips.
My body isn’t fast enough to catch up because before I can react – to pull her hard to my lips and kiss the ever-loving fuck out of her – she’s already pulling out of my arms and running back to her bedroom. Had I employed my basketball reflexes to my advantage, I would’ve taken that kiss in an entirely different direction. Probably a good thing we didn’t go there.
I rub my thumb over my lips and feel the ghost of her warm mouth lingering. Damn, she even tastes like a peach.
Who said apples are the only forbidden fruit?
I need to clarify. “Is that a yes, then? Do you want me to go with you?”
“Does a bear shit in the woods?” I hear from behind her closed door.
I laugh when she concludes with an overly-exaggerated enunciation of, “Y. E. S.!”
Kady’s like a burst of fireworks in a cloudless night sky. Sparkling and exploding through the dark with her magic.
And maybe I want to be the one to light the fuse.
