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The strong thud of his heart hammering against his chest reverberated through her skin, matching the unsteady tempo of her own.
Slowly she sank onto him, finding his lips, his breath flowing into her pores and filling her mouth with his heat just as he was filling her.
Skin on skin.
There were no words.
Nothing could ever describe the total bliss filling her.
With Pascha’s hand steadying her, she started to move. Gripping the sides of his head, her sensitised breasts brushing against his chest, she ground against him, a steady, almost lazy tempo, the pulsations within her deepening.
A glazed look came into his eyes but the total connection between them remained, fusing them so deeply that she lost any sense of where he began and she ended.
Pure, pure pleasure.
Her orgasm started out as a low surge rippling through her, setting alight every atom of her being. Higher and higher it climbed until it peaked in an explosion of colour.
A strangled groan escaped his lips and he bucked into her, holding her tight against him, prolonging the moment for them both.
She rode the crest for as long as she could before floating back to earth, the softest landing.
Emily expelled a contented sigh.
Her face was buried in his neck, his strong hands stroking her back, holding her tight to him,
Pascha twisted onto his side so he could look down at her.
A lock of ebony hair lay damp across her forehead. He smoothed it away, pressing a kiss to the newly exposed skin.
‘Why are you staring at me like that?’ she asked, tracing a lazy finger up and down his forearm.
‘Because I like staring at you. You’re beautiful.’
‘I think you’re beautiful.’
‘A very macho description,’ he said with a laugh, and rolled onto his back, pulling her with him
The sun’s rays were increasing, bathing them in a warm pool of light. Pascha could almost imagine it was just the two of them on the planet. If it were just the two of them left on Earth, Pascha reflected, he doubted he would ever be bored. Emily kept him on his toes.
‘What possessed you to make the jump?’ he asked after long, serene minutes had passed. ‘Anything could have happened to you.’
‘But it didn’t.’
‘But it could have.’
She raised her head and smiled. ‘Pascha, this waterfall has clearly been evolving for hundreds of thousands of years, and the pool with it. I knew it would be deep.’
‘But you couldn’t have known what was beneath the waterline. There could have been rocks or anything. You could have killed yourself.’ A coldness crept into his bones at the thought.
‘But I didn’t.’
‘But what if you had? Where would that leave your father? Your brother?’ Me, he almost added, the thought coming from nowhere.
‘I don’t know.’ She bit into her lip and stared at him. ‘They have each other. It was on James’s watch that my dad got out of bed.’
‘You’ve been there the rest of the time.’ From what Pascha understood, Emily had been there the whole time. She’d given up the independence of her home and put her job in jeopardy for her father.
‘From what’s happened since I left, it’s obvious that the only person my dad needed was James. Not me.’ She broke the stare and tugged herself out of his arms, sitting up. ‘I’ve tried so hard. All my life I’ve tried.’
‘Tried for what?’
She turned her face back to him and raised her shoulders. ‘To be enough.’
‘Enough for what?’
‘For him to hold on to.’ She shook her head. ‘In all honesty, Mum was the only one he really responded to when he was ill, but James would tell him a joke and sometimes Dad would smile. I’d tell him a joke—normally the same one as James—and he never responded. Never. When he was well, he was wonderful with me, but when he was ill it was as if I didn’t exist. I was never enough. I guess I’m still not.’
‘I don’t believe that,’ he said carefully, rubbing a hand over her naked back. She had the softest skin. ‘Your father loves you.’
‘I know he loves me.’ Her voice was sad. ‘It’s just not enough, is it? Not if I can’t help him.’
He placed a kiss to the small of her back. ‘You’ve done more for your father than anyone could have wished. It is time for you to forget about your relationship with him as a child. Focus on the future.’ He kissed her again, a little higher. ‘I would sell my soul if I could have a future with my father.’
‘I know. You’re right.’
‘Of course I’m right.’
‘Your arrogance never gets old.’
