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‘Really. Edward...’
He didn’t reply. He rolled his body round, until he was pinning her down on the bed, and with a look of unutterable tenderness slid inside her again. She felt her body mould to his, her hands grabbing at the sheets. Was that a moan? She put her hand to her mouth, biting hard on her knuckle.
He twisted his hips and her head spun. He caressed her, capturing her gasps in a kiss, and she was his. No thought, no fear, just feeling flowing through her, washing her clean of everything other than him. She gazed into his eyes, because they were the only things that made sense any more, and saw them darken. Felt his body stiffen and knew that he, too, had finally reached the point where he was as lost as she was.
Suddenly he was all fire. Coaxing her on, raising the temperature to boiling point. Stronger, sweeter, until her body arched of its own accord and waves of pure feeling washed through her.
* * *
Edward couldn’t trust himself to speak. If he did he would say he loved her, that he would do anything for her if she’d just stay with him. And that was surely just the heat of the moment.
He felt a cool trickle of sweat trace its way down his spine, pooling in the small of his back. She was so beautiful. So giving. Her body was still quivering, little jolts still shaking her after the one great explosion of feeling. Then, as he watched her face, seeming to find endless fascination in the ever-changing detail, she broke him completely. A single tear trickled from her eye.
‘Okay, sweetheart?’ Perhaps he had been too demanding. He hadn’t been able to help himself.
She gave him a slow, lazy smile which said that everything was better than okay. ‘Yeah. Just fine. Happy tears.’
Charlotte wound her arms around his neck, pulling him close, and he rolled over onto his side, curling his body around hers. Perfectly happy. Perfectly... Just perfect, really.
They woke in the night and made love again, but when he opened his eyes in the morning she wasn’t there. He hadn’t really expected her to be. Isaac couldn’t know about this just yet. Maybe one day—if they lasted that long.
He showered alone, and dressed, drawn downstairs by the sound of her voice and Isaac’s. She looked up as he stood in the doorway of the kitchen and smiled.
‘Good morning.’
‘Yes, it is a good morning.’ His whole body felt as if it had been bathed in sunshine.
She flushed a little. ‘Did we wake you?’
He shook his head. Isaac raced out of the kitchen, ready to attack the day, and Edward took his place at the table.
‘I was going to bring you breakfast in bed as soon as I’d finished with Isaac.’ Her mouth twisted in an expression of regret.
‘Just as well you didn’t.’ He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her on the cheek. ‘If I’d woken up and found you there I wouldn’t have let you go.’
‘No? Even if I’d had fresh coffee?’
He weighed the question up. ‘Maybe if you’d had coffee... Is there any?’
‘Right here.’ She went to stand up, but he pulled her back down again.
‘Charlotte, I know we have to keep this away from Isaac...’
‘Yeah. I’m sorry. I just don’t want to confuse him...’
‘Don’t be. I understand.’ It didn’t mean that he liked it, but he wouldn’t hurt Isaac for anything. ‘But that doesn’t mean I won’t be waiting for you. Tonight.’
She gave him a smile. ‘Tonight it is, then. In the meantime, do you want some coffee?’
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
EDWARD WAS SMILING to himself. He could see Charlotte from his office, passing and re-passing the nurses’ station. Something about the way she moved sent memories of last night and the night before pulsing down his spine.
He shouldn’t be doing this. There were things to do—cases to review, patients to see. Admittedly there wasn’t actually anything to do at this moment, but he was slipping. He hadn’t touched the paper he was writing for a week, nor had he been swimming. He badly needed some thinking time.
The phone rang and Edward glared at it. He was far too busy interrupting himself at the moment to encourage anyone else to do so. He snatched up the receiver.
‘North.’
