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He pulled another face.“It’s a pretty small house with thin walls—and if Solo’s there—”
“Of course.”She giggled.“With Polly…”
“Oh, yikes.They’re on then?”
“Yep, it would seem so.”
“Heck!”
They sat in silence, her mind trying to work out solutions.Did he mean for them to take a blanket down by the river?She’d go anywhere if he asked her, but if that was the case, she kind of hoped no late-night dog walkers would wander past.
“I’m thinking maybe a hotel,” Carts said and her eyes widened as the idea took shape in her head.
“That could be kind of… fun!”she said.
His eyes took on a wicked gleam.“Great.Let’s do this.”
Giggling like a couple of teenagers wagging school, they’d made a plan and she’d run inside, leaving Carts to book over the phone.A breathless mess of excitement, she’d gathered a few things, clothes for tomorrow and toiletries, but crazily didn’t feel she had time to change, so instead threw a coat over her half-made blouse.
“You look beautiful,” Carts said when she plonked back in the front seat of his car, reaching over and kissing her before heading off towards the city.
After a minute she plucked up the courage to ask, “Have you… um, protection?”
He nodded and she sensed he was a little embarrassed, so she just reached over and squeezed his arm.Some things didn’t need to be talked through in detail.
So here they were.At the Ritz Carlton, on Elizabeth Quay.Because, Carts had explained, he’d thought it looked amazing ever since it opened last year.“Besides,” he’d added, “it’s where we had our first real date.”
A week ago.Really?Only a week ago.So much had happened.With Pippa, and Avery, the best orgasm of her life, a dozen red roses andhim.He was hers, and it felt almost too good to be true.
Which was why when they stood in their suite with the great big king-size bed and the sweeping panoramic views of the river, she had to say to him, “Could you pinch me please?To check this is real.”
It was more a caress than a pinch, but it would do.
They looked at the bed and then at each other and grinned.
“We should check if we fit,” Carts said, with an eyebrow waggle.
Her lips quirked.“Let’s,” she agreed.Grabbing her hand, he ordered, “One… two… three… go!”and together they launched onto the mattress, laughing as their faces hit the feathery pillows.“Okay, turn round and lie absolutely straight.”
They turned and lay flat on their backs, fingers linked together, staring at the ceiling and wiggling their toes.“I’m off the end,” Carts said.
“I fit.Just,” Judith countered.“But then you are taller than me.”
“Doesn’t matter,” he said, turning on his side and scooping her into his arms.“It means we’ll have to snuggle up more.”They curled into each other, faces close enough for their noses to touch and their breath to mingle.Suddenly serious now, she gulped and gently traced a finger round the angle of his cheekbones, the line of his jaw, and across his mouth.How sensitive those lips were, how expressive.He blinked at her, long eyelashes sweeping down and when he opened them again, his eyes were as clear as the night sky outside.
In turn, he stroked the hair away from her face and kissed her.First her forehead, then each eyelid, her cheeks next and finally, her lips.
It was a languorous kiss at first, explorative and gentle, as if they had all the time in the world.His tongue swept her upper lip, then her lower one and Judith gave a little shiver.She let her lips mould to his and coaxed with her tongue, until he opened to her and she felt his hands tangle in her hair and the kiss deepened and became hot and urgent.
Judith pulled at his shirt, tugged it out of his pants.He laughed, a little nervous, deep and husky.His eyes darkened.She let her hand roam across the skin of his belly then snuck it over his pants to shape the hard length of him.
He flinched.
“Is this okay?”she asked.“Or too much?”
“A little too much right now.”The words came out slightly strangled.She shifted, letting him have space to breathe and stroking her fingertips softly over his shoulders and pecs, a place she hoped was safe enough.
“Why don’t we undress at least?”she suggested after a while.“And see what happens.”
