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His hair and shirt were damp from being out in the rain. His slacks, too. He didn’t look over at me as he turned the key in the ignition and steered out of my parents’ circular driveway.
Nathaniel didn’t speak to me, and I didn’t speak to him, until we were leaving my parents’ estate on Coronado Island across the water from downtown San Diego.
“Where do you live?” he finally asked in a quiet voice.
“Muir Avenue. Point Loma Heights,” I said, biting my lip.
He didn’t respond.
“Is that on your way home?” I asked.
“Yes,” he answered, his jaw tight.
“Where do you live?” I hoped it wasn’t out of his way.
“La Jolla.”
Not exactly on the way, but close enough in the general direction.
We drove over the graceful, arresting swoop of the Coronado Bridge toward the glittering lights of downtown. The rain started coming down harder as we reached the other side of the bay, heading onto the 5 Freeway and over to Point Loma. By the time we passed the wetlands, the rain was coming down in sheets. Nathaniel handled every turn smooth as butter, until he slowed and came to a stop on an empty, secluded street bordering the park near my apartment. He put the car in park and turned off the engine underneath enormous mature trees; dark and private.
“Amelia,” he said, still refusing to look in my direction, avoiding eye contact, “what we did… if your dad ever found out…”
This time, I was the one who couldn’t seem to think of anything to say. I had felt rejected and discarded. I was confused and didn’t know what to do.
Nathaniel continued. “You’re the apple of your father’s eye. This thing between you and me, it would only end up hurting David. And you.”
I found my voice. “Hurting me… because you don’t want me.”
Nathaniel quickly turned in my direction, shaking his head, gaze serious. “No. Idowant you. You have no idea. I’ve never, ever, in my life–it’s just… not the right thing to do.” He turned away again, and I realized how conflicted he was.
My tongue felt thick and useless in my mouth, but at this point I might as well tell him how I really felt. How much worse could things get?
“Here’s the truth. I think you’re the sexiest man I’ve ever met. I think about you when I’m alone at night, touching myself under the covers, wishing you were there with me. I’ve never had sex before because I just haven’t met the right person. I’ve always felt that I would know when it was the right time. And I know now. Every time I fantasize about my first time… it’s with you.”
Nathaniel took in a sharp breath. His chest rose and fell quickly, breath shallow and labored. He looked like he was in physical pain as he turned to me.
“You shouldn’t have said that.”
Chapter 4
Nathaniel
Isurged forward to kiss her, leaning across the center console. She opened her pretty mouth for me, and I tasted the skin of her lips, her tongue–salty like the sea and sweet like whiskey.
Amelia unbuckled her seatbelt and then pushed the latch on mine, freeing me from its constraining hold. I took her face into my hands, deepening our kiss while she clawed at my shirt, undoing the buttons impatiently until I helped her.
The rain pelted down onto the car. Everything was a blur of tugging, pushing, pulling–wet lips and frantic touches, tension building to an inevitable peak that loomed over the two of us.
It was wrong.
I knew it.
But I couldn’t help myself.
She was letting me take whatever I wanted, giving me everything. I was completely out of control, giving in to my forbidden desire for her, unable to turn back.
“Why?” she asked between kisses, her breath coming shallow and hot against my neck as she nuzzled my jawline.
