Page 74 of Holding Her Heart

“Oh, you don’t.” Aster reddened further. “Nothing good can come from you knowing.”

Eden’s insides burst into flames as Aster met her eyes. Dark and filled with want, she’d never noticed anyone looking at her that way before. “I should know. Because we could well be thinking the same thing.”

“I…doubt it.”

Eden quirked an eyebrow. “Try me.”

“I was thinking about how amazing it already feels having you here. I’ve never shared my place with anyone, and…I don’t know. It feels nice. You know, a positive step.”

“I like being here. Because you’re here.”

Aster swallowed, her hands settling on the bare skin beneath Eden’s blouse. “I really like you being here.”

“Yeah? You’re sure?”

Aster gripped the back of Eden’s head, leaning in for a heated kiss. They’d danced around one another since the bar at the airport, and Aster had clearly had enough of that. Eden moaned when Aster slipped her tongue past her lips, hot wet heat pooling between her legs. And then her hands found either side of Eden’s body, her nails grazing Eden’s ribs. A light gasp escaped Eden’s lips. “Oh, God.” She pulled back, breathless. “You shouldn’t do that.”

With their foreheads pressed together, Eden felt consumed by Aster’s eyes. “No?”

Aster repeated the movement, gaining another low moan for her efforts as Eden’s body tingled.

“N-no.”

And then her right hand moving higher, her thumb smoothing across the underside of Eden’s breast. If Aster continued with her incredible hands, Eden was going to strip bare before her. Fuck the uncertainty. “Then you should stop kissing me like that.”

“A-Aster,” Eden whimpered.

“Mm?” Their lips met again, this time fervently. The passion in each swipe of Aster’s touch almost had Eden on the floor. She couldn’t contain herself any longer. She needed Aster to show her what she’d been missing. Aster’s hand grazed higher, gripping the back of Eden’s neck. “I don’t think you realise how much I want you right now.”

Eden took a step back, Aster’s lips so full and inviting. She pulled Aster with her, almost stumbling back as her foot caught the corner of the couch.

And then Aster grazed her fingertips across Eden’s lace covered nipple, bold but confident. Eden bit down on Aster’s lip as she swiped her fingertips across once more, her eyes fluttering shut with each graze. “O-oh,” Eden murmured. “That…”

Aster pulled back, grinning as her hands fell away from Eden. “Is only the beginning.” Eden’s legs shook, her body quickly following, but Aster was backing off. She threw her thumb over her shoulder. “I’m going to go out and get that stuff for dinner.”

“W-what?” Eden’s eyes narrowed. “You’re seriously going to walk away after that?”

Aster shrugged. “It’s too soon for you. But at least we know when the time comes, it’ll certainly be worth it.”

* * *

Eden took a deep breath as the hot water cascaded over her body. She should have been taking a cold shower with how she was feeling, but she was pushing Aster to the back of her mind. She had to. If she thought about earlier for one more second, she was going to step out of the shower and demand Aster fix the problem she’d created. Aster was back from the supermarket; Eden had heard her rummaging around the kitchen before, her hands probably working their magic.

But those soft hands kept creeping back to the forefront of her every thought. How Aster’s lips reassured her while her fingers were…elsewhere. How the room faded away around them, that touch, the light gasps from Aster as Eden reciprocated every kiss. Nobody had ever caused such an intense arousal throughout her body.

And then it ended. Eden was left standing alone, wet between her legs. The cause…a woman.

She inhaled a shaky breath, lathering the soap over her body. This shower was supposed to calm her racing thoughts, it was meant to quell the throbbing between her legs, but it was only making everything worse. When she was alone, it gave her all the time in the world to imagine rolling around in bed with Aster. Something, for the first time as of today, Eden was really thinking about.

Her hand skimmed her lower stomach, another shudder rippling through her. If she closed her eyes, it was Aster touching her. If she focused on the kiss they’d shared in the living room, her body ached for more. As much as she wished this wasn’t happening, Eden did have to release that pent-up tension she felt. Aster would never take this further tonight—she had too much on her mind—and that was perfectly okay.

One hand dipped lower, the other pressed against the black tiled wall of the shower. A low moan rumbled in her throat when her fingertips touched her clit, the urge to come now overpowering her every sense. All she could smell was Aster, her perfume. As she licked her lips, Aster remained there. And those deep brown eyes…God, they were everywhere.

Eden dug her nails into the wall, widening her stance ever so slightly. She rubbed vigorously at her swollen clit, slipping her fingers inside her. Deep, hard, fast. Eden’s chest heaved as thoughts of Aster flashed through her mind. And then she trembled, overcome with the intense orgasm thrashing her body. “Oh, fuck.” Eden’s fingers slowed, her breath coming in short and sharp. “A-Aster,” she whispered, shockwaves jolting her body as her fingers slowed to a stop. God, I need more than that. Eden’s body was hypersensitive. Her own hands hadn’t doused the flames deep within. It hadn’t even touched the surface.

A sudden knock on the door had Eden’s heart rate rocketing through the roof. “Did you shout me?” Aster asked through the door.

Had she been louder than she first thought? Shit!

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