Page 10 of Losing Control
His tongue delves into my mouth and I arch my back, trying to gain more contact with him.
“Someone’s eager this morning,” he says, his voice deep and laced with innuendo.
I feel the blush creep across my cheeks from his words. I don’t want him to think that I am going to become needy now that we have slept together. I don’t want him to be worried about me turning into some kind of bunny-boiler.
“I’m sorry.”
“Sorry? Why are you apologising?” He pulls his head back to look at me, and I can see slight concern in his eyes.
“I… Um…” Oh God, he’s going to think I’m such an idiot. I don’t know what to say. I can’t tell him that I am worried that he might think that I am too keen, that would just make me look even worse than I probably look right now.
I have been out of the dating loop for so long that I have no idea how to act. I don’t want him to think badly of me.
“Lucy…” He whispers my name before placing a light kiss on my lips. “You don’t need to be nervous around me, and for the record, I’m eager too.” His soft smile eases my racing mind. “I like you, and I’m not going anywhere.” His gaze turns serious, making my heart pump wildly. “We may not have been going out together for long, but I want this to work. I can see myself falling for you, Lucy, and I really hope that you feel the same way. I don’t ever want you to feel like you have to behave a different way around me. Just be yourself, because that is the person that I have grown fond of.”
His words stun me, but instead of worrying about how to answer him, I lift my head up and connect my lips with his.
I think that I may have just died and gone to heaven.
His words were what I needed to hear, striking a cord deep within me.
Michael is going to be the one to bring me back to life.
And as our kiss becomes hungrier, I literally do feel like the luckiest woman in the world.
Chapter Seven
Love is blind
It has been three months since I first went on a date with Michael, and I can honestly say that it has been the best three months of my life. Even better than when I first started dating Tom.
Michael has been a perfect gentleman in every way. He makes me feel wanted, and I truly hadn’t realised how much I had missed that feeling. I have stayed at his every weekend for the last two months. I look forward to Friday nights, knowing that I get to be wrapped up in a bubble with him until Monday morning.
“So, I guess that you will be staying with Michael again tonight?” Kim asks me as we both get our travel coffee mugs ready to take with us to work.
“You guess right.” Nothing can wipe the smile off of my face or dampen the fire in my belly.
“Luce, are you sure that you’re not rushing things?” Kim asks tentatively. I turn to face her and can see that her brows are knitted together in concern.
“What do you mean? You’re the one that pushed for me to go out with him in the first place.”
“I know, I just… I don’t want you getting hurt again,” she says as she bites her bottom lip.
I know that she is genuinely looking out for me, but this is a bit of a turnaround to her previous behaviour as far as my love life is concerned.
“Kim, there’s nothing to worry about. I’m having a great time, and I haven’t felt this good in forever.”
“That’s great, but maybe you need to tread carefully where Michael is concerned?”
“What?” I say, turning my head to look at her, my happy feeling suddenly fading. It turns out that the smile can be wiped off of my face, and Kim is the one to achieve it.
“I’ve heard some things,” she tells me.
I can tell that she really doesn’t want to be having this conversation with me, but out of respect for our friendship, I decide to hear her out. I won’t let myself jump to conclusions until I have heard what she has to say.
“Go on,” I urge.
“Oh God, I don’t even know if what I have heard is just office gossip or if it’s the truth.”
