Page 129 of The Life of Anna-Tenth Anniversary Edition: Act 1

Looking up into his eyes, she caught her breath. She felt so... she didn’t know the words to express how she felt. Cherished? Adored?

“What would you like to do today?” Aaron ran his fingers up her belly and around her breasts.

“Don’t you have class?” Anna sighed as he glided his fingers over her taut nipples.

“Nope, have the week off, and I’m glad. I need the break.” He grinned. “What shall we do today?”

“I don’t know. What’s there to do?”

“Lots of things. We could go to the park. We could see a movie...”

“A movie?” She hadn’t been to a movie in years.

“You wanna go see a movie?” He chuckled.

She nodded and grinned.

He laughed. “Well, that was easy. ‘Course the movies don’t start until later. We could do lunch, then go see a movie. Maybe wander around one of the parks or something? Or just hang out.” He stroked her cheek. “I just want to be with you,” he added softly.

Anna felt like her heart was about to burst with happiness. She heard the sincerity in his voice. She allowed herself to read him briefly, but stopped after feeling the same sincerity radiating from him. He was genuine. There was nothing hidden, no secret shadow desires. How he appeared was exactly who he was.

“Let me get cleaned up and dressed, and then we can head to your place and you can do the same.” Aaron crawled out of bed and headed to the bathroom.

Anna found her bag he’d brought up before they went to sleep and dressed, then sat on his bed. He emerged a few minutes later, pulling his shirt over his head.

He looked closer at the dress as he approached. “Are you wearing anything under that dress?”

Anna shrugged. “No.” Her eyes widened. “Should I?”

He pulled her to her feet and slid his hands around her hips, cupping her rear and kissing her neck. “Mmm. Not if you don’t want to. It’s sexy.” He pulled her dress up and caressed her bare ass, and she felt him grow hard against her hip. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed herself against him.

He groaned and pulled away. “If I start kissing you again, we’ll never leave the room.” He pushed her dress back down and stepped away.

“Is that a bad thing?”

Aaron grinned. “Well, on one level, no. But I don’t want you to think I just want you for your body.”

“What’s wrong with my body?” She giggled.

He looked her up and down and grinned. “Absolutely nothing. I’m looking forward to seeing it again later. But I’m hungry and really looking forward to taking you to a movie.”

Her heart warmed at the idea of being taken out to do something fun instead of just staying in bed all day.

“Where’d you park?” he asked.

“On the street. I think about a block down.”

“Hmm. I should’ve had you move it. My neighbors can get a little upset about cars parked in front of their houses overnight. Next time, you can park in the garage.”

“I have an extra spot at my apartment you can park your car in, too.”

“How about we each drive our cars to your apartment and then I can drive from there?”

“Okay. Do you know where I live?”

He shook his head.

“The Sapphire. On Mission Street.”

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