Page 18 of Embers of Love

“I thought you would come earlier,” Ember said.

“I was busy, sorry,” Josephine lied.

“Oh.” Ember nodded and looked down at her hands. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you my real name.”

“It’s fine,” Josephine said quickly. “I apologize for not telling you mine either.”

They lapsed into silence. So many words they wanted to say, the tension was thick enough to cut through with a butter knife.

“Was it real?” Ember asked, looking up at her. Josephine was mesmerized by her eyes once again. There was something about them, the way she looked at people. It made her heart flutter with an indescribable emotion. It made her feel…real… seen.

“Yes, for me it was,” Josephine answered honestly.

Ember nodded. “That night was amazing. I’d never felt anything like that before. I can’t stop thinking about…thinking about you.”

The earnestness in her gaze tugged at Josephine’s heart. Ember was so open and so evolved for someone so young. She walked up and sat on the edge of Ember’s bed.

“I can’t stop thinking about you either.”

Silence. This time, words weren’t going to be enough for the two to express themselves. Josephine could feel it as much as Ember did. Her lips found Ember’s of their own accord. Ember responded with enthusiasm, kissing her with the same level of desperation and desire. All of the emotions they had been feeling in the last two days were conveyed with that one, intense kiss.

Josephine felt Ember reach her hand up inside her blouse to grasp hungrily at her breasts. She moaned from the sensation of her warm touch. She wanted Ember’s hands on her body. She wanted them so badly. She placed her hand on top of Ember’s, encouraging her to squeeze harder. The young woman obliged her, eliciting another moan from Josephine as she felt her nipples harden and her panties getting wet.

She leaned in further into the kiss, and they made out passionately. All the while, Josephine thought about how wrong this was, how risky it would be if she was caught making out with a patient barely a week into her working at the Phoenix Ridge hospital. But she couldn’t pull away from the kiss. It was addictive.

Ember moaned, her hand searched past Josephine’s knee, seeking up her skirt running higher up her inner thigh between her legs. Josephine felt her back arching into the touch, hitching her skirt higher to allow Ember access.

Ember’s fingers teased over and under and around her silk panties.

“You are so wet for me,” she growled into Josephine’s ear. “I like it.”

Josephine smiled back. “You always seem to know exactly the right thing to do and say.”

Ember kissed her, more forcefully this time. Her passion was clearly growing, and Josephine had to admit that hers was too. They were quickly being consumed by the same desires they felt that night. The feeling was back, and with full force. Ember had awakened something within her that night, a part of her that she had forgotten but it was back with a vengeance.

She could already feel herself approaching that precipice as Ember’s magical fingers slid in and around her soaking panties, teasing her like crazy with the occasional swipes of her clitoris. She’d barely been touched, but the familiar shaking was beginning to set in.

Then they heard a knock on the door. It was like someone had spilled cold water on the two of them. Josephine gasped and pulled away sharply, rising to her feet and adjusting her skirt, retucking her blouse. Ember rearranged her hospital gown.

Josephine made sure her face looked alright before she went to answer the door. It was an unfamiliar woman. She was a bit on the short side but thick and strong-looking and wearing the regulation navy blue pants and T shirt of the Phoenix Ridge Fire Department.

“Hello,” the woman greeted. “I’m Rory, Ember’s friend and colleague.”

Josephine’s smile faltered a bit but she recovered quickly before Ember’s friend noticed.

“Hi Rory. I’m Doctor Josephine Mars. It’s nice to meet you.”

Josephine stepped away to let her in. “Come right in, Ember is awake.”

The young woman’s face lit up the moment she walked in and saw Ember sitting up in bed.

“There’s our favorite superhero!”

Josephine winced at the boisterous woman’s enthusiasm. She crossed the room quickly to give Ember a warm hug. Ember gave Josephine an apologetic look over Rory’s shoulder. Josephine smiled back reassuringly.

She left the two of the friends, her mind still reeling from the intensity of the desires that lingered between them. She was soaking wet still and her panties needed sorting out.

They’d almost gotten themselves caught! Josephine was terrified about what would have happened if Rory had walked in without knocking first. Or even worse… Becky.

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