Page 30 of Capacity
All those words fell to dusty scraps when trying to describe the way she looked. She wasn’t any of those things. She was beyond them. She was…
Religious.
Something I wanted to dedicate forever to understanding so I could be closer to the source from which all life sprang forth.
Goddess.
I had to focus. I had no idea how many seconds or minutes had ticked by since she opened the door. I was at a loss for words.
Her dark hair was finally free from its usual bun. It flowed down her back and shoulders like waves of inky black silk. My fingers ached to dive in and drown between her tresses. Her deep brown skin glowed flawlessly under the soft wash of light in the foyer. Her lips were shiny and full and parted just slightly giving me a glimpse of her pretty pink tongue.
God…that tongue.
My eyes traveled down her ample tits, flat stomach, and tight waistline landing on her rounded hips and thick thighs. I wasn’t used to seeing Lumi out of her scrubs. I still held the image in my mind of her in the dress she wore to the wine bar but this…
Lumi had on a long-sleeve white cotton shirt and a pair of gray cable knit leggings. The lace from her black bra was easily distinguishable beneath the cotton of her shirt and those leggings hugged her thighs and ass in ways that made me jealous. She looked like something I needed to bite. Something I needed to taste on my tongue.
“Hey, Knight. Come on in.” Her sweet voice rolled over my senses as I drank her in.
“I’m sorry I didn’t text you and let you know I was on the way. I don’t have your number.” I stepped all the way in when she moved to the side. I caught a whiff of her perfume and shampoo when she reached past me to lock the door. My tongue flattened itself to the roof of my mouth.
“I didn’t even think about that.” Her laugh was warm. She walked ahead of me and my eyes slid down the dip at the small of her back before landing on her plump ass. It swayed side to side with her hips like it had its own mind and mission.
I didn’t even realize I’d followed her into the kitchen. I had to snap the fuck out of it. I couldn’t keep staring at her like I was in a trance. I put the groceries down and she peered inside one of the bags.
I snagged her wrist in my hand gently, hoping I didn’t scare her away like I did earlier at breakfast. I couldn’t help myself when I was around her. I was greedy and in need of her proximity. I craved her in a way I’d never craved anyone. I craved her in ways that exceeded sex and lust. I loved consuming her laughter, her witty comebacks, and her beautiful smile.
Lumi didn’t pull away like she did at work and the knot in my stomach eased. “Hands off,” I told her, letting go even though I yearned to press my lips to her wrist and smell her perfume.
“Why?” She quizzed defiantly. I watched the fire in her emerald eyes and a thrill zipped through me.
“Because I said so.” I circled her little waist with my hands and marveled at the contrast in size. I moved her to the side and said, “Your job is to hand me things because I don’t know my way around your kitchen.”
She snagged her plump bottom lip between her teeth and I knew this dinner was going to be hard as hell to get through without kissing her. Instead of pulling down on her chin until her lip popped free, I reached over and tugged on her earlobe.
“Can you tell me what you’re cooking then?” She said, bouncing up on the balls of her feet. Jesus, even Lumi’s toes were pretty.
“I can do that,” I gave her a nod as I began taking food from the grocery bags. “I’m making creamy garlic chicken with a side salad. I saw the recipe on Pinterest. I brought chocolate cake for dessert and a gallon of the finest iced tea money can buy.”
“Iced tea is perfect.” Her eyes shone with pride and it gripped my heart in a steel vice. Lumi was proud of me. I’d do anything to make sure she was always proud of me. I didn’t know having her validation would feel so good. I was becoming increasingly proud of myself but having her reinforcement swelled my heart.
I moved awkwardly around the kitchen prepping the food while she snickered into her hand and pointed me in the right direction of…everything. I was amazed at how our conversation flowed. We spoke to each other with the ease of two people who’d been friends for decades and not just one short month.
Lumi was so easy to open up to. Her thoughtful silence begged me to spill my guts. Her raw confessions opened my ears and my heart to what a warm, kind, and brilliant woman she was.
Time vanished while I cooked. The energy between us was a bubbling creek. It flowed and moved with no hope of slowing down. It was warm and lighthearted but there was an unspoken density tangled through it all. Maybe it was the fact that I wanted this woman in front of me. I wanted Lumi in ways I didn’t fully understand.
After we feasted on my novice meal of garlic chicken, we sat on the couch while she searched for something to put on. Her large smart TV sat on top of a sleek entertainment center but it should have been mounted above it. I scrubbed at my chin and slid to the edge of the couch. Lumi’s eyes were on me immediately. She’d been tracking me all evening. She was a curious kitten and I was something outside of her grasp.
“Your TV should be mounted,” I said, gesturing.
“I know. I’m not going to get around to it any time soon though so it’s going to sit right there.”
I soaked in her beautiful face before I continued. “I can mount it for you, Lumi. It’ll take fifteen minutes. I can hide the cords too.”
She drew her head back and studied me intently. Emeralds dipped in honey and ringed by shadowy darkness forced the air from me. Then she smiled and I knew I’d been missing beauty in my life for a very long time.
“You’d do that for me, Knight?”
