Page 65 of Third Time is the Charm
Instead of watching herself, she watched his face as he saw her pleasure herself. The sheen of sweat covered his entire body with the restraint he’d shown so far, restraint that was about to snap. She bit her lip as her hypersensitive clit easily and greedily climbed back up to the precipice of orgasm with just a few strokes of her fingers.
The shudder that ran through her body broke his trance. He quickly shed the rest of his clothes, climbing back onto the bed and between her thighs.
Her hand barely moved back before he thrust completely inside of her, his tortured groan escaping as her tight passage encased him with hot, moist heat, the last vestiges of his restraint lost.
“Holy Christ,”he swore as his hips began to move.
His fingers dug into her hips, raising them and then holding them steady while he rammed into her, his desire completely unchecked. Sweat began to bead on his forehead as he pushed deep inside of her over and over again.
Their moans elevated in sync as the burning friction between them built. Her core was so sensitized that it only took a few of his powerful thrusts to send her over the edge again. Her walls contracting around him, he shouted as she pulled him into his climax, the hot jet of his release making her entrance even slicker as he continued to slide into her, riding out the waves of his almost-denied orgasm.
Darcy groaned, his fingers relaxing on her hips as his movements finally began to slow. Releasing her, he leaned over, resting his weight on his hands on either side of her head, bending his down to touch his lips to hers.
He kissed her gently and Beth moaned softly against his mouth, her eyes fluttering open, a soft smile spreading over her face.
“You’re incredible,” she said softly, not caring if her words inflated his ego or not; she couldn’t filter her thoughts anymore and she didn’t want to.
He chuckled, his eyes capturing hers. “No, gorgeous, you are incredible.” He dropped a quick kiss on her lips. “I’m not incredible, I’m intolerable. Remember?” The corners of his mouth lifted in a smile, teasing her nickname for him.
Beth laughed, eliciting a small groan from him as her movement caused her muscles to flex around the part of him that was still resting inside of her. “Who says you can’t be both?” she retorted with a sly smile.
His head dropped as he laughed, pulling himself out of her in one movement – both of them feeling the loss. He stepped off the side of the bed and she moaned, forcing herself to follow him. She went into the bathroom while he walked out into the living room to grab the small bag he’d brought with him. Pulling out his toothbrush, he joined her in brushing their teeth.
They climbed back into her small bed, underneath the covers, as if they’d been doing this every night for the past five months. Beth reached over to turn off the light as Darcy slid up behind her.
Beth sighed softly. “So, what now?” she asked quietly, enjoying the feel of Darcy pressed up against her back, his fingers tracing lazy circles down the side of her arm.
Her body wanted to fall asleep now that it was completely sated, but her mind wanted to know what happened next – if she should expect to wake up to find Darcy gone in the morning.
“Hmm.” His chest rumbled with the deep vibration. His head dropped to place a kiss on her shoulder blade. “I think, I’d like to take you to dinner.”
“We already ate,” she murmured.The exhaustion was really starting to get to her.
“Not tonight,” he chuckled. “This weekend. Friday.”
Friday…She furrowed her brow trying to remember why that day seemed to stick out in her mind. Maybe it was because it seemed so far away.Was she not going to see him again until then?
“I have to go back to New York tomorrow,” he explained as if he had heard her thoughts. “I need to take care of a couple of things; I wasn’t planning on coming up here this early in the week, so I have to go back and straighten out some merger proposals before the end of the week.
“Oh,” she replied softly, too tired to hide her disappointment.
It was only four days, Beth.
“Trust me, I don’t want to leave either. Not now,” he replied hoarsely, his fingers dipped off of her arm, the backs of them gently brushing along the swell of her breast to circle her nipple; the subtle movement a punctuation to his thoughts. Beth sighed at his caress and felt Darcy tense behind her. “You have no idea how fucking bad I want to kidnap you and take you with me,” he growled, his teeth lightly sinking into the side of her neck causing goosebumps to race down her body.
“I can’t –” she began to whisper breathlessly before he immediately cut her off.
“I won’t. I know your work is busy right now and I know how much this job means to you. I saw it in your eyes.” His hand returned to her arm as a sign of restraint. “I know you enjoy your work with Gardiner, but I’ve seen what you’ve done for the Center and I saw the look on your face when you talk about what you do. There’s more than just pride there now, there’s a peace, a contentment, knowing that what you are doing is helping people who need it, not just really rich or talented people who want it.”
“Thank you,” she whispered, blinking back tears. He was right; her new job had fulfilled her in so many ways and, as much as she loved Phil and her Gardiner clientele, she couldn’t imagine going back and working there. As much as New York felt like her home and where she belonged, it didn’t outweigh her sense of purpose that she’d found here.
Which presented another problem.
How were they going to work if she needed to stay in Boston?Granted, he said he had offices here and he certainly had more flexibility than she did to live wherever he wanted; maybe it would be ok.Unless he needed to be in New York now. Or somewhere else.She remembered how they’d talked about Singapore so long ago. And then there was the fact that her family and Jane and everything were in New York. The thought bothered her.
Had she always looked at Boston as something temporary?
“Shh,” he whispered. “Enough thinking for tonight.” His words refocused her brain on the present. Her body tingling as his hands moved towards her back, expecting him to physically distract her from her thoughts… again.
