Page 47 of Fragile Kiss (Fragile 2)
“You’re here, and I’m there.” It was the only excuse she could come up with.
“You know that’s a load of crap. I just hired a replacement for myself. I want to move back to be with you.”
“I...” She couldn’t speak fast enough.
“If this is about me being better off without you,” he leaned in closer, his face near hers, “you clearly don’t know me, Lil. I’m not better off without you. I can’t get my mind off you anytime we’re apart.”
Her mind drew a blank.
“I can prove it, that I really miss you and care about you.”
“How?” she whispered.
Without a word, Cayden pulled her head closer and planted a firm kiss on her mouth.
All her thoughts dissipated. Time blurred. Her memory faded.
Suddenly they were holding hands, practically running to the elevator.
He pressed her against the wall of the elevator, her face in his hands.
She pinned him against the hallway, then her hotel door.
The door slammed behind them. The lamp barely provided any light, but it was enough for her to see his chiseled body as she unbuttoned his shirt and flung it off.
She looked by the door. Her shoes were there. His were by the bathroom door. Her dress was draped halfway off the bed.
Cayden’s back muscles rippled underneath her hands as he pushed into her. A drop of sweat ran down her temple.
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bsp; “Thank goodness the bed doesn’t creak,” she whispered, but she meant to think it. Cayden laughed and kissed her, flipping her on top of his body. Their fingers interlaced; their blood ran hot. The pressure released.
The ocean from her dream surrounded them; the moon and bright stars out the window sent icy blue light onto the floor. Time kept racing past, blurry and passionate.
Cayden’s fingertips traced her collarbone; hers traced his ear.
She lay on her side, feeling his body molded to her shape. He put his arm around her, pulling her so tight and close to him she almost couldn’t breathe.
His breathing evened out and she felt herself sinking into slumber.
Cayden’s breath on her neck sent a warm current down her body.
I hope this isn’t a dream, she thought, feeling distant, like her mind was somehow detached from her physical feelings.
“You’re amazing,” she felt his breath on her neck whisper.
I hope that’s not, either.
“I love you.”
She smiled, letting herself sink the rest of the way.
That, too.
Chapter 09
It wasn’t often that Lillian slept in a comatose state, but this was one of the rare times that she slept so hard she had to wake up to rest. Usually she was brought out of sleep easily. So when her eyes opened, a groan crumbled out from her dry throat and she saw that Cayden wasn’t there. She was more shocked than anything that she’d slept through his getting up.
