closer, pressing his body into hers against the door. She was firm, yet soft in the places he’d wanted her to be. He raised her hands above her head, secured her wrists in one hand while the other hand went back to her breast, back to that slow torturous grazing. He pulled back slightly from her mouth, his lips now at one corner of hers, smoothly moving along her jaw, pushed her hair out of the way with his nose, and found her ear again.
“I want you,” he whispered, her skin tingling at the sound of his words. “I’ve seen us a thousand times.” A shift of his hips inward into hers punctuated his words. “In my dreams it is perfect between us. You are perfect in my dreams.” He gave her another soft wet kiss.
“Want me to describe what I see?” he whispered, his lips nibbling at hers.
She nodded, unable to speak.
“I see you, a long stretch of smooth golden brown skin attached to a body that I’d just finished exploring completely. Your hair is wild around your head, and those strong legs of yours are wrapped around me. I love your legs,” he said, taking her lips in another wet, open-mouthed kiss. “I see your arms holding me in place…your head is always thrown back in my dreams, my name always on your lips, encouraging, then demanding, showing me just how you like it, how you…like…me,” he said slowly, tying her mind up in knots with his image of her, her body pure fluid now.
He took her lips again, this time in a bruising kiss, mouth open as her tongue welcomed him in. He pulled back, watched her from beneath lowered lashes, his breath a pant, as she tried to catch her breath.
“What am I doing in this picture?” he asked against her neck, en route to her ear again. “I’m moving within you, and it feels mind-altering. Can you feel it?” He sighed and pushed his hips into hers. “That would be me, in you, pushing in smoothly before gliding out, as fast or as slow as you’d like.” He took her arms from over her head, turning her so that she faced the door now, his hands covering hers, holding her in place as he moved to stand flush behind her before pushing his hips inward.”
She moaned and turned her head to the side and looked into grey smoldering eyes, which pulled her in. His mouth went back to her ear; she couldn’t see his face, could only feel him at her back. From head to toe, she could feel his hips pushing and she pushed back, her body with a mind of its own.
“Then, we would start all over again,” he said, stepping back from her.
She turned to face him, her eyes full of desire, and he smiled.
“Think about it,” he said. She nodded, eyes still a little glazed. He leaned in and kissed her softly again before grabbing her dolly. “Open the door, Piper,” he said, grinning now, watching as she followed his instructions. She opened the door and stepped to the side to allow him to leave. She stood there for a moment trying to regroup.
Breathe, girl, and get your ass in gear. You can’t stand here all day. She ran her hands over her face before following him out and back to the front.
* * *
Do these people not have homes to go to? he wondered from his seat near the front window, where he’d continued to watch her work. He’d affected her. He’d given up keeping track of the number of times her eyes had sought his with remnants of their earlier interlude visible in them.
She wanted it, too. He knew that fact like he knew his own name, and, as much as he hated to admit, it wasn’t going to happen tonight. He was approaching his glass slipper time, and that fact hurt. She seemed to be the one in charge tonight, all questions went to her. This party was nowhere near finished, which meant she wasn’t available for what he wanted. Not tonight, anyway.
He stood up and made his way to the counter and waited in line again until he reached her. She looked up, surprise and thinly veiled want reflected in the eyes that stared back at him.
“I’ve got to go.