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“It’s the curse,” Leandra whispers, guilt staining her tone like red wine on a brand nehite tablecloth “I should have told you sooner”
“The curse doesn’t feel like a curse” I drink in her sweet, lovely, lilac scent, and the even sweeter, darker, scent that is all her Her desire for me Her arousal Her body’s evidence of her want, her need For h to make me see stars
“Well, it’s supposed to be a good curse, remember, but maybe that’s all it is Maybe that would explain the inexplicable connection, the one night stand neither of us ever did, the uh- well- the very sli It would explain how you foundyou a second chance after those flowers How much my family likes you”
“Or ood connection There’s a first tiainst the odds And- I’ to be a dad I truly am Terrified, but happy”
“Surprises…” she echoes, her voice soft, tinged with disbelief and her own deep happiness, whichof surprises, I have a doctor appointment on Wednesday I took the day off I understand if you can’tanyway-”
“I’ll make it”
Her fingers rake through raspsrunt, because it didn’t actually hurt, it just ether She kisses me hard, like she wants to crawl inside of me and live there, and I kiss her with equal fervor
I can’t very well do this to her on a piano inroom I mean, I very well could, but I’d like this to be special I want to take my time this time Yes, we’ve done this before A few tiers in the dark No names No faces Too hurried Too frenzied Too heated I want to slow this one down Take my time Let her knohat she already means to me
After I scoop Leandra off the piano and cradle her inour way up the stairs to hts stay off too, but this tih the blinds They’re those fancy gauzy things that so privacy Also, led into my bedroom The blinds were unnecessary, but I had a crazy blinds lady (she actually called herself that, like a crazy cat lady, but with blinds) who caht the place She insisted thattreatments are the most vital part of the house, more vital than the foundation even While I don’t know if I can get on board with that theory, I can indeed agree, right now, that they are vital for privacy and right now, that ht be more important to me than my house’s foundation My brain isn’t all that rational at the moment
Especially not when Leandra faces me, reaches behind her back, and with old, shimmery dress She works her arly slowat her feet
My ht of her crea black lace bra to her sensual panties She shivers, but doesn’t wrap her ar, but how can I not stare at all that beauty? She’s a land, a land to discover, a rich, incredible land of fantasy and fable My eyes drop down to her stomach, which is flat and toned, and I’m in awe that there, in theour child
“Will you co to think it was premature to strip off h her nerves
“Sorry I didn’t mean to stare at you like a creeper”
“That’s alright”
“Will you take it as a compliment? That the minute I look at you, I’m struck dumb and lose all fine motor function? And all other functions?”
She giggles “Hopefully not the ability to breathe”
“I can barely e it”
“Come here then I’ll help you Give you mouth to mouth or whatever you need to revive”
“I most definitely need mouth to mouth”