The Pregnancy Contract (2011)
“she hedged in response.
But she knew exactly what he was talking about. They’d been circling each other like angry cats from the moment she’d arrived a few days ago. Antipathy was there, for sure, but beneath the surface lay something else. Something thick and heavy and powerful. Something neither of them wanted to acknowledge. It itched beneath their skin with a constant presence. An itch that she knew, without doubt, only one thing would assuage.
“Civil,” he repeated. “You think that’s the an...swer?”
She opened the kitchen door, letting out the warmth and golden light from within, dispelling the gloom outside.
“Maybe not, but it’s the only one I can think of right now.”
He took a step nearer, and rested a finger on her lips.
“Is that what you feel toward me now, Piper? Civility?”
Oh, God, no. She felt anything but. Given the opportunity, she’d open her mouth right now, draw his finger in and lave it with her tongue. She’d drive him crazy with wanting her and then eventually they’d do something about it, and maybe, just maybe, some of the tension between them would ease.MoreLess
But she knew exactly what he was talking about. They’d been circling each other like angry cats from the moment she’d arrived a few days ago. Antipathy was there, for sure, but beneath the surface lay something else. Something thick and heavy and powerful. Something neither of them wanted to acknowledge. It itched beneath their skin with a constant presence. An itch that she knew, without doubt, only one thing would assuage.
“Civil,” he repeated. “You think that’s the an...swer?”
She opened the kitchen door, letting out the warmth and golden light from within, dispelling the gloom outside.
“Maybe not, but it’s the only one I can think of right now.”
He took a step nearer, and rested a finger on her lips.
“Is that what you feel toward me now, Piper? Civility?”
Oh, God, no. She felt anything but. Given the opportunity, she’d open her mouth right now, draw his finger in and lave it with her tongue. She’d drive him crazy with wanting her and then eventually they’d do something about it, and maybe, just maybe, some of the tension between them would ease.MoreLess
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