What Happiness Looks Like (Promises)
“She examined his profile: the tiny U-shaped scar near his right eye, his perfect triangle of a nose, and the sharp bend of his jaw.
She couldn’t resist him. Even after all of these years, their bodies fit together like the original lovers. Like Adam and Eve. There was no denying it. And yet, like the Garden of Eden, she knew this couldn’t last. It never did.
He started blinking rapidly.
She draped her arm across his chest, nestling her leg onto his thigh. “Something wrong?” She rested her chin ...on his shoulder.
He pressed his thumb into the inner corner of his eye. “It’s too much.”
No kidding. She hadn’t had sex in five years. She’d forgotten about the warmth filling her cheeks, about her toes curling in anticipation, about the tidal wave of endorphins afterwards. She wanted to tell him how fabulous it was, but had always felt that praising sex sounded trite. She traced a circle around his taught nipple, knowing words could never describe what they had.
He shook his head against the pillow.MoreLess
She couldn’t resist him. Even after all of these years, their bodies fit together like the original lovers. Like Adam and Eve. There was no denying it. And yet, like the Garden of Eden, she knew this couldn’t last. It never did.
He started blinking rapidly.
She draped her arm across his chest, nestling her leg onto his thigh. “Something wrong?” She rested her chin ...on his shoulder.
He pressed his thumb into the inner corner of his eye. “It’s too much.”
No kidding. She hadn’t had sex in five years. She’d forgotten about the warmth filling her cheeks, about her toes curling in anticipation, about the tidal wave of endorphins afterwards. She wanted to tell him how fabulous it was, but had always felt that praising sex sounded trite. She traced a circle around his taught nipple, knowing words could never describe what they had.
He shook his head against the pillow.MoreLess
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