watched her, and she wondered
what he was looking for. She could barely breathe but she managed to squeak out
a question. “Do you want me to go?”
“No, Charley. I told you what I want, but you look
terrified.”
“I’m sorry. I haven’t done this in a while.” She tried to relax,
putting her stiff arms on his narrow hips.
His touch tightened and brought her imperceptibly closer,
but it was enough to press her body to his.
She tried to keep from trembling in his arms. His body heat
infused her skin and her nipples pressed uncomfortably against the fabric of
her dress. Even in her arousal, she questioned the wisdom of an affair. Kyle
being a man who likely had women begging to go to bed with him daily was
compounded by all the things her ex-husband had drilled into her head. She didn’t
want to embarrass herself.
It was a mistake. She knew it before she’d come, yet she was
here in the stateroom of a merchant marine who’d probably fucked a thousand
different women and never had a regret in his life.
“You don’t have to be here.”
“Damn.” Pushing him slightly away, she sat down on the end
of the bed.
Kyle sat down next to her. Taking her hand in his, he kissed
the knuckles. “I’m sorry. I bullied you. Of course you don’t want to be here.”
Why did he have to be so sweet? If he’d gotten angry or
offended, she could get up and walk away knowing she’d made the right choice.
His lips, even on that innocent part of her skin, were a
torch that sent heat to her entire body and settled deliciously between her
legs. “Oh, I want to, I’m just too much of a coward to go through with it. I
should never have come. I’ve made you uncomfortable and embarrassed myself.”
Charley leaned over and put her head in her hands. She
wished she could crawl under the bed and away from his beautiful blue eyes.
Once again, she wished she were more like Jules.
“Look at me.”
Sitting up, she did as he said.
One side of his mouth turned up in that sexy half smile.
“You have nothing to be embarrassed about.”
“Maybe my friend Jules can make it up to you. She wouldn’t
have any problems with this kind of an affair.”
His eyebrows rose. “Would she have a problem with you
selling her as compensation?”
Her face burned with a renewed blush. “Oh shit. Yes. Well,
maybe not, but it’s still not the nicest idea I’ve ever had.”
They both laughed.
He touched her cheek. “She is very pretty, but I don’t want
Jules. I want you, Charley.”
When he leaned forward and his lips touched hers, she melted
into his kiss. Instead of escalating her fears, his mouth wiped them from her
mind. His lips were soft and firm at the same time. The kiss was sweet and
demanding. His tongue traced a path along the seam of her lips begging entry.
Charley softened her mouth and let him in.
She couldn’t stop the moan that ground out of her chest as
their tongues met. He swirled playfully inside her mouth and she responded
edging closer. His arms slipped around her pulling her tight. One caressed her
back while the other combed through her hair and gripped her skull.
Her pussy ached for relief. “Kyle…” She wanted to tell him
what she needed but the words stuck in her throat.
He kissed her chin, cheek and jaw, each time sliding back to
make love to her lips. “Charley?”
“Hmm?”
“If you really want to leave, now would be the time to do
it.”
“No.”
The one-word plea stopped him dead. She opened her eyes and
watched as his passion warred with his next words. His breath came hard, and
when she looked lower she could see his cock pressing against the fly of his
trousers. “No to this, or no to leaving?”
For the first time in her life, she made a decision that was
not the safe one. She moved her hand to rest lightly on his shaft, felt it jerk
beneath her fingers and traced a path from the tip to the base through the soft
fabric.
Kyle’s breath came out as a hiss. He didn’t move, only