tightly around his waist. She clung
to him, kneading his shoulders first and then running her hands through his
hair. Her feelings had never been this intense with Steve.
He trailed kisses
from her mouth down her neck as she arched backward to accommodate him, moaning
at the feeling of his tongue against her skin. She was alive when she was in
Evan’s arms.
“I need you,”
she said adjusting her hips and willing him to enter her.
She didn’t need
to beg him. He pulled away just enough to allow himself enough space to adjust
and then pressed gently into her, holding her in place for a moment while they
both reveled in the sensation of being truly together again. Then he rocked his
hips setting the pace and rhythm while he pressed her body firmly into the
door. She closed her eyes and buried her head in his shoulder lost in the
pleasure that he created just by that simple motion.
Somewhere in the
distance they heard the steady roar of fireworks that the city launched to
celebrate the coming of a new year but they barely registered the world around
them.
He swung her
around to toss her on the bed before reconnecting again and continuing to blend
into each other. Evan had Michelle on the verge of orgasm so easily and then
she was free falling over the edge and clinging to him as she pulled him along
with her. They slumped together in a satisfied heap afterward calming their
heavy breathing and giving in to happy sighs.
Evan pushed her
hair away from her face and kissed her gently.
“Déjà vu,” she
said giggling a little again. She couldn’t seem to help it when she was with
him. He had that giddy effect on her.
“Seems only
right that we should spend New Year’s doing the same thing we did on Christmas.
Don’t you think?”
“Well,
naturally, but if memory serves, Christmas involved generous amounts of whipped
cream.”
“Mmm… I do
remember that well,” he said trailing his hand down over her breast and across
her stomach. She could feel the tingling of longing build in her core again.
“Yes, we should
do that again.”
“Yes…” he paused
stopping his trail along her skin and she looked at him questioning. “Before
you leave me,” he finally finished.
“I have a flight
to Chicago on the second,” she said.
“Yeah, I
remember that too.”
“What if I came
back?”
“Why would you
do that? Your whole life is in Chicago?”
“Correction. My
whole life was in Chicago. That is well and truly over.”
“What about
Steve?”
“I ended it with
him for good this time.”
“You did?”
“Why do you
think I was home alone on New Year’s Eve?”
“Well, I
wondered but I didn’t want to make assumptions,” he said, “I thought maybe
Steve was back in Chicago waiting for you.”
“He is in Chicago and yes, I’m going back on the second, but only to clear out my apartment. As soon
as I get rid of anything I can’t bring back and load the rest into my car, I’ll
be driving back here to stay.”
“Seriously?” he
said with excitement evident in his voice.
“Yes. I’m
starting all over again. I must be crazy but I don’t care. This is the best
that I have felt about life in a long time.”
He pulled her
tightly against him and kissed the top of his head. “You have no idea how happy
I am to hear that. I mean… I don’t mean to say that I’m happy that things
didn’t work out with Steve… It’s just…”
“Don’t worry
about it,” she said giggling again, “I’m not. It was over a long time ago. I
just didn’t have the guts to let go.”
“So does that
make me the rebound guy?” he said moving so that he could lean on his elbow and
look into her eyes. She felt strangely excited about the look in his eyes. It
reminded her of that first night they met on Christmas Day when she’d been
certain he was dangerous. She’d never been more right about a man. This one was
dangerous in all the right ways.
“Umm…Do you want
to be?” she asked shyly. She didn’t