Page 72 of Empowered
Chapter 18
“What do you think? Romantic enough?”
Sarah looked across the bay and to the sleepy, touristy town on the other side of the water. Sunset sank behind the green hills, the cool breeze whipping her hair and the cotton skirt flapping around her legs.I never wear these kinds of skirts.Nor did she often wear sandals. But when Lucas told her they were hitting up a resort town half an hour from the city, she immediately thought of her favorite summertime outfit. Lucas had approved, from the way his hand kept meandering up her skirt.
“We get to spend the whole night here?” Sarah leaned against their private balcony. Behind them, a gorgeous bungalow was all theirs, from the chef’s kitchen to the huge king-sized bed overlooking the water. The clawfoot tub in the bathroom with floor-to-ceiling windows was a nice touch, although she wasn’t sure how into the idea she was.Maybe it’s time we took a bath.
“Angel, we get to spend however long you want here.”
“So, eternity?”
“I’ll find a way to swing it.”
She breathed in the fresh sea air. The evening chill hadn’t claimed her yet. Not with Lucas wrapping his warm arm around her shoulders.
Lucas had done an admirable job making her forget yesterday afternoon’s run-in outside Jill’s house. Who knew she would see Victor at that moment? Who knew he would not only recognize her, but like her enough to wave at her? Sarah never told Lucas what happened. She wanted to forget it.
Spending the evening with her boyfriend, brother, and brother’s girlfriend was a good enough distraction until it was time to get up and head to this coastal town for an escape.
Lucas picked Sarah up from beneath her arms and twirled her back toward their room. “Oh, what to do with you, Ms. Clayborn?”
She laughed, forgetting every little thing bothering her.Damnit, this is what I love most about you Lucas.She used the L word loosely, of course.
“I can think of a few things!”
Dinner was late that night, simply because they refused to eat it until they were finished making love – which took more than an hour to accomplish.
That hour was one of the simplest of Sarah’s life. She didn’t question her feelings for her boyfriend. She didn’t ask herself why she loved being with him so much. They didn’t complicate anything. Undressing was as easy as breathing. Kissing, caressing, wrapping their limbs around each other’s naked bodies… when things happened so effortlessly like that, Sarah was able to slip away from reality and bask in the pleasure it offered. Even the fact that it gave her more emotional pleasure than physical didn’t faze her.
Why wouldn’t Lucas give her emotional pleasure by now? He was her boyfriend. Shouldn’t he make herhappy?
“What do you want?” He had stopped thrusting long enough to mutter that into the crook of her neck. The opened window allowed the last of the sunset to stream across the bed, illuminating his sweaty face with a soft golden glow. Sarah squeezed his shoulders and curled her toes into the bed.What do I want?She now knew better than to think he asked about mere sex. Obviously, she wanted to come. She wantedhimto come. Ideally, they’d come together and bask in a riveting afterglow that brought them closer as a couple.“How about that? We came at the same time.”It helped that once Sarah got started, coming was also as easy as taking a deep breath. Not difficult to time her last one to whenever she felt his cock swell in preparation for climax. He was large enough to feelthat.
No, he always asked her this question because she had yet to give him the answer he sought.
“This,” Sarah said. “Forever.”
While those words enticed him to kiss her harder than he ever had before, it wasn’t enough to bring them the ultimate intimacy she craved. But she was used to it now. Even though she was declared infertile by multiple doctors, he still refused to come inside of her. He wouldn’t even use a barrier method for better peace of mind. Sarah had accepted it was a quirk of his, and didn’t bother him about it.
Even though she fantasized about that more than anything else.
“Jesus smiling from above,” Lucas groaned the moment he collapsed beside her, “that was amazing.”
She didn’t have many complaints either. “Sure was, stud.”
“Stud?”
“Am I collapsing your fantasy for you, Mr. Blackbourne?”
“Call me that again.” His lazy wink was more comical than for serious effect. “Anytime.”
Sarah laughed into the back of her hand, one leg drawing up while the other twisted in his direction.I want a cuddle. That’s what I really want.His arm pulled her in without another word.
“You know,” he said after a time. “I think this is the happiest I’ve been with someone in a really long time.”
She sighed. “I know what you mean.”
He propped himself up on one arm, the white sheet sliding down his leg until Sarah had a full view of his Adonis V pointing toward his cock. Even while flaccid, it was still a beautiful thing to behold.Calm yourself, girl. There’s plenty of time to put your mouth on it this weekend.She needed to look into this oral fixation of hers. “I’m thinking that we should go public.”
