Page 107 of Take This Heart
“Can you take me back early in the morning?”
“You know I will.”
“Okay,” she says, her hips undulating over me.
“I’m afraid you won’t get much sleep tonight.”
She laughs and I feel it everywhere.
“All right. We can sleep when we're dead,” she says, leaning forward to kiss me.
And then we don't speak for a long time.
We just let our bodies worship each other.
Later, when I’m buried deep inside her again, I look at her in awe.
“Is it working?” I ask.
“Is what working?”
“I’m trying to fuck you until you never want another man inside you again.”
“Oh, that.” She laughs between gasps.
Our bodies are slick with sweat and I just want to inhale her. Even when I’m as close as I can possibly get, I want to be closer.
“It’s working,” she says. “On one condition…”
I put my fingers between us and rub tiny, fast circles on her as I drag in and out of her. I watch where I enter her and it’s the best fucking thing.
“What’s that?” I ask.
I pull almost all the way out and slam into her. We both groan.
She’s breathless when she says, “Leave Spoonbridge and Cherry alone.”
“Done,” I say.
She laughs and I do too as I kiss her.
She doesn’t know that I gave up those plans a long time ago.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
LUTHERAN SALAD
GOLDIE
Dad
Dinner tonight at home, just the fam? 5:30 work for everyone?
I’m supposed to meet Erin and Juju this afternoon, but I can make it back by 5:30. Do you need me to reschedule, so I can help with dinner?
Dad
No, don’t change your plans. Grandma Nancy has a roast in the Crock-Pot and she and Grandma Donna are having a dessert cook-off, I think. So far, there are seven-layer bars and an apple pie…
