Chapter 14: Alone
For a breathless moment, Dan and I look at each other, not daring to believe that we’ve managed to shuck off the rest of my family and snag a few stolen moments to ourselves. Then it sinks in—this is our room, that’s our bed—and without a word, I lock the door to keep this sudden solitude in. As I turn towards Dan, I’m surprised to find a hungry lust shimmering beneath the exhaustion that dulls his eyes. “You’re not thinking…” I let the sentence trail off as I close the distance between us.
“Why not?” Dan replies. He reaches out for me but only manages to brush a hand along my stomach before I step up behind him. My hands find his shoulders, the muscles bunched into hard knots beneath my fingers. As I rub into the tight flesh, he moans softly, leans back into my touch.
