“Yes, that is what I want.”
“But – of course you must not do that!”
“Why not?”
“Because – it is wrong – very wrong.”
“Why should you think that? How could anything so wonderful be wrong?”
He did not wait for Thea to reply, but bent forward towards her.
For a moment her lips were very soft beneath his.
Then, as she excited him so that he could no longer go on talking, he put his arms around her.
At the same time he lifted his feet onto the bed.
His lips became fiercer and Thea felt again the wonder that he had given her when he had first kissed her.
Then she was aware that his hand was touching her breast and she struggled.
“I want you – God how I want you!” Nikōs asserted.
“Please – you must not – do this!” she gasped.
She did not think that he could have heard her for now he
