ElizabethHuxley wasn’t joking when he said he likes kissing. His mouth barely leaves mine as he gradually walks me backward through the living room and out onto the deck.When he does finally lift his head, it’s to look out at the view, where he stops for a second and stares. I follow his head and inhale at the sight of the stars popping out on the dark velvet sky. There’s little light pollution here, with Auckland behind us, and the celestial sphere is reflected on the vast expanse of the Pacific, making it look like an endless diamond-scattered carpet. The moon is half-full to the west, and with the stars provides more than enough light to see by.“Normally I’m not a lights-out kind of guy in the bedroom,” he says, “but I might make an exception tonight.” He looks back at me, cups my face in his hands, and strokes his thumbs across my cheeks. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”I’ve watched Huxley turn his charm—his inner light—on so many people over the years, but I’ve never been the f
I’m breathless with how quickly I’ve been maneuvered. I prop myself up on my hands and look down into his gorgeous gray eyes that have almost been taken over by his huge pupils.“You know that gigolo training you said you had…”He laughs, slides a hand to the back of my head, and kisses me.Ohhh… the delight of having his arms around me, his fingers brushing over my skin, his hot mouth claiming mine. He’s so laid back normally, so relaxed and mellow, even when he’s busy—he’s like the embers of a fire, eternally warm and comfortable. And so I hadn’t expected this fierce heat, like a blow torch singeing me from top to toe.Despite his obvious desire, he takes his time to kiss me, his tongue playing with mine, his hands roving slowly over my skin, fingers trailing from my shoulders down my back to my bottom, then stroking up my sides. Mmm… it’s wonderful, but I want to explore him, too.I push myself up to a sitting position astride him, and he watches me as I skim my hands down over the
“Mmm,” he says. “That’s better.” He lowers his head and strokes his tongue up through my folds.I catch my bottom lip between my teeth and suck it as he flicks my clit with the tip of his tongue, then gently sucks. Ohhh… I should have known he’d be fantastic at this. He spends ages licking, sucking, and teasing with his fingers, and I guess I must relax because eventually he turns his hand palm up and slides one, then two fingers inside me.“Good girl,” he murmurs.I shake my head, not opening my eyes. Oh Jesus, he’s curving his fingers up and… ohhh… I didn’t think G-spots really existed, is that what this is? Trust Huxley to find mine… holy fuck… It’s an unusual sensation, intense and… um… ohhh… absolutely fucking wonderful…I’m just starting to feel the first flickers of an orgasm when he withdraws his fingers and sits up. I open my eyes, my breath leaving me in a frustrated rush.“Sorry,” he says, removing his underwear before moving up over me. He looks down and kisses my nose. “T
Huxley“Don’t get sleepy,” I scold as Elizabeth’s eyelids droop. “We’ve got a long way to go yet.”She smiles. “It doesn’t matter how many times you have sex, as long as you do it at the right time.”“Nevertheless. I intend to fill you to the brim.”“Mr. Romantic.”I laugh, roll over, and get up. I search for boxers and pull them on, then tug on my trousers.“Going somewhere?” she asks.“I’m going to order us some drinks and a snack. I’ve got to keep my strength up. Want anything in particular?”“Mmm… something sweet.”“Okay.” I walk around to her side of the bed, lean over her, and kiss her. “We’re getting in the hot tub,” I tell her as I walk out the room. “Naked, before you start going all coy on me and getting your cozzie on.”I walk through to the living room, flick on one of the lamps. Then I go over to the phone, pick it up, and dial for room service. I put in my order, then go out onto the deck to take the cover off the hot tub and start it up.“I’m not sure about the naked pa
“Watching you eat it does.” I blow out a breath and have my own spoonful.“Cake’s not the only thing I’ve been looking forward to tasting.” She looks over her shoulder at me mischievously.“There won’t be any of that,” I reprimand her. “We need every drop of my baby batter to end up where it’s supposed to.”“Baby batter?”“Is daddy sauce better? How about erectoplasm?”She chuckles. “I prefer the band names. Like Pearl Jam.”“Yeah. And 10cc. They say that’s apocryphal because 10cc is apparently twice the amount a man ejaculates. I don’t agree. I think I could have filled a fifty-gallon whisky barrel by myself ten minutes ago.”That makes her laugh.“Actually,” I add, kissing her neck, “my favorite band name for it is The Lovin’ Spoonful.”“I like that.”I offer her some more chocolate cake. She opens her mouth, and I deliberately bump the spoon against her nose before sliding it between her lips.She flicks me a wry look, removes the chocolate from the bridge of her nose with a finger,
She shrugs. “I wonder sometimes about your relationship with her. She had your baby. You look after her. And you’re connected by Joanna. I wonder how close you are sometimes.” She swirls her hand in a circle, creating a whirlpool. “Do you love her?” Then she splashes, irritated with herself. “No, don’t answer that. I’m sorry. It’s none of my business.”I kiss the top of her head. “Elizabeth, we’ve just had sex. It’s a reasonable question. The answer is that I love her like one of my sisters. She’s had it tough—her parents were very strict, and they were extremely harsh on her when she got pregnant. I mean, really harsh, practically medieval. They wanted to send her away to have the baby so their church wouldn’t find out.”“Fucking hell.”“Yeah. It’s the only time I put my foot down and said no, she wasn’t going.”“I’ve wondered sometimes… you’re so honorable and, well, chivalrous, for want of a better word. Why didn’t you ask her to marry you?”“Because I wanted you.”She turns and loo
ElizabethIt sounds like heaven. I think I actually did die at some point, and this is all part of a blissful afterlife where I can make love with Huxley like this until the end of time.My hips move of their own accord against his fingers, and I rest my hand on top of his, enjoying the sensation of matching his movements inside me.My head is still spinning his answer to my question:Why didn’t you ask her to marry you?His reply,Because I wanted you, makes me feel thrilled and humble and guilty and ashamed at the same time. I said no to him because he’d broken my heart and I was trying to protect myself. But I never considered his heart. His feelings.All along, I’ve thought of him as a tomcat, a man with a short attention span who takes what he wants, albeit wrapped up in a kind, gentle package. Have I been wrong all this time? Is the reason that he’s never settled down really because he’s in love with me?I don’t want to think about it now. My brain’s not working properly. His finge
My jaw drops. What?He lifts his eyebrows and rotates his forefinger. Grumbling, I shift onto my front, resting my cheek on my arms.“Lie still,” he murmurs in my ear, and then he places a few more drops on my skin. Slightly less than before—I think this is backfiring, and he’s more than ready to slide inside me, but he obviously has a couple of places he wants to pay attention to before then.He sweeps my hair to the side and puts one drop on the nape of my neck. One between my shoulder blades. One on my spine, and one on my tailbone.He puts one on the sole of each foot, the back of my knees, on each thigh, on each side of my bottom. And then he picks up one final one.“I daren’t ask where you’re putting that,” I whisper.He doesn’t reply, but I feel his hands parting my cheeks, and he leaves the drop there, right at the top.“We’ll just let that melt,” he says, and I can tell he’s smiling.He moves up, and then I feel his lips at the nape of my neck. Mmm… that makes me shiver. I’m