Taboo: Ties and Sins
"I want to touch you, Clara. I want to feel every part of you. And I know you want it too. Don't lie to me. Not here."
The silence that followed was electric, charged with everything they weren't saying. Clara felt her heart hammering in her chest, the sound echoing in her ears like a drum. She knew she should run, pray, beg for forgiveness, but her body had a will of its own. The desire she had repressed for so long was a current pulling her toward him. Without thinking, she reached out and touched his chest, her fingers feeling the damp warmth of his t-shirt, the strong thrum of his heart beneath his skin.