Auden’s Blessing
She picked up a book, flipped through a couple of pages, then set it back absentmindedly, her eyes dull.
But the moment the book touched the shelf, a pair of warm hands gently wrapped around her waist. Her hand trembled, and the book slipped from her grasp, falling heavily to the floor.
The scent that had lingered around her for over twenty days drew close again. Burning kisses, fragmented yet strangely gentle, fell upon the back of her neck. Her head tilted back involuntarily, the body’s instinctive response filling her with shame. Then those hands moved upward along her abdomen, closing around her chest…