Free A Safe Pair of Hands by Ann Corbett Page B

them as it came to a halt and the door
slid open, to reveal an elderly man and woman, who looked in at
them suspiciously.
    “ Good evening,” Nicked smiled coolly, as the two of them
stepped back to make room for the older couple.
    They stepped in with a polite nod, and the doors closed again
to carry them up to their floor.
    As the doors slid open again, the older couple shuffled around
a little to allow Sadie and Nick to get out.
    He walked just a little behind Sadie, almost as though he was
ushering her along, and he already had his key card in his hand
when they reached their room.
    He kept her just in front of him, and as the door swung open,
Sadie almost fell inside the room.
    She would have, had it not been for Nick's arm around her
waist, pulling her against him as they stepped inside and the door
closed behind them.
    Sadie tried to turn around, but Nick stopped her, by holding
her tighter, as he bent to nuzzle at her neck, kissing and tasting
her with his tongue.
    His hand came up in front to caress her breast over her
clothes, and Sadie groaned as she felt the brush of his hand
against her nipple.
    Her legs buckled but he held on tight to her – refusing to let
her move away even by a millimetre.
    He continued to nuzzle at her neck as his hand slowly slipped
between the buttons of her silky blouse.
    Sadie heard one or two of the buttons pop, and something went
flying across the room, but she really did not care, she wanted to
get out of her clothes.
    She needed to get out of them, and to have Nick get out of
his, so that their naked flesh could once more touch.
    “ I'm addicted,” she muttered under her breath. “I am addicted
to him, and I don't think I will ever get enough!”

Chapter Ten
    They had retired early in the evening to their room, and they
stayed there for the entire night, but not sleeping, well not very
much anyway.
    And that became their routine for the next few days, leaving
their room only for long enough to have something to eat, and let
one of the cleaners go in there to freshen the room up a
bit.
    Sadie and Nick, and all of the other travellers were stranded
in the hotel for three days – and Sadie thought that they were the
happiest days of her life.
    But on the fourth, a policeman arrived to tell them all that
the snow had stopped – something that they had all seen through the
windows, and the snow ploughs had been along all the main roads,
which were now open again.
    “ So folks, you can all leave when you are ready,” the slightly
overweight policeman told them jovially.
    Sadie cast a quick regretful glance at Nick, who smiled at her
in return.
    “ If we leave in the next half an hour, we should be back home
for lunch.”
    She nodded sadly. “Yes, I will just go and get my things
together,” she said calmly.
    “ You do that, and I will sort out the bill, and join you
presently.
    “ Is there anything I can sort out for you?” she asked suddenly,
and Nick thought how delightfully married that sounded, with his
beautiful wife going off to pack his case for him.
    “ No, thank you; it won’t take me five minutes to do it
myself.”
    *
    By the time he had paid the bill and a chatted to the
receptionist for a few moments, he got back to the room, to find
Sadie was all packed and sitting neatly on the edge of her bed,
with her little holdall sitting beside her on the floor.
    For a moment Nick thought that she could not wait to get
going, until he saw the slightly dejected droop to her usually
happy mouth.
    “ All ready?” he asked rubbing his hands enthusiastically, and
when she nodded. “Great, just give me two seconds and we can get
started.”
    He swept through the room like a mini tornado, scooping up his
toiletries bag and bits of clothing as he went.
    He dumped it all into his overnight bag, zipped it up with a
flourish, and turned to her with a grin.
    “ All ready?” he asked again.
    “ Yes, of course,” Sadie almost snapped as she stood up and
picked up her own bag