Free Nicole: Star Crossed Lovers (A Wish for Love Series Book 2) by Mia Shales Page B

around now."
    He opened his eyes and stared at her.  He was silent for a long minute and raising his hand to her earlobe, touched the green stones, and then lowering it, touched the chain at her neck.
    "I wasn't sure you'd remember," he said, his eyes moving slowly from her face to her throat to her naked body.  She stood before him, stripped of her clothes except for the narrow lace underpants hugging her hips.  She was exactly as he remembered her.  Delicate and at the same time daring and sensual, aware of her femininity and its power over him.
    This was the woman he loved.
    The palm of his hand continued its slow glide downwards.  He could feel the hammering of her heart and the tremor of desire.  She moaned softly as he sat on the wide bed behind them, pulling at her hips until she stood between his legs.  He kissed her smooth, flat belly and his teeth bit lightly at the velvet skin above the lace.  She ran her fingers through his hair and lifted her head, closing her eyes.  Pleasure spread through her body in ever-widening circles.  His mouth kept moving around the thin lace of the underpants as his hands removed the last barrier between her and his lips.  She was under his spell.  She saw and heard nothing.  She only felt the ecstasy coursing through her until it reached the hidden point between her thighs, lifting her to heights she had never known till now.  She was lost in a paradise of pleasure.
    "Daniel," she repeated his name, "oh, Daniel."
    His hands left her hips and he swiftly removed his shirt and divested himself of the rest of his clothes.  She could neither speak nor move, only stare at his perfect physique with eyes drunk with sensuousness.  He lifted her and lay her down on the bed.  She drew him close as her body arched.  Her hands moved over the muscles rippling on his back, finding the indentations of his pelvis. He stroked her hair, pushing her head back, kissing the throbbing vein in her neck.
    "My love," he groaned. 
    He deliberately slowed his movements and she opened her veiled eyes.
    "Tell me what you want," he commanded softly and she obeyed.
    "I want to make love with you."
    He raised himself and penetrated her.  Her body stiffened suddenly, unused to the sensation.  He lifted his head, a look of surprise in his eyes.
    "I haven't been with anyone for a very long time."
    He said softly, "I won't hurt you."
    He moved within her, at first slowly and gently, letting her set the rhythm of their desire.  Her wanton movements stoked the fire that devoured him, and they united as they gave themselves up to the rapture of the ancient ritual of love.
    The sun's rays crept over the horizon when they finally fell asleep in a close embrace.

Chapter Five
     
    Long past dawn a shaft of sunlight caressed Nicole's body as she awoke.  Her eyes still shut she stretched, allowing the warmth to enter.
    "Good morning," a motherly voice said. 
    "Good morning," she shyly replied to Marie’s greeting.  What must Marie think of her?   But Marie looked at her affectionately as though it was the most natural thing in the world to find Nicole in her employer's bed.
    "What time is it?"
    "Almost eleven."
    "Where is Daniel?"
    "He went for a dip in the sea.  He said he'd be back soon.  His instructions were that I bring you toiletries and a choice of clothes.  We thought you would be glad to wear something clean and fresh as you didn't bring a spare set of your own."
    Almighty God!  Did he really think she would agree to wear the cast-off clothes of his former lovers?  "No thank you, Marie, I prefer to wear my own." 
    Marie seemed flustered.  "I'm very sorry but I sent your clothes for dry-cleaning into Port Vila and they won't be delivered until this afternoon."
    "Really?"  Nicole was stunned.  The nerve of him.  "I appreciate your thoughtfulness but I think I'll wait here until Daniel returns."
    Marie looked perturbed but made no comment.  She left the room and Nicole, still in bed,