her.
She made no sound, moved not an inch. But the moan sheâd managed to hold back moments ago slipped through the kiss. She felt a tremor pass through him and then he thrust one hand into her hair, tipped her head back, and parted her lips with his.
There was no time to think. All she could do was reactâand respond. Stephanie whimpered softly, wound her arms around Davidâs neck, and opened her mouth to his kiss.
The lights in the cabin blinked out. Blackness engulfed them. The plane lifted, then dropped as if there were a hole in the sky. They were alone on the dark, wild sea of the heavens, and at its mercy.
Stephanie wasnât afraid. She felt the strength of Davidâs arms as they encircled her, felt the racing pound of his heart against hers, and when his hand slid under the jacket of her suit and cupped her breast, she cried out in pleasure.
âYes,â he whispered. âOh, yes.â
She felt the nip of his teeth. Her head fell back as he pressed his lips to her throat and when he brought her hand to him, settled it against the powerful thrust of his arousal, she arched against him.
This was wrong. It was insane. She knew that, knew it well. But to stop what she felt, what David was making her feel, was impossible. His hunger was fierce, but so was hers. She had to assuage it, had to give in to it, had to touch and be touchedâ¦.
The lights in the cabin blazed on. The plane rocked one last time, then settled onto a steady course.
It was all Stephanie needed to return her to reality.
She gave a muffled cry and tried to break free, but David wouldnât let her. He clasped her face between his hands, his mouth hot and demanding on hersâ¦and despite everything, the cabin lights, and the voice of the captain assuring the passengers that they were okay, despite all that, she almost gave herself up again to the passion, the intoxication of this strangerâs kiss.
âNo!â Stephanie slammed her fists against his chest, tore her mouth from his. âStop it,â she said, her voice trembling, and David blinked his eyes, like a man awakening from a deep dream.
He drew back and stared into the flushed face of this woman heâd met only hours before. Her eyes were huge and glazed; her mouth was swollen from his kisses and her hair had come undone so that dark strands curled lightly around her face.
âYouâre despicable,â she hissed as she twisted away from him, as far as she could get.
A muscle knotted in Davidâs cheek. He sat back, his hands curled tightly around the armrests of his seat. Despicable? Crazy might be a better word.
âMrs. Willinghamâ¦â he said.
Mrs. Willingham? He really was crazy, addressing a woman heâd damn near ravaged with such formality. And what was he going to say to her? Iâm sorry? Hell, he was not Not sorry, not apologetic, not any of those things because sheâd wanted what had happened as much as he had.
âLadies and gentlemen.â The amplified voice of the flight attendant interrupted his thoughts. âThe captain has asked me to tell you that we are on our approach to Dulles and we should be on the ground in just a few minutes.â
A thin cheer of relief rose from the passengers. David felt like cheering, too, but it had nothing to do with having survived the storm. Heâd survived something else entirely.
He was a man whoâd known his fair share of women. Okay, more than his fair share, some would say. He was not a stranger to the fever that could flare like wildfire between two consenting adults.
But nothing like this had ever happened to him before. If the lights hadnât come on, if Stephanie hadnât stopped him, heâd have taken her there, in the darkness. In the hot little universe theyâd created. Heâd have ripped off her panties, buried himself deep in her heat untilâuntilâ¦
Heâd been out of control, and he knew it. And it