A Spoonful of Sugar by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy [Hardy, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Love Stories, Romance, Western, Women's Fiction
ISBN: 9781945879814
Google: M-4NDgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Stacey had left a table lamp on in her living room; rather than switch on the overhead lights, she switched on a second lamp and the room was suffused with soft light.

“Would you prefer red or white wine?” she asked.

“To be honest, right now I don’t want wine,” he said softly. “Instead, I’d really like to dance with you.”

Her cheeks went pink. “Oh. OK. I, um… W-what sort of thing do you want to dance to?”

He knew from the stutter that he’d flustered her again. Which he hadn’t meant to do: he just wanted to hold her. Dance with her. Kiss her. “May I?” he asked, gesturing to her speaker dock.

“S-sure.”

He hooked up his phone and chose an old Lonestar favorite, “Amazed”, then drew her into his arms.

It didn’t matter that they were both dressed for ice-skating rather than dancing. It didn’t matter that they were in her living room rather than in some nightclub. The only thing that mattered was that she was in his arms and he was holding her close.

They swayed together to the beat of the music, cheek to cheek; he couldn’t resist turning his mouth very slightly so he could press the tiniest kiss against her cheek. Her skin was so, so soft, and she smelled of vanilla and strawberries.

The next thing he knew, her face turned very slightly to meet his, and at last his mouth skated against hers. The lightest, gentlest, sweetest touch that made every nerve end in his mouth tingle.

And then her head tipped back and she touched her lips to his in answer to his unspoken question: yes.

Need surged through him. He wanted to kiss her properly, feel her mouth open beneath his. He hadn’t felt this kind of desire for a long, long time; part of him was scared, but he locked the emotions away in the back of his head. Not now. He wasn’t going to let his past spill over and stop this. He needed this, and he had a feeling that Stacey needed it just as much.

She kissed him again, and it felt as if tiny stars were flickering in his head. When her mouth opened beneath his and the tip of her tongue touched his, the flickers became stronger and brighter. As if he was standing on top of the world and could see all the way to the edge of space, the brightness and the beauty and the crazy spirals.

“I want you,” he whispered.

“I w-want you, too.”

Was she stuttering because he was pushing her into something she wasn’t ready for, or was it because the emotion was overtaking her, too? Unsure, he pulled back slightly so he could look into her eyes. Tonight they were more blue than grey, and he really hoped he was reading this right.

“I think I’ve wanted you for a long, long time. Except I didn’t know how much until tonight,” he said.

She took a deep breath. “Me, too.” And her face was filled with sincerity.

“Take me to bed, Stacey.

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