Lifebound by Leigh Daley

Author:Leigh Daley [Daley, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Musa Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

He gazed deep into her eyes. “We can do this.”

His lips met hers softly, parting her only a little at first, then gently but thoroughly claiming full possession of her mouth. He was so warm and so sweet. She wanted all of him, not just the pleasure he brought her. She wanted him. The kiss was perfect, a pledge and a promise to her. They could do this. She could be with him. She could kiss him.

But only once.

Then he let her go.

Chapter Ten

Josh lay beside Adriana. Her eyes drifted shut. She had a little smile on her face, and he took personal pride in knowing he’d put it there.

“Can I touch your hair?” he asked softly. Maybe hair wasn’t a conductor—if that was the right word for it.

“Mmm hmm,” she murmured.

Careful not to touch her skin, he threaded his fingers into her hair, amazed as always by its silky texture. He longed to lie with her skin to skin, to feel her soft warmth against him, to hold her tight and secure in his arms, but that wasn’t an option.

Oh well, love meant more than sex, and sex meant more than physical contact. Rob had told him once the brain was the body’s primary sex organ. Maybe he just needed a way to convince his brain he was touching her.

“Turn over,” he whispered to her. “I’ve got an idea.”

She opened her eyes and looked at him quizzically, but rolled over with her back to him. “Like this?” she asked.

He pulled the pillow from behind his head and tucked it tightly against her back, then pulled another free of the linens to slide behind her legs. He snuggled next to her with the pillows separating them, using one more beneath his arm so he could pull her closer. “Just pretend that’s me touching you.”

After a moment, she spoke. “That’s actually nice. Kind of like old fashioned New England bundling.”

“I wouldn’t know about that. We don’t have winter on the Gulf. Just a long fall that runs into an early spring,” he teased.

The heat from their bodies warmed the soft fabric of the pillows nearly enough to convince him he was touching her, that it was her softness and warmth he felt instead. He wanted more, but as he watched the sun set through the window, contentment flowed over him, a sense of peace he rarely slowed down enough to experience.

How long could they lie together this way? Forever? “Are you okay?” he asked. “I don’t want to push you.”

“It’s fine,” she said, a note of happiness in her voice. “It really is. I feel like I’m touching you but without the energy draw.”

He gave her hair a playful tug. “I told you we could do it. We’ll be fine. It’ll just take creativity and good timing.”

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