Natalie Anderson by Computer

Author:Computer [Computer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-05-06T08:08:18+00:00

She drew her knees up to her chest. Her hair hung in a mess around her face and her red‐rimmed eyes were vivid blue and shielded. ‘I want what we agreed,’ she said fiercely. ‘The fling we should have stuck to a year ago. A few days of indulgence to burn it out. Then you go your way, I go mine.’

She had changed. Was tougher—not the marshmallow of a year ago. Now she was asserting her desire—and desire was it. He let go his breath with a kind of relief. For wasn’t that it for him too? Wasn’t that all he wanted—or had he changed?

He stood, unable to keep from moving a moment longer. He couldn’t think any more. Couldn’t do anything but bow to instinct. He knelt on the bed, leaned over her, pressing her back against the pillows so she was in no doubt of his need.

And her hands lifted, fingers wide as she put her palms to his scalp and pulled him closer still. Her mouth opened beneath his and she kissed him with the same sort of desperation he was drowning in.

And for a moment, just a moment, he was sorry she hadn’t asked for more.

This was it, wasn’t it—the searing attraction, the need for that deep indulgence?

Despite everything it was still at the centre of it all. Nothing less, nothing more.

Ana’s breath took for ever to regulate, and only moments after it had, she shifted in his arms, woke him, roused him again. Determined this time, to get it right and see it to the end. Because at the back of her mind the clock was ticking—

Africa was all they had. When they said goodbye to the heat, they said goodbye to each other.

And she knew she had the strength to do that. This past year had shown her she had the strength to handle anything—even him.

She was glad he knew. Had never thought she’d feel that, but his sensitivity had surprised her. She’d appreciated the comfort of his arms as she’d cried. And she’d seen the hurt in him too—somehow that had helped soothe her own. She wasn’t alone in her sadness for the baby any more—he felt it; he understood something of it. And that was enough to make it that little bit more bearable.

They spent the day swimming, sleeping. Not talking of anything but commonplaces, playing bao, keeping it light. And yet they turned to each other even more frequently than before. The passion fast, hungry and still never enough.

The tiny island was exquisite and offered every comfort, yet with the luxury came other facilities—phone, fax, email. In the late afternoon she watched him take his PDA over to the office. Yes. Real life was going to have to intrude—they couldn’t avoid the future for ever. She went to their banda, giving him the space to get his messages in private. She didn’t want to know, didn’t want to become involved in his life back in London. The separation was looming and it was best to start distancing now.

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