Stubborn Love by Natalie Ward

Author:Natalie Ward
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Natalie Ward
Published: 2013-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

Today, 11:06am – Mia

Jared’s lips are kissing a slow trail from my belly button all the way up my body. When he reaches my neck, his kisses move slowly along my collarbone to my shoulder, before moving all the way down my side, to my hip. As they move past my breast, I shiver when he kisses a particularly sensitive spot, a tingle running throughout my whole body. I hear his soft laugh, feel him as he moves his lips back and kisses the same spot again, causing me to moan this time.

“Jared,” I whisper, my fingers gripping the sheets.

“Mmmm, what baby?” he asks, his mouth still kissing a path, this time down my leg. I know the next move will be back up my leg, on the inside this time. And I know this will lead to only one place, and mean only one thing.

I smile in anticipation.

And then my eyes snap open and the harsh light of day creeps in.

“Shit,” I breathe out, immediately looking around to see if he is awake, if he has noticed the dream I was just having.

But he’s not here, he’s gone, his side of the bed empty. I reach out, run my hand over the imprint of where his body used to be and find it cold. He hasn’t been here for a while. It makes my chest hurt and the euphoria of my dream already seems like a distant memory. Where is he? A part of me can’t help but wonder if this is what he felt like every time he woke up and found me gone. Was it this painful for him too? Could it possibly have been?

The door suddenly opens and Jared walks in. He’s still in the boxers and t-shirt he was wearing last night, and carrying two cups of what smells like coffee.

“Hey,” he says, glancing at me.

I smile at him as I sit up, the memory of my dream still floating in my head. “Hey yourself.”

Jared stops walking and looks right at me as he stands in the middle of his room holding the two cups. I look back at him, willing him to smile at me, to do something. The words just fell out, a natural response to his words, something we used to have no problem saying to each other. I used to love it too, love how it was just something we did with each other, never with anyone else. But I guess, using it right now, when things are so different between us, isn’t so good anymore.

Finally his lips twitch in a way that could be interpreted as a smile. I pull my knees to my chest and throw back the covers in encouragement for him to climb back into bed. He blinks before continuing to walk towards me, and does exactly what I’d hoped he would.

“Thank you,” I say as he hands me a cup of coffee.

“I guess we were both tired in the end,” he says, crawling back under the covers.

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