Where You Belong by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307423467
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2007-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

III

In the quiet, darkened room, in the vast four-poster that had been my grandparents’ bed, Jake made love to me as he never had before. Nor I with him. Slowly, voluptuously, he drew me along the edge of ecstasy, as I did him, tantalizing, bringing each other to a fine pitch. And then ceasing all touching and kissing suddenly, we rested against each other to catch our breath.

“I want to draw this out, make it last forever,” he whispered against my hair. “And so do I,” I whispered back, moving my fingers slowly up his stomach to rest on his chest.

Jake raised himself up on one elbow and kissed my eyelids, my cheeks, my lips, and my neck. He let his mouth linger on mine, devoured mine, and then kissed each breast. Slowly, he moved his lips down to that final resting place against my thighs, swiftly, surely, brought me up onto another high plateau. My legs were trembling, my whole body quivering under his touch, and I yearned to be part of him. And after a moment, as if he read my mind, he took me to him. We found our rhythm instantly, as we always did, and soared higher and higher together, and as our passion increased, he said tensely, “I love you, Val.” And I said the same to him.

Much later, as we lay together, our arms and legs wrapped around each other, exhausted and sore, I said to Jake, “Always . . . it’s for always. It’s got to be.”

“It will be,” he replied; he held me closer, cradled me in his arms, and kissed my hair.

My joy and happiness at being with Jake so filled me with euphoria, it never occurred to me we might well be tempting fate when we spoke of always. But I was to remember this night later, and reflect on our words.

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