Time After Time by Karl Alexander

Author:Karl Alexander
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2012-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

They made love until they exhausted each other. She left the flower-printed sheets to luxuriate in a hot, scented bath while he lay back and stared at the ceiling. He realized that he was still mired in Victorianism, for when they had first gotten under the covers, he had expected her to turn off the light and passively allow him to mount her missionary style. It hadn’t happened that way. Instead, after she had lit candles … He blushed at the memory.

Needless to say, the entire sequence of events added up to “equal” lovemaking, but now he was somewhat apprehensive. He had just joined the sexual revolution of the late twentieth century. He had been initiated, and yet he would have been satisfied with much less. True, he had written a few months ago that a female should enjoy sex as much as a male, but so openly? Without pledges of love and marriage? She had overwhelmed him, innocently taking pleasure as well as generously giving it back. For her to be so honest with her own sexuality … No, he was not apprehensive, he was frightened. Besides, he inwardly groaned, after this, how could he return to the nineteenth century and be happy with a “normal” sexual experience?

“Great Scott!” he exclaimed and sat up straight. What the devil was he doing sleeping with a lady of the future anyway? It was dishonorable! Certainly he could make no commitment to a woman who was perhaps one hundred years younger than he. He had to return to 1893 and get on with his life. He had no business breaking sexual bread with a lass who ultimately could expect nothing in return from him.

He groped for his shirt on the floor, then suddenly straightened up again. What if she didn’t want anything from him? What if her sense of freedom extended far beyond the confines of her bedroom? Could she share her body with another as casually as she could indulge in a gourmet meal and a premium bottle of wine? Moreover, was he to be judged on such a basis as that? He frowned and lay back again, his hands under his head, his eyes staring at the ceiling once more. He genuinely liked her. He didn’t want her coupling with some strange man on this bed or any other! He didn’t even want to know about what she had done in the past. Yes, he wanted her to expect a commitment from him, even though he could not offer one. He sighed.

“Blast.” What a dilemma. To be removed a century in time from one’s ideal lover. And if he did try to bridge the gap by revealing his identity, she would no doubt consider him insane; thus any chance for a serious relationship would be shattered, the pieces left to drift along the vast, alien emptiness of the fourth dimension.

His brain grew weary. He rolled onto his side. His last thought for the night was that this lovemaking with Amy had been Utopian—a brief romp through the meadows of Eden.

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