Touched by Grace by Peter Sacco

Author:Peter Sacco
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, love, addiction, spirituality, affair, faith, grace, second chances
ISBN: 9781782341505
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2014-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

They burst into his apartment in one another’s arms, kissing and kissing. The urgency of their mutual desire had been building all the way over. Now, in the privacy of Chris’ apartment, against the wall, Chris pressed his body against Grace’s. They explored one another with their hands, and clothing started to come off - shoes, earrings, his shirt, her blouse.

Grace didn’t even have a chance to take in the room, and Chris had covered his work with tarps before meeting her in case they ended up back here - as he’d hoped. But Grace could smell the paints, a thick oily, seductive smell filled the room, and she felt like she was back in art class, back in a time when she was so happy. Chris’ hands undid the buttons on her blouse one by one, and she let it fall away, let him sweep her up into his arms.

Chris kissed her neck, her ears, her face. He kissed down her body and unzipped her pants, then his. At the sound of the zipper, Grace realized what was really about to happen here. She stopped him, sat up.

“Wait,” she said. “Wait a minute.”

She crossed her arms over her body as if she could hide her entire torso from him. “What’s wrong?” Chris asked, panting. “Don’t you want this?”

“Yes, but...”

Chris was so close; he couldn’t stand the idea of losing her now. He leaned over her, kissed her face, tried everything to convince her.

“You’re not married,” he told her. “Leave him. We’ll be together...”

“Together?” Grace hadn’t even thought that far - about leaving Philip, about what this would mean to Eric. “I have a son,” she said as if that explained everything. “How do I know you’ll be good to him?”

Falling back on his elbows, Chris realized they were in a “cooling off” period for the moment. He wanted her badly, but not so badly he was going to push her to do something she didn’t want to.

Chris thought for a moment, back to his own childhood. He might have been irritated by her bringing up her kid at a time like that, but he understood. He knew how hard it must be. He only had one parent who was only half there. He could imagine that it wasn’t much better to have one-and-a-half parents.

“I know what it’s like to be a kid in his situation, maybe worse.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, but let’s not get into it now, Chris said, looking up into her eyes. “I want to get into something else.”

“Ha!” Grace laughed.

“That’s not what I meant. I meant I want to focus on you.”

Something about the way he was willing to stop and talk about Eric really touched Grace. This was a good man, wasn’t it? He really cared about her, didn’t he? Would she leave Philip for him? She couldn’t decide that now. Would he and Eric get along? Maybe they’d never even meet, why let that stop her now when what she was about to do would have no effect on her child.

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