I made for the kitchen and that’s where I found him, looking at home, as if he lived with us. Pangs of longing came over me. A longing for a life and a dream that I’d left behind.
Alex looked up from his laptop and smiled. “You have very quiet steps. I didn’t hear you come in.” He forked his fingers through his thick, sandy colored hair.
My fingers itched to do the same. I’d loved touching his hair.
He stood up and then seemed to change his mind, and sat back down again. He grinned at me and I suddenly wished that I’d taken the time to run a comb through my hair before leaving the diner.
I’d not thought of my appearance in a long time. The only man who saw me was my little man and he loved me no matter how I looked. Thinking about Kayden brought reality slamming back into my brain. What was I doing thinking about Alex in that way?
I wanted him to go back to his fancy life and family back in New York. I made myself remember the hurt and rejection I had endured from his family. I tried to hate Alex for it. But my heart refused to cooperate. I couldn’t pin that on him.
He wasn’t responsible for how his family behaved and he had married me against their wishes. He had never ever made me feel inadequate. In all the years we had been married, he had lavished me with love. But that was the past.
“Hi,” he said and then looked around sheepishly. “I made myself at home. I hope you don’t mind.”
I folded my arms across my chest. “Actually, I do mind. You don’t live here Alex. In legal terms, you’re trespassing.”
He held my gaze and I felt myself drowning in his cobalt blue eyes. “No, I’m not. We’re friends Chaz. We’ll always be.”
As I stared into his eyes, the memory of the first day we met jumped to my mind and I started to giggle. I remembered Alex peering through the train window holding up my bag for me to see.
I had foolishly looked down at my arms as if I had an identical bag and then looked at him, horror stricken when I realized I’d left my bag.
“What?”
“I was just remembering that window on the train when you held up my bag for me to see.”
He chuckled. “That was hands down one of the best days of my life.” Alex paused for a few seconds before he continued speaking. “And night.”
The air became charged with sexual tension in an instant. My body betrayed me by trembling with longing. It had been two years and counting since I’d felt a man’s arms around me.
Arousal took over my senses like a sudden storm. Faint warning bells went off in my mind but my body had full control. Alex stood up and as he closed the distance between us, my gaze was drawn to the huge tent at the front of his pants.
That was the last straw for me. He came to me and stood so close that my nipples touched his chest.
“Chaz.” He said my name like a moan.
Charlotte
I didn’t know who moved first but in the next second, we were in each other’s arms, kissing hungrily. Frantic with need, I threaded my fingers through his hair and ran my hands over his back. I couldn’t get enough of him.
I moaned into his mouth when his hands cupped my breasts and squeezed them. I almost came when his thumbs found my nipples over the material of my top and thumbed them.
Wetness gushed out of my body, soaking my panties. His hands left my breasts to stroke my back and cup my ass. I’d missed this so much. Reality tried to push its way in. I needed to pick up Kayden from Mrs. Horace.
He would be fine, a louder voice said in my head. Sometimes I was late from work and Mrs. Horace usually didn’t mind watching him until I got home.
I lost my train of thought when Alex slipped his hands under my legs and lifted me into the air.
“Where’s the bedroom?” he asked, carrying me down the hallway.
“Last room on the right,” I said, my eyes glued on his mouth. I couldn’t wait to have it on me again.
Alex deposited me on the bed and proceeded to strip off my clothes. His hands trembled as he opened the buttons of my blouse. I raised my body and shrugged it off before laying back on the bed.
I trembled under his intense gaze. “You’re so beautiful.”
With my help, he pulled down my pants, leaving me with just a bra and panties. Alex got off the bed and proceeded to undress, his gaze never leaving my body. He made me feel like a woman. A sexy woman.