Nicole: Star Crossed Lovers (A Wish for Love Series Book 2) Read Free Page B

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    With the last shred of reason, Daniel knew he was lost.  He closed his eyes and drowned himself in his senses.  His lips became more demanding and his kiss deeper, his arm drawing her closer.  Nicole stiffened suddenly at the burning touch of their two bodies.  She clung to his taut, muscular body, and her breasts rubbed gently against his chest.  She allowed his tongue to penetrate her lips and play with her tongue.  Her loins were moist and warm as forgotten passions engulfed her.
    He drew his head down.  His lips grazed her throat as they slid toward her breasts.  She sighed. He slid to his knees, his lips never leaving her smooth skin. She lifted her face to the moon like an ancient goddess worshipping the glories of nature.  In one swift movement he lay her down on the sand.  She submitted.  She crossed her arms behind his head and drew him to her.
    "My sweet darling."  His mouth covered hers and his hands fondled the sensitive parts of her body.
    Such experienced hands.  The thought darted through her mind as she fought to free herself from his embrace.  She saw clearly the face of the woman Daniel embraced in New York.  She remembered the expression of transcendent gratification.  She saw vividly the muscles of Daniel's back, his lips on the woman's neck.  Nicole stood motionless in the doorway and it took a few seconds for the woman to notice the stunned girl from over the man's shoulder.  Her red, swollen lips smiled at her before she closed her eyes again.
    Cheater! Liar!
    Daniel lifted his head but would not release her.  He pinned her to the sand and his eyes looked straight into hers.  "You're running away again." He rolled over on his side and leaned on his elbow while looking down at her. "I still desire you," he said and Nicole again noticed that he said 'desire' and not 'love'.  "I thought I'd find you married with three children.  I wasn't even sure you still lived here."
    "So why were you here at this hour?"
    "I couldn't fall asleep and thought of you.  I felt I had to come to this place that was so much a part of you.  This beach, the bungalow, they soothed me."  He trailed his hand through the sand, scooping up a fistful and releasing it slowly through his fingers. 
    "I lay awake nights on end, tossing until the early hours, watching the sun rise and seeing you standing beside me in the moonlit room, your golden skin gleaming faintly in the dark while I caressed you, all of you, my mouth drinking in every inch of your bare body.  When I saw you walking along the sea I thought it was a mirage.  You were exactly as etched in my memory."  He spoke slowly and in a low tone, as if in a dream.
    Nicole trembled.  His words, the rhythm of his speech, the distant look in his eyes, aroused her traitorous body to renewed passion.
    "It just won't work," she finally said, looking at the sand streaming between his fingers.  "I admit I'm still attracted to you.  I can't control that.  But it's not enough.  The past, and our memories, separates us.  It will hurt too much.  It took me a long time to forget you.  For a while I even hated you.  After you left I cried for two months, refusing to be comforted.  At the end of two months I understood that I was pregnant.  I wanted to tell you about the baby.  I wasn't sure if you would be happy or not, but you had a right to know.  I thought that if you really loved me you would want us to share a life despite the difficulties.  I convinced myself that if you would see me again you would realize that we belonged together, that we must not lose heart and renounce the happiness we had together."  She forced herself to look straight in his eyes.  "I thought I was special for you.  I would not believe you stopped loving me."
    He listened attentively.  A long moment he stared fixedly into her eyes with an expression she could not fathom, then lowered his gaze, bowing his head.
    Mercilessly, she continued.  "I decided to fly