The soft sound that escaped her mouth as I pulled her close to me.
My breathing changed, I felt how my body responded with an immediate, instinctive intensity, impossible to ignore. And I stood still.
Because this... This wasn't just physical desire.
I've been with other women, after the divorce I was... No relationships, two years of... of something that has no titles. No depth. No history.
I never felt this, I never felt the desire born first in the chest and then descended to the rest of the body.
With Clara it's different, with her it's not just wanting to play. It is wanting to belong.
I slid a hand down my torso slowly, not in a hurry, but feeling every reaction, every pulse.
The water fell hot on my skin, but what burned me came from within.
I imagined her loose hair falling
