Life & Love of the Tormented

Chapter Fifty Eight

  I want to ask him what he's doing here but I can only muster his name, "Carter?", I ask again.

  His piercing eyes never leave mine and as he takes his last step toward me he reaches gently for my face and cups my cheeks in each hand. He holds me softly but in place and brings our lips together in the most delicate kiss.

  The club begins to spin.

I can smell his cologne enveloping me and drowning my senses. The warmth of his hands makes my skin tingle.

  The kiss begins to deepen as he moves his hands from the cheeks of my face to around my waist and land at the small of my back. He pulls me hard against his body as if he's afraid I'm going to run away.

  His tongue presses out against mine and I part my lips instinctively allowing him access to my mouth.

  Every voice around me is muffled. The sea of people that flood the club floor are now a complete blur and I can feel my heart beating in my throat.

  My hands ball his black t-shirt in my fists, one at each side of him, pulling him closer to me. I feel breathless but in the same way like I can finally breathe again. As if during our time apart I had been breathing only shallow breaths. Needing only just enough air to survive another day without him.

  My body begins to heat. It feels like flames are licking tenderly at my skin where Carter's hands have been.

  "Fuck"

  "I've"

  "Missed"

  "You", Carter says between desperate kisses.

I've forgotten entirely where I am and I'm so lost within this kiss and the passion with Carter that I can't seem to form a single thought or word.

My finger nails dig into him as I become more desperate and the arousal grows between my thighs.

  "What the fuck are you doing here!?", I hear Taya shout over the muffled concert goers from behind Carter's back.

  Reality comes crashing down around me as soon as I hear her voice. I pull away from him quickly. I take a few steps back trying not to fall over my own feet and inhale deeply to catch my breathe.

I'm panting and trying to wrap my head around what just happened. I can't form a coherent thought let alone a coherent sentence.

"Wha... I... Um..."

  "What does it look like?", Carter snaps back without turning to make eye contact with her. He takes a slow hasty step toward me, as if I was a scared cat that was going to bolt.

  I'm breathing heavily and still mumbling.

What the fuck is happening!?

I knew I missed him but not like this. My heart and body aches for him, for his touch.

What do I do? Say?

  "I told you this afternoon not to come Carter! Amelia doesn't want to see you! It's too much for her!", Taya declares, throwing her arms up in the air.

What? This afternoon?

  "I needed to see her!", Carter shouts snapping his head around to face Taya and Ben who look torn between saving me and saving Carter from me.

  "I needed to see you Baby", he says, his tone softening as he turns back to face me before striding forward and closing the gap between us.

  I've taken so many steps backward that I'm now pressed up against the edge of bar. All I can think about is his body being next to mine. His mouth on me.