Life After Dark: Book Two of the Dark Series

Chapter 39

Her rich brown skin was as soft as the ivory satin sheet she had wrapped herself in. Her dark brown hair cascaded down to her shoulders in soft curls. Her lips, painted in delicious blackberry, smiled at him with love and desire. Her smile broadened as she moved further into the room, loosening her hold on the sheet with each step. Her hips swayed, promising him that he would be 'swayed' in the most passionate way imaginable. All he had to do was make that first step.

He did. He felt himself drawn to her and as she came closer to him, he rose to meet her. Stepping away from the huge king size bed where he sat in wait of her, he felt himself glide across the room to her. When she reached him, the sheet was a distant memory as she stood before him, beautiful and proud, in all her naked glory. He drunk her beauty in the same as a he would a fine wine. Slowly. Carefully. Taking in every delicious drop as it if were his last. He breathed her in, and she filled him up, making him whole. Making him a man.

Her eyes slid over him in the same manner as his slid over her. She took in his soft, loving eyes. His thick, silky hair. His strong, muscled chest. Her eyes dipped even lower, and a sensual smile of satisfaction graced her features as she witnessed her effect on him. Her eyes moved to his and silently she told him that she wanted him as much as he wanted her. She always would.

She moved away from him and went to lay down on the bed. She settled herself on top of the sheet which was still in place. Her hair framed her face as the pillow comforted her head. She raised her hand and with a single finger, she beckoned for him to come to her.

He did. His feet barely touched the ground as found his way next to her. His body just barely touched hers. Their breaths mingled as their faces were only inches apart. He felt his body go lax when she cupped his face between the palms of her hands. Her voice whispered the four little words he'd waited his entire life to hear before Keesha closed her mouth over his.

"I love you, AJ."

"Junior, are you with us?" Ned Ashton asked, tapping his pen against the table.

AJ blinked and slowly came back to the present. He was in the board meeting at General Hospital. He and Ned were there to represent ELQ in a possible expansion of the neo-natal wing. When he glanced around at the several pairs of eyes which were glued to him, he refused to be embarrassed. He smiled at them and glanced briefly at Ned and said, "I'm here, aren't I?"

Ned grimaced and the rest of the meeting passed smoothly. As everyone filed out, AJ quickly gathered his things. Even though he tried to stay focused, his mind kept drifting back to the dream he had the night before. He wanted to get away and have a few moments to himself before he met Eve for lunch. He needed to know what the dream meant and whether or not it was a premonition of wonderful things to come. He didn't want to, but he couldn't help but hope so.

"Where's the fire, Junior?" Ned said, as AJ reached the double doors which led to AJ's freedom.

"A place you've never been, Nedly," AJ said, leaving a stunned Ned to try to make some sense of his parting comment. He'd never understand, AJ thought, as he moved to the elevator. When the elevator appeared within seconds, AJ breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was empty. He pushed the button for the twenty-third floor. An enclosed garden had been built there and AJ intended to relax there for a few minutes before he left for his lunch date.

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Keesha glanced at her watch. She had twenty minutes before Jason and Michael came for her. As she walked her last appointment before lunch out of the door, she began to question herself. Why had she willingly given in to Jason's request, she wondered. No good would come of it. Even if she did have residual feelings from their first go round two years ago, there was no guarantee that anything significant would between them now. She and Jason had changed in so many ways during their two years a part. She wasn't the girl who fell in love with him and to say he wasn't the same the man was an understatement.