In one swift movement, she found herself beneath him and he was pushing her legs apart, desperate to be inside her, just as desperate as she was to feel him in her. In a tantalizingly slow movement, he slid himself into her inch by inch, until she was filled with him and the inferno in them blazed. They rocked together and against each other, wrestling in the sheets, hard and sensuous, their mouths tasting, kissing, biting, their hands clenched and fingers pressed deeply into each other's bodies, building up to a passionate crescendo that they reached together, coming hard together and releasing all of their tension and energy in an explosive orgasm of white-hot flame.
They held each other close, their grips loosening as their hearts slowed and their bodies began to relax, and they laid back in the bed together, sinking into the pillows with smiles on their faces. He kissed her forehead, and then her lips, softly and gently, and looked at her with a sweet smile.
“You are an amazing woman.” he said with a wink.
She leaned in to him and kissed him back, softly. “You're quite the rock star, yourself.” She had done it. She had just had her first one night stand and it couldn’t have been better.
He laid with her for a short while, and then he touched her face with his fingertip.
“I have to be going. Fires to put out and things like that...” he trailed off. Then he slipped both of his hands on either side of her head and kissed her again; he kissed her like he meant it, and then he looked earnestly into her eyes. “Thank you for the best night ever.”
Then like a wisp of smoke on the wind, he was gone.
Chapter4
Alone in her house once again, Laura let the events of the previous night run through her memory with fondness. She walked to the living room and sat down on the sofa, letting her eyes wander to the window as they had done only the day before when all this had begun.
She certainly had no regret for what had transpired between them. Laura had promised herself one night of amazing, unforgettable sex, and she hadn't been disappointed, but she supposed she was a little sorry that it was over so soon.
Laura remembered every word spoken between them and all the ways that their bodies had communicated when their mouths had been silent. She had never been with a man who had commanded her attention quite like that and she had never found a man who had been quite so amazed by her as the captain had been.
People often talk of sexual chemistry and Laura had always believed that to be a myth. When a man and a woman are in close proximity, there is always enough of an attraction for sex to happen, but Laura realized now that this was not what chemistry meant.
Chemistry is when the desires of your body override reason. It’s when you forget yourself in his presence and become someone you never thought you could be, because you’re reacting to whatever it is in him that makes you come alive. It’s when the moment is suddenly more than words and dry conversation, and is filled with heavy glances and meaningful movements which convey so much more. Their meaning is simply understood, because your bodies want each other so badly that they decipher the signs you didn't think you were experienced enough to read.
Laura had never experienced chemistry before, not with Connor or David or Ray or any of the men that she had given her time to be intimate with them.
Among all the satisfaction that had happened with Daniel, there was definitely a little fear that she would never find that incredible chemistry again; that all her time as a confident, sexy, and sensual woman had been used up in one unforgettable night.
She languished over him for the rest of the day. Daniel had been everything a woman could want in a man. He was handsome, confident, and had his life in order. He was a captain after all, but beyond that, he made her feel differently about herself in a way that no other man ever had. He had set a standard for future men and Laura was afraid that she would never hit that mark again. Her sex life had peaked with Daniel and it was a depressing thought.
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As the days and then weeks went by, Laura tried to put Daniel to the back of her mind, but she would still smile a little smile at certain memories every time she looked at her sofa or when she cooked bad Italian food for one person. She lost interest in looking to date other men and concentrated on her work instead, but even as she stood behind the counter at her little shop, there were times when her eyes would glaze over and she would be thinking back to that one incredible night—to the smile of that one incredible man—and would jump when her thoughts were interrupted by a customer wanting to buy a birthday card for Gran.
About a month after her night with Daniel, Laura began to feel a little unwell and she wondered if it was possible to be pining after a man so badly that it made your stomach swell and nausea rise. She pushed down her restlessness with chocolate and rom-coms, but when she was still feeling bloated and strange a couple of weeks later, she finally reasoned that perhaps it wasn't heartbreak causing her to feel off and began to wonder what else might be causing her discomfort.