Chapter 12
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Vicente
“I must go,” I said. My voice breathless as I looked at Ines in the eyes.
The darkness of her chocolate eyes was pulling me in, and I felt that if I let myself, I’d drown completely.
And yet, I couldn’t look away.
We stayed there, at the back of her home, next to my horse and under the moon, just looking at eachother.
I had seen beautiful women before, I had been with handsome and seductive women for many years, but none of them, glowed as much as Ines did in that moment.
Had she always been this beautiful?
“It’s.. getting late..” she said in a whisper that I could feel against my skin.
“Yes.” Was all I could say.
I couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
The way she spoke of the ocean, the way she displayed such passion in her words, had done something to me. She showed me the side of her that was full of desire and it had planted something in me.. something that began to grow as I continued to look at her.
Without thinking, or even being aware, I stepped closer to her. She was less than a foot away from me now and she looked up at me, her eyes wide with innocence.
An innocence I wanted to protect, but also keep to myself. She smelled of lavender and sweat from a hard day’s work.
It was intoxicating.
“Vicente.. what are you.. what are you doing?” Ines asked breathlessly as I stepped even closer. I was in her space, looking down on her with a need that I began to feel spread to my toes.
“Vicente?” She breathed again.
I lifted my hand to touch her, to feel her but we both jumped when we heard her name being called out.
“Ines?! Where are you?” Señor Hector called from inside the house.
We both immediately took a step back from eachother. I felt electricity run through me at how much I wanted her, at how beautiful she looked so flushed from having me close to her.
She opened her mouth to speak as she turned away.
“I..I must go.”
And she did, I watched her run back into her home. And all I could do was stand there, frozen with confusion and excitement.
What had just happened? And why did it thrill me?
***
When I laid in bed I tossed and turned, unable to get Ines’s face out of my mind.
And it wasn’t just her face that night, it was her face my entire life.
I thought of every time we talked, every interaction we had and how her eyes sparkled. She smiled and blushed and bit her lips every time she was near me, and I had been a fool not to have noticed.
She wanted me.
She had wanted me for years.
But I had only seen her as a friend; as a sweet young lady from a kind family.
I had never seen her as a woman; I hadn’t noticed the way her hair curled so close to her scalp and how it bounced every time she walked. I didn’t notice the perfect shape of her plump lips and how soft they always looked.
I hadn’t admired the way her dresses hugged her curves and how soft and elegant the shape of her breasts were beneath the fabric. Or how her brown skin glistened under the sun, causing her to glow and look vibrant, as if she was treasure.
“Dammit Vicente.. you’re an idiot.” I said to myself, getting up from my bed and walking to the window.
I opened it completely, allowing the fresh night air to fill my room and cool my skin.
Thinking about Ines for hours on end had my skin burning, my mouth watering and body trembling.
I had been attracted to women before, I had found amusement in them, seduced them with my charm and taught them about passion and pleasure.
But never, in a million years, could I have imagined that one look from a young woman in my town would teach me about desire.
That everything I thought I knew about women, yearning and need would crumble before her.
“Oh Ines..” I said laughing as I rubbed my eyes, not being able to see anything but her in my mind. “What have you done to me?”
Ines
I tossed and turned in bed, the feeling of warmth and tightness in my stomach driving me insane.
The way Vicente had looked at me after I practically declared my love to him had taken my breath away.
He had never looked at me that way before; he had always smiled and joked with me as he did with kids. He had always only seen me as that, a child.
But something seemed to have changed.. it had to.
Because when he looked at me, I felt a strong heat radiate from him.
I saw his eyes widen, his honey eyes darken and focus on my lips. He scanned every inch of my face, which I knew because I felt my skin tingle and cheeks go hot.
I was being drawn in to him, his darkened eyes and heavy breathing was pulling my towards him, daring to act on all my fantasies.
But a part of me was still doubtful; I was still so scared that he’d reject me. Because a rejection from him would break me, I’d never be able to recover. If he turned me away, if I destroyed our friendship, I’d lose him forever.
Yet, I couldn’t stop thinking of him. I had felt every part of my body come alive as he got closer to me; I had felt myself melting in front of him.
And oh, how I wished with all my heart, that there was a possibility in heaven that he felt the same way too.
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