She was on fire... “You are killing me now… please, Liam… I want more… I need more” she freed her hands from his hold, cupped his face, and kissed his lips. Taking his lip between her teeth, she gently squeezed it and slowly let it slide through her teeth. With the tip of his tongue, she stroked his under lip. His low moan gave her the confidence to continue… so she kissed his neck.. giving him desperate open-mouthed kisses and then blowing on it. When she reached his Adam’s apple ... she kissed it.. massaged it in wide circular motions with her tongue.. he shuddered and pressed his body tightly to hers...
“You are driving me crazy,” he whispered….
“Why aren’t you doing something about it, then” she whispered in his ear and brought his earlobe into her mouth with her tongue and nibbled on it gently… he groaned, breathing heavily.
Before Cynthia could claim his lips again… he moved his head sideways and got up so he wasn’t lying on top of her anymore. He sat on the sofa and took a few deep and calming breaths… Cynthia got up too… confused and hurt at his sudden withdrawal. She touched his shoulder tentatively. “Liam?”..
“Don’t,” he said, looking at her hand, “Just .... just give me some time ... “
Cynthia withdrew her hand immediately and moved farther away from him… she sat with her head down… playing with her fingers, sad and confused.. and aroused. They sat like this for about 10- 15 minutes, each trying to calm their raging emotions… but it seemed like an eternity…
“I am sorry…. I know I would regret my decision…. what the hell am I saying… I am already regretting it,” he said, placing his hand across his face. He continued after a few deep breaths…. “I know I would toss and turn the entire night cursing myself… but I had to stop ..”
Cynthia looked at him with uncertain eyes… “Did ... did I do something wrong? Or perhaps you didn’t like”.... she faltered, embarrassed.
“No, sweetheart,” he said, assuring her… “If only you knew how much I liked it .... even an hour under cold water would not be sufficient to calm me down ... I am so excited,”…
Cynthia blushed... “Then why”? she asked.
“Sweetheart.. my hunger for you is insatiable.. my body is desperate for your taste.. for your touch… it will not be satisfied with a quick bite… hell, I don’t think even a full day and night or even an entire week in bed would be sufficient” .....
Her face turned red… “Your mother was worried when you didn’t return home at your usual time, and even your phone was unreachable .... so she called me to look for you and is now anxiously waiting for you to return home ….”
“Oh… my phone’s battery died” .... she had forgotten all about her family… in her desperation to reach Liam, she even forgot to call her mother to let her know about her whereabouts.. she felt so ashamed.. how could she forget that her mother would be worrying about her.. “I’ll quickly freshen up and then we will leave”
Cynthia hurriedly went to the powder room and was shocked to see herself in the mirror… her lips were swollen.. her lower lip had a slight cut with dried blood on it .... she had an evident love bite on her neck… she blushed, remembering Liam biting and sucking her neck saying that he was branding her as his and covered her face with her hands thinking how much it had excited her and how much she had enjoyed it. She started feeling hot again… so she splashed cold water on her hot red face and her pulse points repeatedly…. After wiping her face, she covered the love bites with a thick layer of concealer .... applying it on her face… neck… lips, and ears, and quickly applied a lip gloss. While she was brushing her hair, she remembered Liam saying something about getting jealous… ‘so he threw a tantrum and put me through hell because he was jealous.’
Cynthia came out of the powder room and found Liam standing by the sofa… she stood facing him… and cupped his face with her hands. Liam looked at her questioningly. She looked him in the eye and said, “I love you, Liam… from the bottom of my heart. I feel loved… and cherished and special when I am with you ... your love gives me confidence..… I can’t imagine being with or growing old with somebody else… you have my heart, and you have it forever…. so you have no reason to be jealous ... believe in me ... believe in yourself and believe in our love.”
Liam was so moved by her reassurance that he showered her with kisses ... he kissed her forehead.. her eyes.. her nose.. her cheeks and finally her lips ... “You do not know how beautiful you are…. do you? Your innocence.. your charm is like a magnet that pulls everyone towards you..You spread joy and happiness wherever you go and steal attention, without even trying. You make people want to love you.. protect you. There would always be people trying to steal you away from me.. wanting you for themselves, and I can’t let that happen. You are my life.. and I can never lose you.. I’ll die without you..... that’s why I want to hide you from the world,” he said, hugging her tightly.
She hugged him back, saying, “Shhhhh .... I am not going anywhere... I adore you.”
They stood in each other’s embrace like that without saying a word ... their love speaking for them ... Liam knew that he should take Cynthia home now, but he was not willing to part with her.. just yet. It was only when Cynthia’s mother called back again, asking if there was any news about her daughter, that he finally let her go and drove her back to her house. Mrs. Miller greeted them at the door and thanked Liam for finding Cynthia and bringing her back.
“I’ll always be able to find her wherever she is… even with my eyes closed...” said Liam.