Page 64 of Lily, Unwritten
Before my eyes even opened the next morning, I took a long, deep breath, and instantly I remembered. The scent of Luke, his proximity, it slid over me like melting chocolate – smooth, silky, and utterly delicious. My entire body was warm and relaxed, wrapped in his arms; we could have been floating in the clouds. I was weightless and light, utterly content, and that didn’t just apply to my body. It was as though my mind had been soaked in hot caramel; my thoughts were slow and sultry; I was delirious with love and desire.
A small sliver of fear remained; this was a big step and I knew the heartache that awaited me if it should all go wrong. Yet I also knew I’d take any risk for this man. I trusted him implicitly. I was his entirely, and I wouldn’t let anything, any emotion, any person, come between us.
Luke’s fingers slid gently into my hair, and I blinked my eyes open, meeting his. The world could have ended, and I wouldn’t have noticed; there was nothing except him in that moment. Sunshine hadn’t been in abundance lately, yet the vaguest hint of freckles remained smattered across Luke’s nose and cheeks. His skin so soft, broken only by the stubble that had grown overnight. His hair, that gleaming blond, flopped over his forehead, and I couldn’t help but smile as he softly blew it out of his eyes. His eyes… The blueness entranced me; they always made me think of the beach; a beautiful azure ocean under a clear cerulean sky. It was as though nothing in the world could ever hurt me while I had those eyes watching over me.
The room was silent as his lips brushed against mine, barely touching as his hand gently stroked through my hair.
“Is this real?” I whispered.
“Completely,” he replied, his breath tickling my lips. “I never want to wake up without you again.”
“Do you know it’s Monday?” I sighed sadly at the thought that this fairy-tale twenty-four hours might be ending. “Don’t you have work?”
I squealed as Luke pushed me from his chest, pinning my arms down on the bed as he moved over me. “Are you trying to get rid of me?” he asked, as his lips flurried a trail of kisses along my neck and towards my collarbone.
“Never. What are we going to do, though?”
“I have two weeks off, we can figure it all out. As long as we’re together, I don’t care where.” His kisses worked up the adjacent collarbone as he headed back towards my mouth. “Have you got work today?”
“No, the bakery doesn’t open on a Monday,” I replied, purposefully lifting my hips and pressing against him. The way he had my arms pinned down was driving me insane. “I should probably book that doctor’s appointment, though, if you’re going to keep putting me in positions like this.”
Luke reached over to grab his phone, frowning at the glare. “It’s barely even seven.”
I wriggled out from under him while he was distracted. “Plenty of time then, I’ll get an appointment for later today, and, in the meantime I have a plan.” I pushed Luke down onto the bed and clambered over him, my legs either side of his hips. His body felt perfect against mine, warm and firm, positively oozing sexual tension.
I wanted to taste every single bit of him as I began a journey down his body, covering him with kisses, licks and soft bites. He’d always been fit but had obviously worked out a lot over the last year. I rubbed at his defined shoulders as my mouth grazed over the muscles in his chest. His stomach was insane, I had to stop myself from biting down; I wanted to devour him completely. As I sucked softly on the skin just below his belly button, his breath shuddered and I grinned to myself as I wriggled down lower, purposefully letting out a long breath, knowing he’d feel the hot air upon him.
He twitched as I traced featherlight kisses up and down his length. A memory flashed into my mind of the night we’d laughed about micro penises and how much it had turned me on when he’d been pressed against my back. I was almost drooling. I wanted him so badly as I moved lower, his hands in my hair and my mouth full of him.
There wasn’t anything sexier than this, knowing he was mine in every way. In that moment I had him completely enraptured, under a spell as I moved up and down, running my tongue over that soft skin, feeling the throb of lust that ran up him in response to me. With a delightful shiver, I remembered the previous night, the feeling of him inside me, how perfect we were together.
His breath was ragged as he gripped my hair. I shifted so his knee was between my legs, and as I rubbed against him, he pressed deeper into my mouth. We moved faster and hotter, until he held me down, my mouth flooded with the taste of him. Mine. That’s all I could think; Luke was all mine.
I placed gentle kisses along him and back up his stomach as he took a moment to regain his breath. Nuzzled into his neck, I felt as if love overflowed out of me. I snuggled back into him, sleepy and content. For the first time in so long, the future felt amazing.
I hated leaving Luke in bed the next morning to open up the bakery, but, as he kept reminding me, we had forever together. I knew in my heart that I wanted to go home, back to Luke’s house, and be there with him. How could I let Zoe down, though? Especially whilst Isla was so young. The bell above the door rang out with its tinkling sound just before eleven, interrupting my thoughts. I looked up to see Zoe stroll in, her eyes narrowed; that beaming smile of hers missing.
“Morning,” I said. “You OK? Bad night with Isla?”
Zoe shrugged and paused a moment, open mouthed, before she began. “I’m rubbish at bad news, and I should lead up to this somehow. But I don’t know how, and I just need to tell you, but I feel like the worst person in the world and… I’m so sorry, Lily?—”
“Take a breath.” I came out from behind the cake display and stood beside Zoe. “What’s wrong? What bad news?”
“Marcus got a promotion, which is brilliant, but it’s in the French office. We’re moving to France,” she said, looking down at the ground.
“That’s not bad news, that will be an incredible adventure for you. How exciting.”
“It means I’ll need to close this place down. Which means no job, and you’ve been so amazing. I feel horrible.”
I stroked her arm absentmindedly as I thought, remembering some of Luke’s wisdom. The universe gives you what you need when you need it. This job had happened at a time I needed to get away, and now… now I had Luke and a whole world of options. This job wasn’t for me anymore, the universe had already given me the best thing possible.
“Zoe,” I couldn’t help but grin as I spoke; her eyes widened with surprise at my reaction. “Don’t worry, everything is perfect, it’s fantastic news,” I laughed, giddy with love and excitement as I took her arm and twirled her around in a little dance.
She joined me, her eyes moving up and down my body. “Is this anything to do with that Lexus outside the cottage?”
I nodded, biting my lip in anticipation as I thought of going home with Luke. Home. Luke. Words I’d never thought I’d get to put back together again.
“Coffee, now,” she ordered, a smile on her face as she headed through to the back. I spent the next hour filling her in on the saga that was us. Every time I said his name, I couldn’t help but smile. The heat in my heart was bursting out of me; like I was swirling around in love-drenched delirium; I adored the feeling!