Suddenly, Michael pushed his chair away from the table and with his fist clenched, he walked out of the kitchen door and down the porch steps, before anyone could react.
It was so odd. I started to stand to go after him, but Pippa stopped me. “Lily, leave him for a short time. Finish your lunch and then go to him. He’ll have calmed down some by then.”
I didn’t know what to say or do. I stayed quiet and tried to eat, but my stomach was in knots. One minute everything was fine and the next, well, I wasn’t actually sure.
Unable to finish eating, I took a drink and sat back in my chair. I couldn’t stay there anymore. I pushed away from the table and stood up. “Do you know where he went?”
“Probably the barn,” his father replied.
“Thank you, Elias. If you’ll all excuse me, I need to go to him.” I took my jacket from the back of the chair, walked out of the kitchen and headed for the barn hoping Michael was there.
What the hell happened to make him leave so abruptly? I certainly didn’t think I’d done anything to make him react the way he had. I slowed my steps as I neared the barn, feeling nervous. When I pushed the door open, I stepped inside and looked around. Once my eyes adjusted to the dim light, I could just make him out, sitting on a bale of hay to one side.
Slowly, I walked over to him. He was sitting with his elbows resting on his thighs and his face in his hands. Standing in front of him, I decided to crouch down, placing my hands on each of his knees. “Michael?”
His shoulders tensed. He hadn’t known I was there. I went down to my knees and pushed his thighs apart, so I could move closer to him. I smoothed my hands up his arms until I got to his hands and pulled them away from his face.
“Please talk to me? Tell me what happened back there?”
He met my eyes and just stared at me with eyes filled with heat. He pulled his hands free from mine and cupped my head. Perhaps kneeling in front of him wasn’t the brightest thing I’d ever done.
“I saw you laughing with Ruben and I just saw red. I left so I wouldn’t hit him.” He looked so lost. Desolate.
“Michael, you can’t go around wanting to hit everyone I laugh with. Just because I laugh with someone, doesn’t mean I want to do something else with them.”
He sighed. “Viv…. she slept with a lot of guys while we were married.”
So that was why he reacted so quickly. Shit. “Oh, Michael.” I reached up and took his face in my hands. “I’m not like her. If I was, I would have already been naked in your bed, although I suppose we came close to….something the other night.”
He groaned and started to pull me closer. “Lily, even if I’d already gotten you naked, you still wouldn’t be like her. I know that deep down. I’ve just always been one to react first, think second – unless it has to do with work.”
“I’ve only ever had sex with David and I’ve never wanted anyone the way I want you.”
“Fuck!” He slammed his lips down on mine, pulled me up and astride his lap. I opened my mouth and our tongues fused together. My blood roared through me as I reached up and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, threading my fingers through his hair. He shivered. I moved my hips closer to his and felt the hardness beneath.
With our mouths and tongues still fused together, I started to rub against him. I was so wet and so close to orgasm. Every time his penis rubbed against my *, the pressure would push my panties into my sex – it felt incredible and made me tingle all over.
Chapter 22
MICHAEL
Christ. Lily was hot and heavy against me and her closeness was playing havoc with not only my body, but with my intentions too. I never meant for that to happen. Oh yeah, I wanted it to happen, but not while she was unavailable.
She was in my arms and my tongue was still wrapped around hers. All my blood had traveled south, giving me one hell of an erection and if she didn’t stop wiggling around, I was going to explode in my jeans.
She continued to rub her * against my cock. I smoothed my hands down her back and took a firm hold of her hips. I pushed her down onto me as I arched up into her. She started to make whimpering noises – she was close.
I kept her pressed tight into me as I slowly pushed my hips up into her while I kissed the life out of her. She pulled her mouth away and looked straight into my eyes.
Then it hit. “Oh god, Michael.” She came apart in my arms. Her orgasm seemed to go on and on. I just held on tight and tried not to join her.
I held a limp Lily in my arms with her still sitting astride my erection. It was both heaven and hell wrapped in the sweetest torture. I breathed deeply just as Lily moved her head from my shoulder and looked at me.
“Michael, you need to….”
I shook my head. “No.”