Chapter 582: Shoulders (2)
As she caressed his hair, unknowingly, Autumn’s hands started an exploration of their own. So that she moved from moving his hair to gently caressing his back.
Gabe froze when he felt her caress her back and tried to compose his own feelings. However, this closeness was not helping him. He moved back and looked up at her face, determined to put some distance between them. However, the moment he looked up at that face...his thoughts of moving away from her disappeared.
He cupped her face, his eyes focused on her thin lips... as he rubbed their slight pinkness, feeling the softness... "Autumn... I want to kiss you..." It was a declaration as well as a question for permission. A warning. That he wanted her and he would kiss her if she did not save herself.
Autumn felt the warning. Knew what he was telling her... And yet, instead of paying heed, she turned her head and kissed his thumb, rubbing her lips against the slight roughness there.
That was the end of it... Gabe looked at her lips one last time before sealing her lips with her.. He didn’t close his eyes as he would have, worried that she might be in too deep. But Autumn had already surrendered herself to the kiss. She wanted it too. And so she took it. When he placed his lips against hers, she was the one who traced his lips first with her tongue...
She felt him pull her closer as he groaned her name, and she wanted to call out his name too... as soon as she found her voice... He deepened the kiss and as his tongue explored hers, she felt a rush of more running through her.. She needed him closer... She shifted on his thigh, trying to get close to him even more.. but then, she felt his hardness and against her leg and stiffened...the passion and attraction disappearing as fear coursed through her.
Gabe too, realized within a moment when she wasn’t ’in’ the kiss anymore. Gently, he bit her lip, to distract her again and moved back... She looked like a scared little bunny... which had jumped into the fire but was now afraid... He smiled," Go, Autumn.., get some sleep..."
He’d succeeded in scaring her off... just not the way he wanted...His own heart hammered as she still did not move and even tried to bravely ask about him," You..."
He smiled and nodded,"I’m gonna go sleep now too. So don’t worry... And Autumn.." As she would have walked away, he caught her wrist and gently placed a kiss there," Thank you for that night and tonight..."
"Its okay..."
Autumn raced to her bed and quickly bundled herself under the covers. What was she thinking. She had wanted to comfort him and insteead she had jumped headfirst into muddy waters. She touched her lips and could still feel his taste... and her heart was hammering even now.. She’d lost her sanity tonight probably...
Forcing herself to not think about it, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep...