Paradise Found
Annie woke, snuggled against Josh’s chest, his morning erection pressing into her belly. Poor baby. That couldn’t be comfortable for her sweet lover. He had proven to be patient and tender partner, intuitively knowing what she left unspoken. She was more than a little in love with him already, if she were to admit it to herself. But it couldn’t last. It wouldn’t be fair to change the rules of engagement now. Vaguely, she wondered who he was away from the island. This letting her mind wander to the forbidden wouldn’t do! To take her mind off questions she had no right to ask, she decided to help Josh’s morning dilemma. Slipping from his arms didn’t prove easy.
“Annie, it’s okay,” Josh mumbled sleepily. “Go back to sleep.”
“I’m not going anywhere, sweetness,” she assured him.
Her words seemed to work. He let her go. She urged him to his back. Coming over him, she kissed him softly. His lips clung drowsily.
“Good morning, kitten,” he murmured.
“Good morning.”
“It certainly is.” He liked the feel of her, all soft and naked on top of him, her silky skin rubbing him intimately.
“You feel like you might be frisky this morning.”
“Here’s a clue. Frisky is not me until my 45-minute shower. I wake up with a hard-on – especially when I have a sweet, warm body in bed with me.”
Annie laughed. “So, you’d be this way if you woke up with a cocker spaniel?”
“No, baby, not exactly.” He ran his big hands up and down her smooth back. “You definitely arouse me, kitten. What I’m saying is that you don’t have to feel responsible for doing anything about it, ‘cuz a guy’ll sometimes just wake up hard.”
“What if I want do something about it?”
He arched his hips up to rub himself against her. “Then I’d say go for it and thank you.”
Anne nibbled at his chin. “You’re so polite.”
“My parents wouldn’t have it any other way.”
“Josh?”
“Hmm?…” God, he was just enjoying the feel of her against him.
“I – um – I’ve never been good at – you know – um – “
“Spit it out, Annie.”
“Blow-jobs,” she blurted, blushing furiously.
“You’re saying you want to…for me? Baby, that’s damn generous of you.”
“But if I’m not any good at it?…”
“Who told you that? The same guy that never made you come? I don’t exactly prize that guy’s opinion.” He tucked a stray strand of dark hair behind her ear in a tender gesture. “I can’t imagine that you’re wanting to love me that way would be anything but mind-blowing and fantastic.”
She bit her bottom lip. This was a holiday fling, right? She might as well put it all out there and let Josh what she wanted from the experience.
“What?” He could almost see the wheels spinning in her head.
“You’ve already guessed he was – um – boring.”
“Boring isn’t it, kitten. He was selfish.”
“Anyway, it was almost always the same. He’d climb on top, pump away, and be done.”
“Christ!” Josh growled. Any woman deserved better than that!
“So, can you – um – help me experiment?”
If she hadn’t looked so serious, he might have laughed. “I’m not into whips and chains, but I’m fairly open to suggestions.”
“Like letting me be on top?” She was on a roll now!
“That has it’s own rewards. Most definitely.”
“And – um – doggie style?”
Josh did chuckle at that. “That’s cool by me.”
Annie grew quiet and her cheeks turned a lovely shade of dark pink. “Do you like –um – to –uh…”
Somehow, he knew where she was going. Flipping her to her back, he came over her, kissing her hungrily. “Oh, yeah, baby, I want to go down on you, taste you as you come for me,” he told her in a low, rough voice. “I’ll love every minute of it.”
Her dark eyes went wide. “You will?”
He shook his head in bemusement. “He was a jerk. Annie, physical intimacy is all about caring and sharing and pleasing your partner, not just yourself.”
”I want to please you,” she said earnestly.
“And I want to give you so much pleasure…” he purred nuzzling her neck. “That’s what this is all about.”
“I think you’re pretty special, Josh.”
“We’re lovers, Annie. That’s what lovers do.” He nibbled on her neck. “So…where would you like to start?”
“You’re the one with a hard-on. I thought I’d—“
“Let me choose?” He knew she would say ‘blow-job’, but he wanted to give her one of her other requests first.
“Uh – sure. Which one?”
“Well, seeing as how it’s Thanksgiving…” He taunted her with a sexy smile. “I’m thinking I’d like to start my day with a feast.”
“You mean…” She swallowed hard. “Me?” she squeaked.
“Uh-huh.”
“But you’re—“
“Gonna survive a little while longer, believe me.”
“But…”
Josh halted her protest with his mouth on hers. He coaxed her into a hot, intimate kiss. “Don’t say no, baby. I wanted this last night,” he murmured as his lips traveled down her neck, biting tenderly where it met shoulder.
“I wanted to do something for you,” she protested breathlessly as his big, warm hands cupped her breasts.
“This is for me, too, Annie.”
“How?” She gasped as his tongue teased the hard bud of one breast. She completely lost her train of thought as he suckled her. “Mmm…Josh…”
He was finished with explanations. He was into doing the deed. He caressed and kissed and licked every inch as he had promised the previous night. He pleasured her until she was nearly sobbing for some unknown release. Then he nuzzled his way from her knees to the top of her parted thighs. She was dewy and swollen, more than ready for something beyond what she had previously known. When his tongue slid along the open petals of her femininity, she writhed.
“Easy, baby,” he crooned. “You want this, remember.”
Annie whimpered as he continued to lick and probe. “Josh!” she cried out when he finally pushed his tongue into her.
He sent one finger, then two to pump in and out of her as he teased around her pleasure pearl. The moment he flicked over it, she bucked up, forcing him even deeper.
“Oh, God, I didn’t know…”
“Ready, baby?”
“I can’t stand much more,” she pleaded helplessly.
“Okay, kitten, I’m gonna lap up all of your cream.”
Josh had to hold her thighs still as he licked and sucked tenderly at her. She made sweet, breathless mewling sounds until she went taut. “Josh!” she cried as wave after wave of unbearable pleasure swamped her. “Oh, God!”
As he had said he would, he feasted on the flood of love juices that came from her.
“Baby, I want you in me,” Annie begged as she still quivered. “Please!”
He didn’t hesitate. Sheathing himself quickly, he plunged into her tight, still trembling walls. "Damn, Annie you feel so good,” he groaned as he drove into her again and again.
She twined her legs around the back of his and pulled his head down for a starved kiss. It was an erotic sensation, to taste herself on his lips.
Josh knew she was ready once more when her rounded fingernails dug into his back. “Ready, Annie?…Give it to me, baby. Make me go with you.”
“Oh, yes! How, Josh?”
“Let it go. Let me feel you come for me.” The words were barely passed his lips when she cried out once more, quaking beneath him. Her explosion in to rapture triggered his. “Annie!”
For a long moment after, they lay entwined, letting their breathing return to normal. When her legs slipped from his, Josh discreetly removed the condom and brought her into his arms.
“You’re still shaking.”
“I never knew it could be like this,” she whispered in awe.
“It should always be like this.”
She shook her head. “Too hard on the internal organs.”
He chuckled. “You’re young. You can take it.”
Annie peered up at him through the fringe of her dark lashes. “You sure you like doing that?”
“I am sure I like doing that.”
She still looked dubious.
“I don’t know how to convince you. I thought I just did. Take my word for it.”
“Can I make a confession?”
“Sure, kitten.”
“I – um – I’m glad I was bold enough to let you know…”
“If you hadn’t said anything, you still would have gotten all I have to give, Annie. I told you I’m all about the romance. Pleasuring each other is what these next days are all about.”
The couple spent nearly all of their time together.
When they would finally leave the sanctuary of their suites, they would head for the beach. Josh particularly enjoyed applying sun block to every exposed inch of Annie’s skin. More than once, they had to seek a private cabana after one of his thorough massages.
Most meals, they chose to eat away from the others, having them served on their balcony. The beautiful sunsets made a wonderful backdrop for intimate dinners and quiet conversation.
A few times, Josh would disappear into his suite. Annie would find him at the piano, scribbling notes on paper or playing lovely melodies. He would smile when he saw her and tell her he was writing a song for her. A couple of times, he played familiar tunes and they sang together. Josh had a wonderful, strong voice, she noted.
As with anything they did, the most amazing part was the ease of each other’s company. They enjoyed each other on levels – as companions and as lovers.
Josh had to admit by the last night, he had begun to panic. He’d never shared so much of himself with someone – and still know nothing about her – and except for the very private workings of his mind, she knew nothing of him!
He closed his eyes and leaned back into her warm body when her arms came around his neck from behind as he sat at the piano. He’d never forget the scent of her perfume – an invitation for sex.
“Ready for the party, sweetness?” she asked.
“It’s not as if I’m dressing up.” He turned his face into her neck. “God, you smell great!”
Annie laughed. “I do clean up nicely.”
He nibbled at her flesh. “Let’s just stay here,” he suggested.
“Oh, no! I’ve let you talk me out of going out every night. Tonight is the last hurrah and I want to go dancing.” A thought occurred to her of why he avoided the parties. “Josh, is it that you don’t dance well?”
Josh kept his chuckle low. If only she knew how ludicrous that idea was! “I’m a fairly decent dancer, baby. I won’t crush your toes.”
“It’s not that. I thought maybe you are self-conscious because you don’t know how to dance.”
Josh rose from the piano bench and offered his arm. “Shall we trip the light fantastic, my dear Annie?”
She giggled as she took his arm. “Okay.”
He grinned. “We’ll show ‘em how it’s done, baby.”
Annie was a wonderful dancer and a natural partner for Josh. It was as if they had been born to dance together. She seemed to anticipate his every move as he lead her through each dance.
It was much later, when the older couples had retired to the piano bars and private lounges, that the main room took on the feel of a club and the music pulsated with a more manic beat. Annie looked questioningly at Josh as if to ask, “Are we staying?”
“Oh, yeah.” He pulled her back against him as the music throbbed. Her little butt fit so nicely, cupping his hardening manhood. His hands went to her hips, tugging her ever closer. “Ever grind before?”
“No,” she whispered, the hard feel of him making her weak. It didn’t help that he was nipping at her neck then soothing the bites with his tongue. “Josh?…”
“Touch me, Annie,” he purred. “I want to feel your hands on me. I want you as excited as I am.”
She reached back to stroke his hard thighs through his slacks. Breaking away, she whirled to face him. Before she could do anything more, he hauled her to him again, placing one leg between hers. “Oh, God, Josh!” she murmured breathlessly as he forced her to ride his leg intimately. Placing her hands on his taut stomach, she slid them up his shirtfront. Leaning close, she licked the salty skin above his ever-present lion medallion.
Josh groaned as she unbuttoned his shirt enough to move her hands inside to caress his chest. Dropping his hands, he cupped her bottom, forcing her tightly against him. His arousal was rock hard. “Oh, God, Annie, I want you. I want you now!”
Grabbing his hand, she led him out the door as she had the first night. And like the first night, the beach was deserted. She leaned back against the same tree. “Come here, sweetness.”
Their mouths locked, their tongues mated in a hungry frenzy. Meanwhile, Annie unfastened his pants, fondling the hard ridge beneath his shorts.
Tearing his mouth away, he warned, “Keep that up, and we won’t make it to a bed.”
“I wasn’t planning to.” Taking his hands, she moved them beneath the floaty material of her dress, to where she soon wanted his manhood.
“Damn!” He could scarcely believe his little Annie was wearing a tiny scrap of a thong that he could easily shove to the side – and she was so ready. “Baby, I got no protection…” He hadn’t planned on this eventuality. “Let’s go to our room—“
“No. Now,” she growled against his lips.
“Annie—“
She shoved his shorts down enough his throbbing member was released. She gently rubbed the silky head with her thumb. “Now!” she commanded.
Okay…she had just relieved him of any consequence by her insistence. Josh lifted her against the tree, then tore the thong to the side and urged her arms around his neck.
“You feel so good,” she whispered breathlessly as he eased into her. “So big and so hot.”
Placing one arm around her, he hoped to shield her from the rough bark at her back as he stroked in and out of her. “Annie…” He barely stopped himself from saying the words he felt so deeply. He loved her. He wanted them to be together. He was grateful that she wanted him like this – with nothing between them.
Annie lifted her head, bringing his mouth to hers. “Josh, it feels so wonderful,” she purred breathless and awed.
“It does, doesn’t, kitten.”
“Harder. Oh, please, harder!” she begged.
His thrusts became more forceful as she began to tremble with the now familiar precursors to ecstasy.
“That’s my baby,” he crooned as he drove into her. “Take me with you.”
“Josh – oh, baby, this is so – oh, God! – Josh!—“
Annie’s powerful deliverance into rapture triggered his. He exploded into her tight little body. “Annie!”
After a long moment, Josh moved away only enough to smooth her skirt down and fasten his pants. He was afraid Annie would drop to the sand without his support. She had yet to open her eyes and she still quivered like a tightly strung bow. Pressing a soft kiss on her lips, he gently lifted her into his arms.
Annie opened her eyes when he began carrying her towards the main building that housed their suites. “How can you haul me around after that?” she asked wonderingly.
Could he say that he hoped his sperm were swimming their way to fertile ground? That if they did, she would have to seek him out once back on the mainland? He could be found easily enough! If he set her down, his essence would face and uphill battle to say the least. “You’re light enough. Enjoy the ride,” he finally answered.
She helped by putting her arms around his neck to steady herself. She didn’t help by nibbling at his neck and ear. By the time they reached the elevator, she had him ready for round two.
“You’re lucky I don’t slam you up against the wall and drill you,” he muttered uncomfortably as they rode up.
“Okay,” she agreed readily.
“No. You picked the beach. The next one is my call.” If he could hold off long enough!
“You mad at me?”
“No, baby, I’m not.” He kissed her softly. “Mad about you.”
“I wasn’t supposed to happen this way,” she murmured sadly.
“I don’t think either of us has the constitution for casual sex, Annie. It has to mean something – if only in the moment.”
She replied nothing as the elevator doors slid open and he strode to his door. He was amazingly well coordinated, getting at his keycard, unlocking the door, all without losing his grip on her. “You’re strong,” she commented inanely.
That drew a grin from him. “Thanks.”
Moving through his sitting room, Josh set her down on the chaise in the bedroom while he stripped the bedding back. He returned to undress her. Once again, she wasn’t wearing much – just her little dress, her thong, and her sandals. “Not into clothes since we’ve been here, huh?” He remembered the first time he saw her – the suit and the glasses. “You haven’t worn your glasses since you’ve been here either.” He scooped her up, depositing her in the middle of the big bed.
“They’re for close work. Reading. Computer,” she stated as she watched him strip. She sat there enjoying the play of muscles as he moved. Whatever he did, it was physical. You didn’t get a body like that from a gym!
“That mean you can’t see me when I get this close?” Once on the bed, he crawled over to her and put his face about ten inches from hers.
“You’re a delicious blur,” she answered. “And when you’re this close, it usually means you’re going to kiss me.”
“I am.” He closed the distance and captured her mouth in a tender mating dance.
Annie put her hands on his upper arms as he nudged her back to the mattress and came over her. “I love your arms and shoulders,” she purred as his lips trailed down to her neck.
It was the first time she had used the “L” word in conjunction to him. He loved everything about her – especially her.
Josh began to make loved to her in earnest, knowing he had to make that intimate connection before their plane landed in Orlando. When he reached to the bedside stand for a foil packet, her hand forestalled him, and once again, he was free to lose himself within her.