love she was feeling for this man and a tear slipped out. When she felt his finger against her cheek, she opened her eyes to look at him, startled by the tender expression in his eyes. “Did I hurt you? I’m sorry Helen. I tried to go slowly, to make it painless but…”
She covered his mouth with her fingers and smiled at him. “It didn’t hurt,” she explained. Then her fingers moved from his mouth, to his shoulder, then down his arm, reveling in the strength of his body.
She felt his breath release and then his body move against her. The friction was unlike anything she’d ever thought possible and her eyes widened. When he moved again, her body arched against his, experimenting with the new feelings. As he slowly started to increase the pace, Helen stopped thinking and cried out as wave after wave of pleasure coursed through her body. Her legs clasped his waist harder and when she didn’t think she could take anymore, she fell over the edge, her body splintering apart once again. She was unaware of anything, of the ship moving against the water, or even Dimitri moving inside her. All she could understand was the intense, blinding pleasure that she was experiencing.
It took several long minutes before she realized what was happening. She could feel her heartbeat slow but the rest of the world was slow to come back into focus. Eventually, she felt Dimitri’s mouth against her shoulder, the rumpled sheets under her legs.
She smiled slowly and sighed happily.
Dimitri chuckled but didn’t lift his head from her shoulder. “I’ll take that to mean that you enjoyed the experience?”
Helen nodded and stretched.
Groaning, Dimitri rolled over so she was stretched out on top of him. “Doing that will only get you more of the same,” he stated plainly, his hand smoothing along her skin from her back down to her bottom, resting there temptingly.
Helen inhaled sharply. “I thought men couldn’t do it again so quickly.” She closed her eyes and bit her lower lip as the feelings increased in intensity.
Dimitri laughed and pulled her against him, higher so he could reach her mouth. “I don’t know about other men, but personally, I’ve been waiting for you for so long, I can’t imagine a time when I didn’t want to be inside you, stroking your beautiful skin and experiencing that kind of release.”
Helen’s eyes opened and she looked down at him warily. “It was okay then?” she asked.
He pulled her legs down so that she was straddling him. “It was more than okay, Helen. It was incredible,” he explained. “And that was just a first shot. We’ll get even better the more we practice.”
Helen put her hands on his chest and looked down at him. “Practice?” she asked happily. “As in immediately?”
“As in, you’re lovely skin is tempting me beyond my capacity to resist.” His hands moved from her legs up her rib cage and covered her breasts. Helen’s head fell backwards and her breathing increased. From that moment on, no other thoughts were necessary. Feelings counted, satisfaction was demanding and release was emphatic.
Chapter 8
Helen pulled up to her desk, eager to get to work. As her computer started up, she reflected about the past two months. Nothing could be more magical than the time she’d spent with Dimitri. She should probably think about getting an apartment but there was no reason. Dimitri had her firmly ensconced in his penthouse in Athens. No longer was she living out of the corporate apartment. In fact, she’d gone from the yacht to his apartment with no gap in between. They had been living together since they’d arrived in Athens and Helen couldn’t think of anything she’d like better than to wake up every morning in that man’s arms.
She loved just about everything about him, including the groggy way he woke up each morning with his arms around her, to the smile that immediately formed on his face when he realized that she was curled up next to him and the realization that they’d be spending the coming night exactly as they had the previous one. From the moment they woke up each morning, until they fell asleep, exhausted in each other’s arms after the most incredible sex possible, she felt loved and cherished by Dimitri and everything he did to show her how much he cared about her.
After that first morning, she’d find small gifts in various places. That morning, she’d woken to find diamond earrings on the