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desire. He traced
the line of my cheek and my lips and then he claimed my mouth in a
long, drugging kiss. My nipples were straining against the black
net.
    Slowly, as he kissed me, his hand moved to
my sex. His thumb entered me while his fingers worked my clit. I
opened my mouth and he slipped his tongue into it. The kiss became
fierce and possessive, his fingers more furious, and his other hand
rubbed over my nipple igniting a new ache.
    When my hips began to shudder he lifted his
mouth away from mine, and resting on his elbow watched me intently.
He wanted to see what I looked like when I flew into the abyss. So
he watched that first shudder, the uncontrollable bowing of my body
that followed as my lips parted in a gasp that became a long cry of
pleasure.
    He kissed my earlobe.
    ‘ That tickles,’ I
complained, giggling, childish, a rare thing. I lay in his embrace
and realized that it was the first time I felt…happy.
    He stared at me, then suddenly wrapped his
strong arms around me and crushed me against his lean body so hard
my breasts yearned for the moment to last forever. It felt so good.
But it would end in four days. I wriggled free and sat up.
    ‘ We should be going,’ I
said, not meeting his eyes. I slid off the hood and, finding my
panties on the ground, pulled them back on. There was a used condom
lying discarded nearby, and I averted my eyes. Strange, I had been
so caught up with what was happening to me I had not even asked for
or thought about one.
    I looked up and Miko was lying on the hood
looking at me expressionlessly. ‘Ready?’ he asked.
    I nodded and he jumped off with lithe grace.
I looked around me as he pulled on his pants. We did not speak much
on the way over to mine. He parked the car on a street a hundred
yards away from my building.
    I licked my lips. ‘You’re coming in?’
    He turned to me. ‘We need to talk,
Lexi.’
    I felt a tingle of fear run up my spine.
‘Talk?’
    ‘ Talk.’
    ‘ What about?’
    He gave a reluctant sigh and opened his
door. ‘Come on.’
    We had only taken a few steps when we were
suddenly in the middle of a summer shower.
    ‘ Get back in the car. I’ll
drop you off at the entrance and find another parking
space.’
    ‘ No, let’s make a dash for
it.’
    ‘ You sure?’
    I laughed and started running. I was
breathless and panting hard by the time I turned the corner. A man
was standing near the main door of my building. He turned and I
came to an abrupt stop. It was Nigel. He was standing in the rain,
his hands pushed deep into the pockets of his jacket, and he was
staring at me. His eyes flicked over to Miko and hardened.
    I could see me through his eyes. Running in
the rain dressed in a black net dress with hardly enough sequins to
keep my modesty upright. Surely, he could see that I had slept with
the other man. I colored guiltily. I had couriered his ring back to
him and tried to call him, but it had gone straight to answer
machine and I’d had to leave an awkward message.
    Beside me I felt Miko become tense. We
walked up to him and Nigel stared at me with hard, accusing
eyes.
    ‘ Can we talk alone,
Lexi?’
    I opened my mouth to say ‘Of course’, but
Miko answered for me. ‘No,’ he bit out harshly. My mouth dropped
open and Nigel looked astonished. Poor Nigel. How dare Miko
interfere in my affairs? This had nothing to do with him. I turned
angrily toward Miko.
    He was bristling with hostility. This was a
new Miko. I had never seen him as anything but patient. No matter
what I did he had never lost his temper with me. Yet here he was,
furious for no reason at all. This side of Miko was shocking.
    ‘ Excuse me?’ Nigel grated,
provoked into anger.
    ‘ You heard me. Anything
you have to say to her you can say in my presence.’ Miko’s voice
was calm and unemotional.
    ‘ Fuck you. Who the fuck do
you think you are? You just came on the scene. I’ve been in love
with Lexi for a year.’
    ‘ Oh yeah? I’ve been in
love with her for