"We can't do this," he said.
"I know," I agreed.
"But I really want to..." he continued.
"You should probably go," I said.
"Right." He walked backward a few steps in the direction of the door, then stopped at the edge of the counter.
"Why am I still here?" he asked in a whisper, his Spanish accent a purr. Then, making up his mind he shook his head. "I'll see you tomorrow," he resolved, and stepped back in my direction and reached for a final parting hug.
Every atom in my being screamed for me to hold on to him, to grab his face and press my lips to his, to press the entire length of myself against his body, but I let my hand fall from his back. He caught my fingers briefly before he turned and left, fumbling momentarily with the doorknob, but not looking back.
I covered my face with my hands, disappointment negating whatever trickle of relief I should have felt. What did I just do? He was right there within reach, the man I'd fantasized about for nearly a year, and I let him walk out the door.
He wasn't sure, I reminded myself. He didn't want it, and I'll be damned if I throw myself at a man who's not sure he wants me.
I laid my folded arms on the desk, thunked my head down on top of them and tried to surrender to the grief. He's an asshole, I thought. He keeps tempting me and running away. He's fucking with my head. I almost didn't hear the door.
Lifting my head I saw him step tentatively back into the room, the look on his face betraying his uncertainty.
I didn't think. I rose and strode across the room, not sure if I wanted to slap him for making me feel this way, for his indecisiveness, and not knowing what the other half of me was capable of, but his expression wore the same hunger and desperation I felt.
I threw myself into his arms, all of my resolve, all of the very good advice I'd given myself, evaporated in the heat I could feel of him through his coat. His goatee scratched my chin as his lips sought mine, and his uncertainty was entirely gone.
He pushed me backward, pressing me into the wall, his hands on my hips, my breasts, my wrists as we devoured each others' mouths, and then his arms were around my waist. Pulling my body tightly against his, he half carried, half dragged, me to the counter, where he perched me on the edge.
Pulling back for a moment, he placed his fingertips on my breastbone and held me at a distance. Lust burned in his eyes and his jaw trembled slightly. "If you don't want this, you'd better say so," he warned, "because I don't think I can stop."
"If you wanted to stop, you shouldn't have come back," I said, defiantly raising my chin, and then his mouth was on mine again, and we were breathing each others' breath.
His hands grasped my buttocks, pulling me into him, crushing our pelvises together, and I could feel the heat from his fully erect penis radiating through our clothes. Our hands and arms moved restlessly across our backs and sides and necks, taking in each others' shapes in a frenzied tactile adventure.