Damn.
The lights on the street were coming on, night was sticking its purple fingers into the stickiness of the July heat, even this close near the river, and he was late.
Alice's golden brown skin turned tawnier in the dimming light as she closed the balcony doors, leaned against the cool plaster of the doorjamb and closed her eyes. Her hands ran over the beige satin of the gown he'd bought. They were amazing, his tastes; running the gamut from this silk and the Chinese-red boned corset that barely covered her nipples, to the demure lawn gown that slipped just so off of her shoulders, the pearl necklace he'd bought from Italy -- and the matching bracelets that he'd cleverly attached to the bedposts...
The silk was rasping against her nipples now, and her back arched as if into the hands of her lover.
"Don't you look delicious."
Her eyes opened slowly. When had he come in?
"You're late."
"I'll make up for it." He smiled at himself, his grey eyes taking her in. He meant it -- with her, he could never get enough. Driving down here, to this old part of Savannah, two hours, the whole time with his erection and his better judgment tormenting him, he could think of a million reasons why he should never see her again: His sandy blonde hair, his White skin, his southern roots...but with her standing there, that caramel skin, those berry lips, those wine nipples pouting at him with all the knowledge of Eve, he couldn't imagine staying away.
Her hands were already lifting the hem of the gown when he crossed the room, her round hips jutting towards him, the satin cool and fanning the heat from the wooly mound that was as soft and hot and humid as the day itself had been. Kissing her was involuntary, his tongue slipping onto hers slowly, her sigh answering -- a lover's greeting.
"Michael..." His hand was on her thigh, kneading gently. She noted that his hand was only slightly darker than the gown.
"Let me apologize for being late, darling..." It was more of a plea than anything else. But he was on his knees before she could reply.