Writhing wantonly beneath him, I said, “Just fuck me, Adam. I want to…fuck.”
The words sounded erotic as they fell from my lips, and Adam must have though so too. He pulled out almost all the way, very slowly, and then plunged back in, making me cry out in pleasure. Faster, faster, he pumped into me. Harder and harder. He gave me everything I wanted, and more. “Oh my God,” I breathed out. He felt so, so, so good.
We soon found a rhythm, moving with desperation, lust, but also with love. With thunder echoing out to sea, Adam and I were one, united in body, united in heart. And when our bodies reached an almost-simultaneous crescendo, for the first time, it felt like we were united in soul.
Chapter 26
While the storm raged through the night and into the next day, Adam and I remained locked away from the world—our current problems forgotten in the darkness of his bedroom. Not surprisingly, electricity had been lost on the island, so we lit candles and placed them all around the bed. The next several hours became a palette of images that blended into one another…
Adam ignites a candle with a flick of flame to wick, bringing it to life. His face as close to perfection as I’ve ever seen, bathed in the warm glow of candlelight. A playful smile tugs at his lips as he catches my expression of lust. I am ignited as well. And now this gorgeous man’s body—a body that hasn’t been clothed since yesterday—is above my own…and then behind…and then under me. Again and again—heated skin to heated skin— gliding together on a light sheen of perspiration. Touching, tasting, exploring. The darkness of night never quite goes away as the hours pass. There is just less darkness—a kind of illuminated gray. Until a new black night, this one clear as the storm passes, swallows the gray.
“Maddy,” Adam began, clearing his throat. His voice was husky. Though we’d been communicating, it hadn’t been with words. I lifted my head from where I was resting on his smooth chest and met his gaze. “I think we should do something special tomorrow. Just the two of us,” he continued and then dropped his voice to a mere whisper, “Maybe forget about…things for a while.”
Things like me being the prime suspect in Jimmy’s murder. And things like the police exploring the possibility that I had played some nefarious role in Ami’s disappearance. Yeah, it would be great to forget about those things. Locked away in Adam’s bedroom was an excellent way to forget, but we couldn’t stay here forever. Or could we? In any case it was sweet Adam was trying to think of ways to keep my mind from getting too caught up in all the unsettling events of the past few days.
“But you have to fly to Boston in the morning,” I reminded him, sighing.
Adam was finally closing the deal with the Boston client, which was a relief. It meant his frequent business trips of late would slow down considerably, allowing us more time together.
“Yeah, but I’ll be home by late afternoon,” Adam reminded me in return, and then he suddenly smiled slyly, blue eyes dancing. “And I know just what we’re going to do. We won’t even have to leave the island.”
“What?” I queried. “Does it involve leaving your bedroom?” I arched an eyebrow. If it involved spending more time here, I was game.
Adam tousled my hair playfully. “Yes, naughty girl, we’ll be leaving the bedroom.” he said. “But I’m keeping the juicy details secret until tomorrow.”
“Adam!” I chastised, swatting lightly at his chest and feigning a pout.
He caught my hand easily and pulled me to him. And just like that, our words were silenced once again.
Thursday night turned into Friday morning, and somewhere during that time frame the electricity was fully restored to the island. Reality was slowly creeping back in. And our brief respite from the troubles of the real world ended completely when Adam left for Boston. Before departing, however, he’d awoken me with a soft kiss. Proclamations of love were uttered from both of our mouths, but his secret surprise for later in the day remained unspoken.
I couldn’t sleep after Adam left, so I got up, showered quickly, and dressed for the day. Once I reached the kitchen, I toasted a bagel and glanced out the glass panel windows that ran along the back of the house.
In contrast to the past forty-eight hours, this day was positively sparkling. It was as if the heavy rains had washed away all the darkness. But then I remembered my life was still in turmoil. The Harbour Falls Mystery was no closer to being solved than it had been the day I’d arrived on Fade Island. Jimmy was dead, and according to the morning news, Ami was still missing. Worst of all, I was probably close to being arrested, seeing how I was unfortunately linked to both cases.
The walls were closing in, and time was not on my side. The more days that passed with no new leads, the more likely it was that the police would take me in. Even if I wasn’t officially charged with Jimmy’s death, I certainly expected to be asked to come in for more questioning. So it was imperative that I find answers. And quickly. As if to underscore my last thought, my cell rang at that very moment.
Without looking at the display screen, I answered with a hesitant hello.
“Maddy.” It was my dad, thank goodness. I needed a dose of my father’s levelheadedness.
But his tone was grim, so I asked, “What’s wrong?”
My father took an audible breath and exhaled slowly. This couldn’t be good. “I just got off the phone with Detective Mitchell. He wanted to give me a heads-up…” He trailed off.
“Dad?” My voice trembled. “What kind of a heads-up? What’s going on?”
Following another unsteady breath, he began to explain, “Some small-time
