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Date Posted: 03:26:49 10/01/01 Mon
Author: Leigh
Subject: Holiday Chapter 20
In reply to: Leigh 's message, "Holiday" on 07:12:46 09/27/01 Thu

There were nearly forty other people in the room but Nikita was only aware of one - Michael.

She followed a half step behind, her fingers intertwined with his. Michael led her to a secluded spot in the middle of the dance floor and then turned. He continued to hold her hand while his other arm encircled her waist and pulled her to within several inches of him. Nikita lifted her right arm and draped it over his shoulder. Her fingers curled around his neck. Her earlier vow to take things slow was forgotten as she leaned in and pressed her body close to his.

He was warm and strong, his scent clean and masculine. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and pressed her cheek to his. Michael's arm tightened around her.

"I've wanted to do this all night," he confessed.

Nikita smiled, her eyes still closed, and nodded her head. "Me too," she said.

His breath was warm upon her face. Just a slight turn of her head and her nose touched his. With her lips, she could feel the corner of his strong mouth. Michael turned toward her, his eyes darkening with emotion as Nikita leaned forward and caught his lower lip with her own. Gently, she kissed him. Once, then twice.

It was tentative, exploratory, wondrous and delicious all at once. All through it her eyes remained closed, as if she were in a dream.

Michael swallowed. His nostrils flared as he fought to keep his breathing even but it was difficult. Nikita was so soft and warm in his arms, reminding him of just how long it'd been since he'd held a woman close like this. The scent she wore was sweet, light and enticing. It made him want to burrow his face into the curve of her neck in search of its source. Was it behind her ear? Over the vein pulsing unsteadily at the base of her neck? Or maybe she had dabbed it lower in the valley between her breasts. He groaned inwardly at the realization that there was still another thirty or forty minutes before the boat docked and he'd have any real chance of finding the answer out.

"Kita," he whispered, breathing her name against her lips.

She opened her eyes and blinked a few times. A slow blush crept up her neck to her cheeks. As she started to pull away though, Michael tightened his arm around her waist. "Have I told you how beautiful you are?" he asked.

Nikita smiled. Her body relaxed into his arms as she turned her head and laid it upon his shoulder. Go slow, she reminded herself, don't rush into something you're not ready to handle. Think of your career, your goals. If you fall in love now, what'll that mean to everything you've worked for? But even as one part of her mind was busy reminding her of all this, another part of her knew that it was already too late.

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