Part 31 (1/2)
”What can I give you tonight that will last you for two weeks?”
”Nothing lasts that long. I'll want you again tomorrow.”
Judith dipped her head and licked a nipple. ”Then what do you want to miss most? That's what I'll give you tonight.”
With her finger, Carmen tipped Judith's head so she could look her in the eye. ”I love it when you go inside me . . . and then you work my c.l.i.t with that lovely mouth. That's got to be the most exquisite sensation I've ever felt.”
”I love doing that.”
”So do I. What do you say we have another contest?”
”Such as?”
”Who can hold out the longest without a climax?”
”That would be me.”
”Care to wager?”
”Wager what?”
”The first one to come gets tied up and made to watch the other one have a climax all by herself.”
”Hoo boy!”
”Are you game?”
”Sure. I just have to think of what I'm going to use to tie you up.”
”We'll see about that.” Carmen pushed her onto her side and quickly s.h.i.+fted to position her head between Judith's thighs.
”Somebody's excited already. Is that from thinking about me putting on a show for you?”
”No, it's from imagining you tied up.”
212.
Carmen swiped a finger through the wetness and tasted it.
Then she ran her tongue the length of Judith's s.e.x, slipping her tongue inside and swirling it around.
Judith must have been overwhelmed, Carmen thought, because it took her several moments to remember this was a contest, and she had a duty to perform. When she did, she wasted no time burying her face between Carmen's legs, teasing her opening with her fingers.
In tandem, they kissed and caressed, sliding fingers inside as if in harmony.
Carmen began to feel a pulsing warmth with every pa.s.s of Judith's tongue over her sensitive c.l.i.t. Nice . . . she might be wrong . . . maybe it was about o.r.g.a.s.ms and pa.s.sionate ecstasy after all. If that tongue crossed her c.l.i.t one more time, she was going to burst.
”That's it. Give it to me,” Judith murmured.
In retrospect, Judith probably meant she wanted Carmen to release. Instead, her command earned her three fingers deep in her v.a.g.i.n.a and a relentless a.s.sault on her c.l.i.t. They climaxed within seconds of each other.
But Judith came first.
That was Carmen's story and she was sticking to it.
”Thank you very much.” Judith hung up the phone and finished her notes in Carmen's day planner.
”Did you get it?” Carmen came out of the bathroom, one towel draped loosely around her and another binding her wet hair.
”The Waldorf at twelve thirty.” If Carmen came closer, Judith wouldn't be able to resist giving that wrap a tug.
”I better call Sofia.”
”And I got you switched to the four twenty flight. Bulkhead seat.”
213.
”Perfect.” Carmen picked up her cell phone and called her friend to confirm their lunch date. ”Who knew it would be so handy to have a travel agent for a girlfriend?”
”With all the things you have to do, I think Cathy should have been your girlfriend.”
”I told her that not long ago. I dread going to Tokyo by myself.”
”Why don't you take one of your a.s.sistants?”
”They're all trained researchers. That would be like asking one of them to get me coffee or pick up my laundry.”
”But they're your a.s.sistants. Doesn't that include helping you organize your materials and get you where you're supposed to be?”
”I suppose.” She unwrapped her hair and brushed it with the towel. ”The truth is, I'm embarra.s.sed about being such a s.p.a.ce cadet. Cathy has to come in my office and cut tags off my clothes.”
”No one's expected to do everything. You have the whole industry hanging on your every word, and you can work a room like no one I've ever seen.”
”Are those my greatest skills?”
Judith got up and followed Carmen as far as the bathroom doorway. ”Not by a long shot.”
Carmen stopped her ablutions and looked up, locking eyes with her in the mirror. ”I love you, you know.”
The words seemed to steal all the air in the room, and Judith floundered for something to say.
”I know we still don't know each other all that well, but it feels right,” Carmen went on.
”You're not taking it back, because I love you too.”
Carmen turned and held out her arms. Judith fell into the embrace, a hug so strong she couldn't doubt its meaning.