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Taking Chances
Date: 9/22/2015, Categories: Mature, Author: Sisyphus, Rating: 13, Source: LushStories
about me before.” He smiled then looked down at the page and used his finger to mark where he was going to read and cleared his throat. “ Catherine doesn’t realize how beautiful she is. I sense she is filled with longing and wants to be seen and known, but has allowed herself to accept that this is her life and nothing is going to change. I have only known her for a short while, but I hope I can get to know her better. I’m not sure if that will ever happen, but if it does, I want what I haven’t had for so many years. I want passion and I don’t want to die never having known the passionate love I have always longed for.” When Tom stopped reading he looked up from the page. “That’s it.” Catherine stared back at him, her mouth wide open in shock. “My goodness,” she finally said and realized he was expressing something she had been feeling, something she wanted for her life. “I can’t believe you wrote that. You’re full of surprises, Tom. That was beautiful. I felt teary while you read that.” She suddenly walked over to him and touched his cheek just above his beard. She then touched his lips to see if he was real and not a fantasy. Looking up at him and without thinking, she moved her mouth to his and they kissed lightly, tenderly, their lips lingering until she moved her hand to the back of his head, pulling his lips harder to hers, their kisses growing more urgent, more passionate. He placed his arms around her shoulders and pulled her closer, embracing her, their kissing ...