She thought about Shane and her lips parted, just a little, and her brows furrowed. She blinked, as if she was trying to gather her thoughts. But she simply ended sighing. She bit her bottom lip, pensively, and motioned to the bedroom.

Once there, she stopped before the mirror that reflected her from head to hips. Without breaking eye contact with her double – and she pretended not to notice the look of curiosity on her face, as if she was studying her, trying to discover if something had changed after that simple kiss – Carmen took off her glasses and placed them carefully on the mahogany secretary.

She tilted her head to a side, licking her lips, trying to savor the pale memory of Shane’s taste, and finally untied her hair. It flew down like a dark cascade, falling along her back and covering it almost entirely.

Carmen’s hair was just like Shane had imagined it to be. Thick, long, dark, curvy, smooth. Amazingly beautiful. The long, almost black strands framed Carmen’s face

Carmen’s perfect face

like caring fingers caressing her skin. Carmen’s eyes were soulful, deep, intelligent as she stared at herself in the mirror. She slowly unbuttoned her sweater and tossed it to a side, then pulled off her t-shirt, revealing a black demi-bra. She stared at herself in the eyes for a long time. Finally, she sighed and switched off the light.

In the darkness of the room, she finished undressing, revealing long and perfectly sculpted legs, a flat stomach, well toned arms, sensuous breasts. She walked to the bed, naked and completely unaware to look like a goddess, her curvaceous hips swinging slowly, and slid under the sheets.

She stared at the ceiling, the palm of her hand lightly placed on her forehead, feeling a familiar – and too long forgotten – heat spreading all over her body. The last time she had felt that way was so buried into her memory that, at first, Carmen didn’t recognize the sensation for what it was. Then, the truth of her partly emotive, partly physical feeling revealed itself and Carmen smiled, weakly and softly, her body throbbing but completely motionless.

She pictured Shane’s face before her eyes, she remembered the caring look Shane had given her right before the kiss, the mischievous smirk, and sighed.