“I’m positive you’ve seen all of it at this level,” Lara mentioned as she took two glasses down from one of many cupboards.

“Is that in reference to my age?” Charlotte requested, propping her chin up on her hand as her eyes landed on the trace of pores and skin that was revealed as Lara stood on her toes, her again to Charlotte.

Lara’s eyes narrowed as she positioned the 2 glasses on the counter. “That didn’t take lengthy,” she mentioned with a smirk. “And no, that wasn’t in reference to your age. I used to be referring to your huge expertise on this enterprise.”

“Over the span of three a long time. The identical period of time that you just’ve been on this planet.” Charlotte had no thought why she was blurting out all her insecurities earlier than they’d even had dinner, but when something was going to occur between them, she needed to let Lara know that she wasn’t as easygoing about their age distinction as she appeared to be.

Lara got here across the counter to face beside Charlotte, grabbing a maintain of her hips to softly spin her round to face her. Charlotte swallowed as she watched Lara’s arms relaxation on both of Charlotte’s thighs, easing them aside to make sufficient room for her to step in between them.

“Charlotte,” Lara mentioned with a tilt of her head as she studied her, her fingers lifting to push a number of strands of Charlotte’s hair behind her ear, a wave of goosebumps breaking out throughout her arms at that straightforward contact.

“Lara,” Charlotte mentioned, mimicking her semi-serious tone, her coronary heart thudding in her chest.

“I’m getting the sensation that you just’re involved about my age.” Lara’s eyes danced over Charlotte, shifting from her hair to her eyes then right down to her lips earlier than lifting to fulfill her eyes as soon as once more. “Don’t be,” she murmured, dipping her head as she slid her hand behind Charlotte’s neck and up into her hair, guiding their lips collectively in a heart-stopping kiss.

Charlotte sighed into the kiss, opening her lips as much as Lara, their tongues shifting in an already acquainted dance as her arms clutched Lara’s waist.

Charlotte needed to drop her arms to Lara’s ass, to tug her even nearer, to slowly rock her hips again in opposition to Lara’s thigh, however she couldn’t give in that simply.

Lara broke the kiss earlier than Charlotte might wrestle anymore together with her wishes, leaving her sitting there on the bar stool, her respiratory ragged, as Lara sauntered again in the direction of the range, persevering with to organize their dinner as if nothing had occurred.

Charlotte took a deep breath, her head spinning as she turned again to face her, and Lara was inserting two glasses of water on the counter, sliding one in the direction of Charlotte.

Charlotte eyed Lara, utterly thrown by that assured show. “I assumed we had been simply having dinner. No strain.”

“Hm. As did I, however you didn’t waste any time mentioning our age distinction, so I didn’t waste any extra letting you assume that we don’t have any chemistry, as a result of we do. And the one strain was my thigh in opposition to your–”

Charlotte held up her hand. “I’m conscious that there’s one thing right here, however that doesn’t imply that we’d really work. In the true world.”

Lara nodded, her lips pressed collectively, as if she needed to say extra, however she was stopping herself. “Why don’t we eat? I’m positive we’ll be speaking about this once more later.”

Charlotte agreed, feeling barely responsible, a heaviness in her chest, however they couldn’t simply fall into mattress collectively, might they? She’d by no means been that reckless in her life earlier than. However then once more, she hadn’t been out. She may be nineteen years older than Lara, but when Charlotte stopped to consider it, Lara most likely had a lot extra expertise with girls. Not simply in mattress. In life. Relationships. Charlotte had but to have something final quite a lot of weeks.

She adopted Lara outdoors the place she had the glass desk set, the solar setting over the outside space that Charlotte remembered from the final time she was right here, at Kerri’s place. The water within the curved pool was nearly flat with rock options surrounding one fringe of it. The waterfall that flowed right down to it, by these rocks, created the few ripples within the water, the effervescent sounds calming. Lara tapped her telephone, turning on a number of outside lights together with the lights below the water.

“Cheers,” Lara mentioned after she’d poured them every a glass of wine.

“Cheers,” Charlotte echoed, doing her greatest to remain within the second and never let her thoughts drift off into what this was or the place this evening may be headed.

11

Lara turned on the dishwasher and took the bottle of wine out of the fridge to refill their glasses, bringing it out again to the place she’d steered they get comfy on the outside couch.

“Thanks,” Charlotte mentioned as Lara topped up her glass. “The place did you study to prepare dinner like that? It was truthfully higher than lots of meals I’ve had out at Italian eating places.”

“My ex was Italian and a chef.” Lara left the almost empty bottle on the espresso desk in entrance of them, crossing one leg over the opposite as she angled her physique in the direction of Charlotte, silently congratulating herself for managing to impress Charlotte together with her cooking. “And on high of that, I nonetheless go to the identical fish market she used to go to for the restaurant. Greatest shrimp in L.A. arms down.”

Charlotte arched an eyebrow as she took a sip of wine. She cleared her throat. “Wouldn’t it be awfully nosey to ask how previous she was?”

Lara smiled as she laughed softly. “Nosey? No. Predictable? Completely.”

Charlotte bit her lip as she nodded. “I’m boring like that.”

“I don’t assume you’re boring, however to reply your query. She was fourteen years older than me. I’d simply turned thirty after we began going out. It didn’t final too lengthy, however we each labored lengthy hours and whereas I assumed we had been good collectively…” She shrugged. “We simply couldn’t discover the time to truly see one another. I wasn’t heartbroken or something.”

“Who broke it off? In the event you don’t thoughts me asking.”

“No. In no way. I did.” Lara took a drink. “So, it seems that I’m able to being practical.”

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