Owen blew air out of his nose sharply. Not quite a snort. Not quite a sigh. But somewhere in between. He looked up at the ceiling, not quite rolling his eyes but almost. She was suggesting he test drive her now. “No sales person in their right mind would let me just have a test drive. For one, I have a bad habit of not returning the merchandise. And if I did return it, it wouldn’t be in any condition for sale to someone else.” A quick flash of his eyebrows and a cocky smile. He could talk a big game if she wanted him to.
He was taken aback when she reclaimed his mouth. His free hand moved to the back of her neck and the other dropped to her shoulder. He pushed urgently against the back of her shoulder to shove her body up against his. When her face started to pull away, his hands held firm for a brief moment not wanting to let her go. His mouth was greedy for hers still as if he’d been starved for her affection. The moment passed and finally he relaxed letting her pull back from him.
Looking away from her eyes, he watched her hand move down the front of him and fall away again. “See what happens when I try to test drive?” He returned his gaze to hers again and smirked victoriously as if her insistent kiss had been proof enough that her earlier suggestion wouldn’t work for them. It would be she who couldn't settle for just a test drive.
She was emphatic that she wanted the truth. He was encouraged by her recent assertive touch. He rotated his torso to face her somewhat more directly. His arm remained around her shoulders and his hand cupped the top of her arm. He was determined to keep touching her until the night was over.
He had the words in his head. Julianna, I am your husband. His heart was pounding loud in his ears. He had this whole speech in his head with all the facts laid out in that logical and orderly fashion. It washed away under a wave of fear.
“You may not have been looking for a husband tonight, but you did find your husband." Instead a game of semantics came out of his mouth. Perhaps it was better if he prodded her into interrogating what he knew to be empty spaces in her mind.
“So, you see, this ‘test drive’ metaphor is particularly ludicrous because it is literally impossible for me to test drive my own wife.” Without realizing it, Owen had retreated into sarcasm as a coping mechanism. Clinging to that bit of irony put a distance between himself and the anxiety of revealing the truth to this woman who he was certain would disappear into a shadow at any moment.
He was taken aback when she reclaimed his mouth. His free hand moved to the back of her neck and the other dropped to her shoulder. He pushed urgently against the back of her shoulder to shove her body up against his. When her face started to pull away, his hands held firm for a brief moment not wanting to let her go. His mouth was greedy for hers still as if he’d been starved for her affection. The moment passed and finally he relaxed letting her pull back from him.
Looking away from her eyes, he watched her hand move down the front of him and fall away again. “See what happens when I try to test drive?” He returned his gaze to hers again and smirked victoriously as if her insistent kiss had been proof enough that her earlier suggestion wouldn’t work for them. It would be she who couldn't settle for just a test drive.
She was emphatic that she wanted the truth. He was encouraged by her recent assertive touch. He rotated his torso to face her somewhat more directly. His arm remained around her shoulders and his hand cupped the top of her arm. He was determined to keep touching her until the night was over.
He had the words in his head. Julianna, I am your husband. His heart was pounding loud in his ears. He had this whole speech in his head with all the facts laid out in that logical and orderly fashion. It washed away under a wave of fear.
“You may not have been looking for a husband tonight, but you did find your husband." Instead a game of semantics came out of his mouth. Perhaps it was better if he prodded her into interrogating what he knew to be empty spaces in her mind.
“So, you see, this ‘test drive’ metaphor is particularly ludicrous because it is literally impossible for me to test drive my own wife.” Without realizing it, Owen had retreated into sarcasm as a coping mechanism. Clinging to that bit of irony put a distance between himself and the anxiety of revealing the truth to this woman who he was certain would disappear into a shadow at any moment.
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