Continental Divide (14 page)

Tanya thought over her options as she sat
waiting for him. Heaven had been a bit disappointed when she’d
refused to go shopping for gifts for their friends with her and
Hamid. Even if Heaven wasn’t so goofy over Hamid they were bringing
the baby shopping and Tanya knew what that meant. They wouldn’t
even notice if she were being gored by a bull in the streets.
Besides, Imran had called and asked if he could come over and now
she found herself thinking about him, sighing at the impossibility
of a long term relationship between them.

When Imran came into the house all thoughts
of what they couldn’t have vanished. She did want him if only for
the next few days. If fate had brought them together as he thought,
then she hoped it would make Imran open his mouth about making love
to her before it was too late, before she went home. That was the
one thing she wasn’t going to do no matter how much she might want
him. He already thought she was crass. She had no intention of
having him think she was a horny tramp. Horny yes, tramp no.

Imran stood across the room watching Tanya,
wondering what she’d been thinking about. She’d had such a pensive
look on her face. He'd noticed as their gazes connected a light
from within lit her eyes and her skin glowed as though on fire. The
flutter was back in his chest making him smile. He gave her a look,
staring long into her eyes and at last he moved toward her, his
gaze fixed on her lips. Her lips were the most luscious things he’d
ever tasted. He wanted more, needed more. Standing in front of her
he leaned down and gave her a smile asking for permission by
lighting feathering her bottom lip with the tip of his tongue. Her
slight answering nod was all that he needed. He kissed her long and
deep.

“I would love to make love to you,” he
whispered. “I want to feel the way we move together, to touch you
in your most secret places, to have you touch me. We are adults. If
we both wish this I don’t see any reason why we can’t.”

“Try there is nothing between us.”

“Nothing more than wanting, lust,
attraction,” Imran answered.

“I’m leaving in a week.”

“And yet you’ll be in Pakistan for another
seven days.”

There was logic somewhere in what Imran was
saying. Tanya did like him that much she would admit. And they’d
come close so many times that it seemed just plain dumb not to. If
they had been anywhere else in the world they would have already
hit the sheets. But then again, maybe not. Imran had a way of
annoying the hell out of her. One moment he’d have her wanting to
rip her clothes off her body then tear away his, and the next he’d
have her wanting to send him home. He wasn’t what she’d thought he
was at all. She wondered if she went to bed with him if he would
think she was cheap. She would be back in America what would she
care? There was another little or not so little thing. She was
curious to know what the courtesans had taught him. She wanted to
find out if it was all just bragging.

“Imran, I don’t want to do things here in
Pakistan that will make trouble for Heaven when I leave.”

“Are you attracted to me?”

“A little.”

“Just a little.”

“Okay, maybe more than a little.”

“We’re alone now.”

“In Heaven and Hamid’s home? Wouldn’t that
be kinda disrespectful?” Tanya eyed him suspiciously. She blinked
at the naked lust in his eyes.

“To be honest, Tanya, I wasn’t thinking
about them. I was thinking that soon I won’t see you and I will
miss you when you leave. I was thinking that I would very much like
to make love to you at least once before you leave.”

Tanya thought of her reasons other than
seeing her friend for coming to Pakistan. That shipped had sailed.
None of Hamid’s brothers were even the least bit interested in her.
There would be no millionaire to save the day for her. It was a
dumb idea anyway.

From the moment she’d met Imran there’d been
a connection. Why not see if he was all that before she left the
country? She curled her tongue between her teeth trying to put her
finger on why she was resisting taking something she desperately
wanted. There was something out of place. It just seemed wrong
somehow that they were casually talking about making love as though
they were talking about ordering lunch. If Imran was all that good
in the arts of seduction then he should realize that.

“Imran…something’s off. I can’t put my
finger on it, but I’m not sure…”

“I know what you mean. It’s too planned, too
rushed right? It seems like a doctor’s appointment. First, maybe we
should not consider making love here in the home of your friend and
my cousins. You are uncomfortable with that. I should have thought
of that. Let’s forget it for now. Maybe I can cook lunch for
you.”

“You are a strange man. You’re so modern, so
Americanized.”

Imran laughed. Generally Tanya’s off the
cuff remarks would make him come back at her with a snide comment
of his own. But this time he wouldn’t. She was looking at him and
wanting to make love with him, afraid to. That much he knew. But if
they didn’t make love now he had no idea when he would, if ever see
her again. He had to create a bond between them. He would take her
body to heights of pleasure she’d never dreamed of. He would make
love to her until the only man she’d ever desire would be him.

He allowed his eyes to travel over Tanya’s
lush bottom. Jeans were definitely the dress for her. He loved her
in them. The only other thing he wanted to see her in was luscious
pecan brown skin. He didn’t think he’d have to wait long. He’d
never had any intentions of making love to Tanya in Hamid’s home.
She was right, it would be disrespectful. And besides that, he
planned to make her scream out with pleasure over and over again.
For that they needed complete privacy. He was going to employ every
one of the tricks he’d learned. He would love her body enough to
last the both of them a lifetime.

***

An hour later Imran had Tanya in his home
and was preparing lunch for her, allowing her to look over his home
at will. The strong smell of onions and garlic permeated the house.
He was amused as Tanya looked around his home picking up first one
thing then another. She was looking for tell tale signs that a
woman occupied his home. He smiled. She wouldn’t find any. She was
in fact the only woman he’d ever invited to his home who wasn’t a
relative.

Imran turned the fire off under the pans,
eating could wait. Making love to Tanya couldn’t. Before he could
stop himself he had her pressed against a far wall and his hands
were roaming her body his kiss fervent and urgent. He only needed a
sign only a little sign. Her arms slipped around his neck and he
pulled her closer. That was the sign he needed. His arms went
around the curve of her hip and he easily lifted her up into his
arms and started walking with her toward his bedroom. Imran was
grateful Tanya wasn’t a virgin that she was a woman who liked sex.
She’d told him that. It would make it all the better. It would also
make it easier when they parted in seven days, no guilt, no
recriminations, just a man and woman finding pleasure in each
others bodies.

He walked through the flower petals he’d
strewn about his room. The he laid her on the bed amidst the
orchids and gave her a long look then sighed. “We’ve wasted so many
weeks but I will not bemoan that fact. I will enjoy our time
together instead.” He touched her chin tilting it so that she
looked up and was gazing into his eyes. “Do you want this?”

“Yes, I want it.”

“Even though we will not see each other
again?”

“Even though,” Tanya answered meaning it.
“Though I don’t see any reason why you can’t come for a visit or I
can’t return here one day.”

He grinned at her, just the answer he
wanted. He needed to know that for both of them this was more than
a brief fling. “Perhaps I will,” he answered and begin to pull her
sweater from her taking care in taking it over her head and
feathering her torso with light kisses, feeling her tremble beneath
his searching fingers.

His hand dipped beneath the band of her
jeans and he snapped the button and pulled the zipper down taking
his time. His breathing was heavy. He was hard, wanting her more
than he’d ever wanted any woman but needing to see her naked not
just without clothing but naked, laid bare, her emotions and
everything that was her. She was trembling a bit more now, and he
wondered if she were nervous. He hoped not. Of course if she
demanded it he would stop, but not without a lot of begging and
pleading with her to allow him to make love to her at least
once.

His hand came in contact with her thighs and
he lifted her hip with one hand and pulled the black thong from her
body, smiling at the thought that he’d known she was a woman who’d
wear a thong. When she was bare, he sighed and drank the sight of
her in to keep it close, to remember her when she returned home.
Then he began to strip away his own clothing until he was stopped
by her hand. She slid from the bed and undressed him, pressing her
hand against his arousal, making him shudder with lust.

“Come on,” he urged pulling her hand and her
behind him to the shower. “We will prepare.” She gave him a look
and he smiled. “Don’t worry you will enjoy the preparation almost
as much as you will what will come after.”

“Something you learned?”

Yes,” he whispered against her lips.
“Something I learned.”

Tanya could barely stand her legs were mush.
She had wondered about Imran’s boast but no he was playing this
just right. This was such an exotic feeling. She opened her eyes
wide in surprise.

“More orchids? I thought you didn’t have
money. Why didn’t you just try to seduce with rose petals?”

“Roses are common. You’re not.”

She could only swallow unable to say a word.
He didn’t have to try to seduce her, she was already way beyond
hot. She was scorching, burning, about to go up in flames. She took
in a breath, anything to slow down what was happening just for a
moment, give her a chance to regroup to think. She slowed her pace
and took a good look at the bathroom. The two places she had
ventured on her little tour had been his bedroom and his private
bath.

Imran’s home was modest unlike the mansion
Heaven and Hamid lived in but his bathroom rivaled theirs. Floor to
the ceiling windows covered almost the entire room and the sunshine
made the glass sparkle like diamonds. She stopped for a moment
ducking behind Imran for cover.

“Don’t worry the glass in the windows is so
thick that no one can see inside, not even if they pressed their
nose against the window. I like a lot of light, but I also like
privacy.” His eyes seared her. “I would never allow another to view
your body.”

Oh he was good. He knew exactly what to say.
Tanya tapped him lightly on the shoulder. “You could have warned
me.”

“I could have but then I would have missed
having you press your warm, naked body against my back.” Take a
good look around and assure yourself we cannot be seen.”

Coming from behind Imran Tanya did as he
asked and stood in the center of the room taking a good look
around. She stood in front of one of the windows noticing that the
glass reflected the sunlight but that she really couldn’t see out.
Then she noticed for the first time that the windows were covered
with all manners of foliage. She glanced to her left and saw a door
and walked toward it. Opening the door she gasped at the huge steam
room tucked away in the corner. She couldn’t believe that a
bachelor would have such luxuries in his bathroom. Then she thought
of his training and figured it was for the women that used it.

Very nice,” she said a bit miffed, puzzled
that she felt that way. There was nothing between them, no
commitment or hints of any, just that they would enjoy the next
seven days before Tanya returned to her own world. A happy
interlude, nothing more. She glanced in the mirror and saw the way
he was gazing at her in pure adoration. For a moment it was as
though her heart stopped. He was looking at her in the manner that
Hamid looked at Heaven. Lord, she’d never thought any man would
look at her in that manner.

His hands came around her cupping her
breasts and he leaned his head down to the top of her head nuzzling
her. She shivered in his embrace finding what he was doing erotic
beyond belief. When Imran moved slightly away trailing kisses along
her spine the shiver changed into a shudder. He smiled and moved to
turn on the water for the shower.

“How do you like your water?” he asked.

Considerate, very good, Tanya thought giving
him an A for that. “I guess you’ve brought a dozen or more women in
her to bathe huh?”

“Only one,” Imran answered, his eyes never
leaving her face. “You haven’t told me yet how you like your
shower.”

“I like it hot, but not too,” she answered
smiling at him in amusement. She could have said warm but there was
something about Imran that begged her to toy with him just a
little. She watched while Imran fiddled with the knobs holding his
hands under the running water until he was satisfied. His body was
long and muscular. His hips powerful and well shaped. She turned
her attention to his rear end. Very nice she thought and commanded
herself not to lick her lips. She took her time observing him
liking everything that she saw. Then he turned toward her a huge
grin on his face.

“Like what you see?” he asked.

Allowing her eyes to travel over his front
the same as she’d done his rear, she took her time, smiling at his
massive chest, downright grinning when her gaze hit the spot
between his thighs. “I like very much what I see,” she replied and
took the hand he offered and stepped into the shower.

“I am going to miss you, Tanya.”

“Let’s not think of anything other than
right now. I’m a big girl and you’re a big boy. We’re not making
commitments to each other. You don’t have to feel guilty for
anything we do. Let’s just enjoy each other okay?” She was
breathing heavy.