Hope looked up at her, genuinely curious and surprised. “You never struck me as someone who’d love a quickie.”
Angelica let out a bark of a laugh. “Why wouldn’t I? I enjoy taking my time with a woman, Hope, but I also enjoy the hard, fast, and complete aspects to a quickie.”
Hope laughed, her voice ringing around the small closet. But she also moved her hand upward and rubbed against Angelica’sclit through the fabric of her thong. Angelica smiled and then gasped, rocking her hips into Hope’s hand, vying for more. Just more.
“Fuck me, Hope.” Angelica’s voice was breathless, and she dragged Hope’s lips back to hers.
One finger, and then a second. Angelica moaned into Hope’s mouth, keeping their lips connected as much as possible. She pushed down against Hope’s hand, adding to the pressure and friction as Hope curled her fingers and started a brutal pattern. Angelica whined in the back of her throat, trying to keep her noise to a minimum. She had no idea who was walking around outside, no idea who could hear them.
She clenched her jaw tightly, pulling away to catch her breath when Hope hit a particularly sensitive spot.
“Like that?” Hope asked.
“Y-yes,” Angelica said, her voice breaking on the word. She was losing all ability to concentrate, her brain spinning in directions she hadn’t even known were possible ten minutes ago, but Hope always seemed to be full of surprises. “H-harder.”
Hope complied, increasing the speed and pressure of her hand. Angelica rocked, her hips undulating in time with the flicks of Hope’s hands. She dug her fingers into Hope’s shoulders to keep herself upright as she barely had enough time to breathe. Her breaths came rapidly, little moans at the end of each one.
Fuck, Hope could just make every thought run from her brain, couldn’t she?
Angelica careened through her orgasm, gasping as she tried to catch her breath and stay upright all at the same time. Hope was still moving her hand rapidly, still teasing Angelica’s clit. Which was fine for all of thirty seconds until the oversensitive nerves started to shoot off fire and pain warnings. Angelica scrambled to get her brain back, pushing at Hope’s hand to keepher still or move her, she wasn’t sure. She just needed a second to catch her bearings.
Hope slowed, her fingers sopping wet if the sound was any indication. Angelica pressed her forehead against Hope’s shoulder and breathed slowly, her lips parted, and her eyes closed. Hope held her, still teasing lightly.
“Too much?” Hope asked, so much tease and flirt in those two words.
Angelica burst out laughing, the shakes rippling through her as she lifted her face to kiss Hope fully. “Just enough, and quick, exactly like you wanted.”
Hope hummed, kissing Angelica again and then smiling. She moved her hand from between Angelica’s legs and immediately plopped her two fingers into her mouth, sucking them as she hummed again, this time in pleasure. “Sweeter today than normal.”
Hope would be the one to note the difference in her flavor from day to day. Angelica’s cheeks heated at the comment, not from embarrassment but from how much she was already in love with this moment. She laughed before standing up straight and starting to put her clothes back in order. As she reached for her blazer, Hope snagged her arm and pulled her in for another kiss.
“Come away with me for a weekend when we get back to LA.”
Angelica’s chest tightened. “A weekend?”
“Just you and me, where we can kiss and fuck whenever we want, when we don’t have to deal with impeding schedules, or interruptions.” Hope’s eyes were alight with excitement. “I can book a place for us away from the rest of the world, and it’ll just be you and me and no one will know.”
That sounded so nice, so surreal.
“Let me think about it, Hope,” Angelica answered, her brain working faster than her heart. She wanted to go away. This wasn’t the first time Hope had mentioned it, and she still wantedthat fairytale that Hope was building right in front of her eyes and inviting her into. But she hesitated. She held back. And she needed to figure out why exactly that was. “I have a lot of work to catch up on and I need to check all my hotels.”
The light in Hope’s eyes faded a bit. She nodded and took a step back, putting physical space between them. “Okay, I’ll look around for some dates that might work for both of us.”
Angelica snagged the mic pack and handed it to Hope. “Do you mind?”
She turned around as Hope nodded, and stayed still as Hope slid the pack onto her waistband and plugged in the wire that was still taped to her skin under her clothes. Angelica reached down to adjust her thong and make it more comfortable as she squared her shoulders.
“Thanks,” Angelica said when Hope handed her the blazer after dusting it off a bit.
She leaned in and kissed Hope, breathing into the moment that they had shared. She didn’t want to let this go. She pulled away to shrug her blazer on and button it over her belly. When she looked up, Hope stared at her oddly.
“What?” Angelica asked, a lightness to her tone that she’d missed in the last year. Everything about Hope made her feel that way. Whatever was between them was so very real, and so very tangible. She wanted more of it every single day, but every time she’d sought more from Hope, she’d pulled away and hadn’t been able to give it because those doubts still lingered.
“You’re beautiful,” Hope sighed, her lips quirking into a smile. “Inside and out.”
Angelica’s heart warmed. Heat rushed to her cheeks again, and she moved in to claim yet another kiss. This one she made last longer than the last.
They left the storage room together, laughing as they stepped into the cool hallway and brighter lights of the lobby area.Angelica had her iPad back in her hand and held it like the shield that it was against whatever problems they were going to have face and overcome in the next week.
