C10 Want To Kiss.

Iris emptied her glass of wine and refilled it, only to empty it again before filling it again. David watched this series of actions with an amused expression but didn’t comment on it. He was only curious about what was causing her to be so stressed.

Iris felt his burning gaze and laughed nervously as she suddenly became even more nervous than she was before.

“I hope you won’t find what I’m about to say, displeasing,” Iris drawled. She was regretting drinking so fast because she already feeling her limbs loosen from all the alcohol she had.

“Speak,” David said, now intrigued with what she was about to say.

“So the character I’m playing is… Actually, I haven’t… well… ugh,” Iris said choppy sentences that made her feel both stupid and inexperienced.

“It’s better if you are straightforward,” David said, and a rare amused smile appeared on his face.

“Kiss me,” Iris said, summing up her thoughts into two words. He told her to be straightforward, and she was only listening to his advice.

“What?” David asked, even though he had heard her.

“Kiss me,” she repeated, her cheeks flushing red this time. It was unknown whether it was from the wine or embarrassment.

“Say it again,” David said, his eyes darker than they were before. This time Iris hesitated for a beat before saying it again.

“Kiss me, David,” she said, biting her lower lip nervously. David moved closer to her and tilted her head up to look into her eyes.

Their faces were so close she could feel his breath caress her cheek and the faint smell of the cigarette he had just been smoking. Iris got so nervous about their close proximity that she closed her eyes. David’s eyes were too intense for her to handle.

“We’ll revisit this,” David said and released her chin before taking out another cigarette and lighting it, putting it against his lips and taking a long drag from it.

“Why?” she asked him after his words registered in her head.

“I want you to think about it, it all sounds too impulsive,” David said as he exhaled the smoke. Iris blinked a few times and nodded her head. She was not discouraged because he did not turn her down.

“The play?” David asked curiously.

“We start rehearsals mid next week. It is a romance, so there is bound to be a few scenes where… anyway, they are the reason I’ll be quitting my job here. I’ve saved up enough, and after graduating, I’ll probably get signed into an entertainment company and join the industry.

“As an actress?” David asked, and she nodded. He had met a good number of actresses and had never seen the appeal until now.

“Don’t you have classes tomorrow?” he asked when he realised that almost twenty minutes had passed.

“I do, but it’s an afternoon class, I want to spend more time here,” she said as she emptied her glass of wine.

“For a bartender, you surely drink your wines fast. I thought you would be more appreciative of alcohol,” David said as he tilted his head and looked at the empty wine bottle.

“Here, have mine. It was a wonderful choice,” he said, and handed her his glass of wine. He had only tasted the wine since she had poured it for him, but he was having brandy that night, and he didn’t want to mix his alcohol. Iris blinked a few times as she inspected the glass before sighing.

“Where did you drink out of?” she asked him, sounding frustrated.

“Why?” he asked her, not understanding her question.

“I want to drink where you drank from,” she answered honestly, making him speechless. After a minute of silence, David looked at her carefully, to see if she was drunk.

“Are you drunk?” he asked her as he closely inspected her face.

“No, just more courageous,” she responded, and a low chuckle resounded from him. It was deep and seductive, truly a recipe for disaster.

“Don’t drink too much,” he warned, but did not stop her. She should know her limits and he had no intentions of playing uncle with her.

“I’ve thought about it,” Iris said after taking a few sips of the wine he had given her.

“Hm?” he exclaimed in confusion.

“I still want to do it with you,” Iris continued and David felt his ears ring. What did she want to do?

“You said I should think about it,” Iris said and moved closer to David, who had been finishing off his cigarette.

“To revisit it. I want to do it now, I’ve thought about doing this with you for the past two years,” Iris said, her blue eyes looking at his grey ones.

“So I’ll do it,” Iris said, and didn’t really give David time to think before she clung to his shoulders and connected their lips. Because of how tall he was, she wrapped her arms around his neck to make herself comfortable. It would have all gone well except for the fact that she did not know what to do next.

David noticed this quickly and held the back of her head and kissed her properly. His lips moved against hers rhythmically and his other hand came around to hold her waist. She was soon transferred from the sofa to his lap and his kisses got more aggressive.

When his tongue licked her bottom lip, she gasped from surprise and he took that opportunity to entangle her tongue with his own. The mellow taste of wine had filled her mouth and her taste was intoxicating. The only person more taken than he was, was Iris.

She felt like a tiny boat that was caught in a storm. This was the first time she was kissing someone. Forgetting her inexperience, just the passionate way he was kissing her made her lose any strength she had in her limbs.

His clean minty taste mixed with the slight taste of tobacco made her move even closer to him. When David nipped at her bottom lip, she sighed and when he soothed it with his tongue, she unconsciously let out a lazy husky moan.

It was a response that would drive any man crazy, especially he, who had been celibate for seven years.

David’s lips trailed from her own to the side of her face. His teeth lightly scraped her jaw and his warm tongue licked her neck. Her body involuntarily shivered, and she shrunk into him. As if asking for more. Iris could feel something hard press against her bottom, but David was making her feel too good to care.

She was expecting more. The sensation of his mouth on her neck made her spine tingle, but he refocused his attention back to her lips. He was not gentle this time and directly plunged his tongue into her own mouth.

Iris wrapped her lips around it on reflex and lightly sucked on it. David could feel like the tight hold he had on his control was slipping. He knew he had to stop soon, but she was too irresistible.

He sucked on her bottom lip and gave her closed mouth kiss and pecked her lips at the end before pulling away from her only to bury his face in her neck.

She carried a light scent that he found very pleasing and relaxing. Iris was still reeling from her experience, so she too was as silent as he was.

David looked at her, his grey eyes searching her own for answers, but she was too immersed into the experience to notice.

He pushed her hair back, exposing her slightly reddened neck. Fortunately, he hadn’t gone overboard and left a hickey on her. Iris looked up at him expectantly with her blue eyes as she unconsciously licked her luscious pink lips. He really wanted to take another bite out of them.