"Ellie, I'm so happy. You like me, too, don't you?" asked Francis.
Ellie nodded, looking at Francis' smiling face.
She didn't notice it, but her dress had slipped down her shoulder, revealing her beautiful glowing skin. Francis's eyes moved back and forth between her shoulder and her lips.
It took great effort for him to look away. With a husky voice, he said, "Ellie... Ellie..."
He leaned closer and hugged her, sweetly saying her name again and again, as if by doing so his desire would be lessened.
But the warmth coming from her body only made it more difficult. He moved back and stared at her red lips that he had once kissed.
And soon, without realizing who initiated what, they got intertwined in each other's bodies, like one organism in the darkness of the night.
The heat in the room had risen. Ellie's soft whimpers and the sound of her heavy breath filled the air.
The sounds tantalized and flushed Francis.
Outside the window, even the moon hid behind the clouds, as if it was too embarrassed to witness the scene.
Francis looked at Ellie with love. She was so lovely and adorable. The smile on his face never faded and the depth of her eyes was without end.
He'd never felt this comfortable and at peace before. Being with her made him immensely happy.
From time to time, he would look at her and start to giggle, like a teenage boy.
He couldn't believe it was really happening. He went ahead and pinched himself.
Ouch!
'It really hurts!
This isn't a dream!
Last night actually happened!
I'm really with Ellie!'
He looked at her sleeping face. She looked so beautiful that he couldn't help leaning down to kiss her.
He knew it was the first time she had slept with a man, so he didn't want to weird her out. But her touch was so warm and so sweet that he couldn't resist it.
When Ellie was hurting and asked him to stop, it took him a while to let go of her.
He gazed at her face glowing in the morning sunshine as she slept soundly, an
e looked at him again and then turned away. "Can we just act like nothing happened last night? It was an accident. But don't worry, I won't ask you to take responsibility for it. I won't make it hard for you..."
Her heart ached as she uttered those words.
But her face showed no sign of it.
She was fully aware of her own social status and what kind of person she was.
Francis belonged to a world different than hers.
The smile disappeared from his face completely. He stared at her, and spoke slowly, as if each word was squeezed out from between his teeth with great difficulty, "What are you talking about, Ellie?"
His eyes remained fixed on her face, as if he didn't want to miss any of its expressions. His own face looked completely shattered after what Ellie had said.
Ellie took a deep breath and tried to sound as normal and steady as possible. "I said we should ignore what happened last night. It was just a one night stand. We're both adults. We can afford to make such mistakes. I've already told you I won't hold you responsible for it. Besides, you have sex with so many women. If all of them started to ask you to take responsibility, imagine how busy you would be! I..."
Before she could finish her words, a loud thud interrupted her. Francis punched his fist against the wall, unable to stand what she was saying.