"James Herbert - The Survivor" - читать интересную книгу автора (Herbert James)

right person, the seriousness and true meaning of making love - all that bollocks!
Well, tonight was her last chance; if she didn't come across, she could just piss off.
He had it too good to worry about a scrag-end like her. Good legs, though.

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Audrey looked across at him and tried to discern his features in the darkness. She
knew he loved her, she could tell. It was that chemical reaction all true lovers felt,
the thumping of the heart, the spreading glow that ran through their bodies each
time they met. True, he was a bit gruff at times, but that was just his way and it
didn't mean anything. She'd kept him at bay for a long time now, and there were
times she thought she'd lost him, but he'd come through the test! He really loved
her, otherwise he'd never have stayed around. Now she was sure, perhaps it was
time to give him some reward. Just a little. Enough to keep him interested. Enough
to keep him attentive! She leaned across to his seat and aimed a small kiss at his
cheek. It missed because he was advancing towards her at the same time, one hand
stretched forward so that it would rest casually on her thigh. He stopped to rub his
damp eye. 'Sorry,' she said solemnly.

He muttered something inaudible and stretched forward again. This time their lips
beamed in on one another's and they kissed, she rapturously, he using the contact
as a show of strength.

After a few crushing seconds, she pulled away. "You're hurting me, Ken,' she
complained.

'Sorry, darlin',' he said, 'but you know how I feel about you.' Horny, he thought.

'Yes, I know, Ken. You really love me, don't you?"

That's right, he thought, kid yourself. тАЬCourse I do, babe, he said. 'I think I always
have, ever since I've known you."

She sighed, and snuggled down to his shoulder. Give her a few minutes, he
thought, don't overplay your hand.

'I'm cold, Ken,' she said. He pulled his left arm free and draped it over the back of
her seat and around her shoulders.

тАШIтАЩll warm you up in a minute,' he said, slyly tentative. He heard her giggle. Christ,

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it's getting hopeful!