There one reason people are afraid of taking chances: everyone fears what they can’t predict. From the weather to someone’s response to an action or sentence, the things you can’t calculate or anticipate are the scariest. But for Remy, fear wasn’t a common occurrence. She was all about self-preservation, so unless she was in a situation that might directly cause her harm, she wasn’t overly concerned with the consequences of her actions.
Such was the case when she made the split second decision to kiss Jess Potter. True, it had been her intention to be intimate with him from the first time he had walked up to greet her, but she hadn’t anticipated it happening so soon. She had no objections to it, though; instant gratification as never a negative, in Remy’s opinion. Although the odds were stacked against her in making this bold move, Remy knew that she held most of the cards in this situation. She was at a Valentine’s Day dance, for Merlin’s sake. Libidos and hormones were bound to be going crazy, and who didn’t want a steamy story to tell later?
Without much delay in the response, Remy found that her risk had paid off. A moment after her lips made contact with Jess’s, she could feel the pressure of him kissing her back. Feeling this, she hesitated just for a moment, just long enough to allow him to take the lead in the kiss. And lead he did. Remy could feel his fingers tightened around hers, his hand pressing into the curve of her hip, the want seeping from his pores.
Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense, Remy quoted mentally, her brain still functioning like a well-oiled machine, though she could tell that her behavior and proximity were clouding Jess’s mind.
The kiss lasted longer than was probably appropriate for such a crowded room, but Remy had never been very appropriate in the first place. Sure, she was usually more discreet about it, but on this lovesick holiday, she doubted anyone would even bat an eye. She let her eyelids flutter open to reveal the smoldering look she had brought to her eyes, smirking back at Jess for few seconds before he resumed the contact between them. Him taking another kiss from her, taking control, meant that she had him. As he pulled her to her feet Remy made sure to maintain the contact between their bodies as well as their lips, feeling Jess’s intensity rising to match hers. It was hard to resist purring in pleasure at how well her plan had worked out.
This kiss lasted longer than the first, but it was over soon enough, and Jess moved to stand beside her, short of breath and flushed in the face. Remy’s hair was tousled from the dancing and she finger combed it back from her face, shooting Jess a sidelong glance and a devilish smirk as he made the all-too-obvious transition from intense intimacy to something so commonplace as getting a drink.
Having taken so many steps forward, though, Remy wasn’t about to let him retreat back to the small talk stage. Instead, she reached out to a passing waiter, who seemed more than a little shocked by what he had just seen from the pair of them. From his tray Remy took two glasses of champagne, handing one to Jess and keeping the other for herself.
“Why don’t we go see what they’ve done with the outdoor decorations?” Remy intoned suggestively, slithering out of Jess’s arm around her waist and holding his fingers gently between her own as she tugged him toward the doors that would lead to the more secluded patio area.