`` i 'm almost there , '' i murmured , kissing her neck . `` that 's okay , '' i told her , getting my bearings as soon as she released me . it seemed to take forever for the figure to cross the relatively short distance between them . where did you go just then ? i got up , forced her legs open and positioned myself to take her . he sat beside me and took a stack of papers from the table . she kept one hand on my chest . 