be any more in love with him than she already was but she was wrong.
'I wish the circumstances that forced it could have been different, but my life couldn't have worked out better. I'm in a job I love, it's given me a privileged life and music is a gift I can enjoy as a hobby. One of the things we love doing as a family when we're all home is jamming around with our various instruments. I've done intimate performances for friends over the years but I much prefer the spotlight being on my cooking.'
Ella felt a stab of jealousy. She had no-one to mess about with musically, and even though it was her career she still loved playing in private. She forced down her emotion and cleared her throat.
'Well, I think you're definitely up to the task of standing in for me.'
'Hah! Now who's got the ego?'
Ella winced. He couldn't be further from the truth. She was almost embarrassed by her talent and the success it had brought her. She'd graduated top of her year and been snapped up by an orchestra. It hadn't taken long before she'd been performing solo engagements and her career had taken off in a way she had never thought possible.
'Sorry, that didn't come out right. I just meant that I don't feel I'd be letting Penny down if you play instead of me.'
Ella looked at her scalded hand and then longingly at the piano. 'I'd love to have a go on this piano. You've got a concert hall model and yet you controlled the sound for this size of room so beautifully.' She reverently touched the piano.
'Come and have a go. Play something using one hand.' He patted the seat beside him.
Ella sat and stroked the keys while she thought about what she could play that would flow using the right hand.
She started playing and Matt listened for a moment. 'Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata if I'm not mistaken?'
Ella looked round at him, stunned that he recognised it. 'You really know your music don't you?'
Matt added in the left hand. 'I've played since I was five. As well as messing around creating new dishes, playing the piano also helps me relax. I still play it a lot and as I like challenges I'm constantly learning new pieces.'
For the next few minutes they both lost themselves in the piece.
Matt couldn't deny he enjoyed jamming on the piano with Ella. Intuitively they kept pace with each other. He'd only ever played this harmoniously with his siblings and always thought that was because they were so close.
Interesting.
He felt the stirrings of something more than sexual desire and tamped it down as their playing came to an end.
'I'm so in awe of it.' She turned sideways to Matt with a look of sheer joy on her face. 'I haven't played a Boesendorfer since my last recording. The studio has one. I love the feel of the keys. Playing seems so effortless. You're so….'
The air between them was charged. Ella suddenly became aware of how close their faces were just moments before Matt kissed her. A sensual kiss that glided across her soft lips.
Matt couldn't have stopped that kiss any more than he could have stopped breathing. He didn't know whether it was unfulfilled lust, the way her eyes sparkled with genuine happiness, or her obvious pleasure and talent in playing the instrument he loved, but at that moment he felt joined to her in a way he never had with anyone else outside his family.
The moment affected Ella too as she sighed and parted her lips, inviting him in. Matt put his arm round her waist and pulled her closer to him. His tongue slipped between her lips and mated seductively with hers. Passion embraced them but rather than give in to the heavy desire, Matt kept it light and slow. As his tongue caressed her mouth, learning the taste of her, he entangled his fingers in her hair, loving the luxuriant silky feel of it.
For the first time since he'd become sexually active Matt wanted to take the time to just feel and not plunder for sexual release. That thought didn't scare him as it should have done but it was enough to weaken the connection
'I wish the circumstances that forced it could have been different, but my life couldn't have worked out better. I'm in a job I love, it's given me a privileged life and music is a gift I can enjoy as a hobby. One of the things we love doing as a family when we're all home is jamming around with our various instruments. I've done intimate performances for friends over the years but I much prefer the spotlight being on my cooking.'
Ella felt a stab of jealousy. She had no-one to mess about with musically, and even though it was her career she still loved playing in private. She forced down her emotion and cleared her throat.
'Well, I think you're definitely up to the task of standing in for me.'
'Hah! Now who's got the ego?'
Ella winced. He couldn't be further from the truth. She was almost embarrassed by her talent and the success it had brought her. She'd graduated top of her year and been snapped up by an orchestra. It hadn't taken long before she'd been performing solo engagements and her career had taken off in a way she had never thought possible.
'Sorry, that didn't come out right. I just meant that I don't feel I'd be letting Penny down if you play instead of me.'
Ella looked at her scalded hand and then longingly at the piano. 'I'd love to have a go on this piano. You've got a concert hall model and yet you controlled the sound for this size of room so beautifully.' She reverently touched the piano.
'Come and have a go. Play something using one hand.' He patted the seat beside him.
Ella sat and stroked the keys while she thought about what she could play that would flow using the right hand.
She started playing and Matt listened for a moment. 'Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata if I'm not mistaken?'
Ella looked round at him, stunned that he recognised it. 'You really know your music don't you?'
Matt added in the left hand. 'I've played since I was five. As well as messing around creating new dishes, playing the piano also helps me relax. I still play it a lot and as I like challenges I'm constantly learning new pieces.'
For the next few minutes they both lost themselves in the piece.
Matt couldn't deny he enjoyed jamming on the piano with Ella. Intuitively they kept pace with each other. He'd only ever played this harmoniously with his siblings and always thought that was because they were so close.
Interesting.
He felt the stirrings of something more than sexual desire and tamped it down as their playing came to an end.
'I'm so in awe of it.' She turned sideways to Matt with a look of sheer joy on her face. 'I haven't played a Boesendorfer since my last recording. The studio has one. I love the feel of the keys. Playing seems so effortless. You're so….'
The air between them was charged. Ella suddenly became aware of how close their faces were just moments before Matt kissed her. A sensual kiss that glided across her soft lips.
Matt couldn't have stopped that kiss any more than he could have stopped breathing. He didn't know whether it was unfulfilled lust, the way her eyes sparkled with genuine happiness, or her obvious pleasure and talent in playing the instrument he loved, but at that moment he felt joined to her in a way he never had with anyone else outside his family.
The moment affected Ella too as she sighed and parted her lips, inviting him in. Matt put his arm round her waist and pulled her closer to him. His tongue slipped between her lips and mated seductively with hers. Passion embraced them but rather than give in to the heavy desire, Matt kept it light and slow. As his tongue caressed her mouth, learning the taste of her, he entangled his fingers in her hair, loving the luxuriant silky feel of it.
For the first time since he'd become sexually active Matt wanted to take the time to just feel and not plunder for sexual release. That thought didn't scare him as it should have done but it was enough to weaken the connection
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