Splintered Memory by Natascha Holloway

she was holding, and gently applied some cream to Matt’s nose, cheeks, and forehead.
    “Your face has caught the sun ,” she said as she put the lid back on the sun cream before throwing it back into her bag and grabbing her short denim skirt.
    He normally loved to see her in this skirt, but he was disappointed to see her put it on now as he had been enjoying the view of the bottom half of her body in just her bikini.
    “Um huh ,” he said. Yet he wasn’t worried about his face, and he wasn’t really listening to what she was saying. He was totally lost in thought about her body, and he was wishing that she’d stop putting her clothes back on. He was also wishing that they were back in their hotel room.
    Charlie leaned in towards him , and put her mouth against his ear and whispered; “why are you looking at me as if you’re about to put a fiver in my skirt?”
    He smiled guilty , and pulled her into a bear of a hug before kissing her neck. “It’d be at least a tenner Mrs Grayson,” he whispered back grinning and then kissing her.
    He could taste the salt on her lips from the sea, and he was enjoying the familiar sensation of his wife’s kiss when her stomach suddenly rumbled loudly and they broke apart laughing.
    “Hungry?” He asked.
    “Starving ,” she said grinning back at him.
    “I’ve got an idea ,” he said.
    Charlie eyed him suspiciously.
    “Room service ,” he said with a wink making Charlie laugh.
    Matt grabbed all of their stuff from the beach, and began to jog towards the road pulling Charlie along after him. Unfortunately by the time they got into the lift of their hotel to go up to their floor and room, Matt was feeling self-conscious about the way that Charlie kept looking at him.
    “ What?” He asked nervously as he caught her eyes once again.
    “N othing, “she said quickly. But when he looked at her dubiously, she smiled and said; “it’s just that I haven’t seen you look at me this way since our wedding night.”
    T he lift doors opened, and Matt grabbed Charlie’s hand and pulled her towards their room. Unfortunately once they neared it he couldn’t get the door open quickly enough, and once inside he couldn’t get Charlie or himself undressed fast enough. Charlie started laughing, and she only stopped when Matt lifted himself up from on top of her and she noticed that he looked serious.
    “You’re laughing at me ?” He asked looking hurt.
    She nodded and rolled so that she forced Matt onto his back. “Yes,” she said smiling and then leaning forward to kiss him. But Matt turned his face away.
    “Why ?” He asked still looking hurt
    Charlie held his chin in her hand so that he couldn’t turn his face away again, and she kissed him whilst keeping her eyes open and locked on his. “I’m not going anywhere,” she said. When he smiled, she kissed him again. Yet as he went to pull her into a deeper kiss she pulled away. She smiled at him seductively and kissed his cheeks, his jaw, and then his neck. He smiled again, and she slowly started to work her way down his body.
    Matt closed his eyes, and he enjoyed the sensation of Charlie’s kiss and touch upon his skin which was sending shivers down his spine. He looked down at her, and she smiled straight back up at him. He smiled and inclined his head to show that he wanted her to come back towards his face and lips, and once her face was above his again he kissed her and gently rolled her so that she was on her back. He then lightly pressed his weight down upon her, and his hands began to explore her body.
    “I love you ,” he said. He then spread her legs a little wider with his own, and he smiled to himself as he heard Charlie’s familiar gasp as he slid inside her and they began to make love.
    “I love you too ,” she said her voice catching on each word as her pleasure intensified.
    Matt felt Charlie dig her nails into the backs of his shoulders, and wrap her legs more tightly around him. He looked into her