By Herman Kingsley & Roselyn A St Claire
It never is planned with her.
One minute, we were two professionals balancing small talk and self-control in the quiet office, and the next, a classic Reggae voice filled the space, cutting through the silence. The melody was smooth, almost teasing: “Oh, I wish, I wish there was a way that I could read your mind…”
I froze.
She didn’t move either. Just stared—not the kind of stare that makes you flinch, but the kind that felt like it could peel your thoughts open. Her eyes held questions I didn’t dare voice, and yet, I wanted her to see every answer.
The air shifted, unprofessional and dangerously intimate. We both felt the boundary dissolve. The song played on, speaking of longing, of curiosity, of desire unspoken. And there we were, suspended in that quiet, charged moment, hearing the music in the space between our heartbeats.
She leaned ever so slightly closer, the faintest brush of her hand against mine. I didn’t pull away. My breath caught; a shiver traced its way down my spine.
I didn’t look away. I let her see that I understood — that I felt it too. Every word the singer couldn’t speak out loud, we shared in that gaze.
Still, silence held us. Sometimes restraint is the truest intimacy — the kind that tingles under your skin and lingers long after the music stops.
There’s a delicate, electric beauty in this. Wanting without touching, needing without words. Perhaps this is the kind of connection that lasts: unspoken, yet undeniably, fundamentally felt.
💠Closing Thoughts —
They call it unspoken desire, like it’s some accidental comfort exchange. But for me, it was more than that. It wasn’t about acting on impulse — it was about feeling alive. ❤️🔥
Some connections don’t need words or boundaries to be understood. That night, she reminded me that intimacy isn’t always action — sometimes it’s recognition, attention, and being seen.
We didn’t plan it. We didn’t name it. We just felt it — and for once, that was enough. 🌙
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