fingers undid her belt buckle and the snap of her jeans opened with a click that seemed to echo in little tiled room , as amanda slid down her jeans with her red panties inside them , and she bent over and pushed them down and stepped out of them , and she stood up and she was naked and so beautiful standing in toms gaze , and she smiled simply , and it was the smile that made tom eyes lose focus and he understood why it was called blind desire .