sandy bottom and launched herself away from me.
"You'll have to catch me first!" she yelled, slicing her way through the water and back toward the shore.
I groaned and then laughed before setting a pace to overtake her. She'd almost made it thigh deep when I reached out and grabbed her ankle, dragging her back towards me laughing and sputtering.
"Carson, stop!" she screamed between breaths as I dunked her repeatedly under the water.
When I finally relented I pulled her against me, wiping her soaking hair back from her face. Her breath was heavy from exertion and her cheeks were flushed from the sun, but she'd never looked more beautiful to me.
"You're so damn gorgeous," I said to her, freeing my erection, sliding her suit aside and entering her in one long stroke. "And you feel damn incredible."
She moaned as I took her there in the water, with my friends none the wiser, and her adorable daughter sleeping peacefully up the beach.
Chapter 19
Lou
Later in the evening, after we'd both showered and Carly had been fed, bathed and put to bed, I walked into my living room to find Carson settled on my couch.
He looked devastatingly handsome, his dark blond hair styled all haphazard on his head, and I couldn't remember a time when anyone had affected me the way he did. There was just something about his presence that comforted me and excited me at the same time.
He looked up at me, his soft green eyes meeting my blue ones.
"Hey gorgeous, I poured us some wine. I hope you don't mind. It's just been a hell of a week."
I smiled as I walked around the couch to sit next to him, snuggling into the pocket between his chest and his arm.
"Not at all. I could use a glass myself."
He wrapped his arm around my shoulders as I settled into his side.
"Thank you for taking us to the beach today. It was Carly's first time, and I think she had a blast. You were so wonderful with her. I've never had that."
Carson squeezed me into him and then looked down to meet my upturned face just as my phone rang. I ignored it, choosing to keep eye contact with Carson instead.
"You don't want to look?"
I shook my head just as it started to ring again, and exasperated, I reached for it just to silence it.
"Ugh," I groaned, seeing it was Derek.
"What is it?"
"Just Derek. He calls and texts once or twice a month, but it's been getting more frequent these days."
"Your ex?" he asked and I nodded. "Will you tell me about him?" he asked tentatively.
I stiffened against him, not sure if I was ready to reveal all the bullshit I'd been through in my marriage.
"You don't have to, but I've been thinking about it nonstop since last week when we were at Luke's."
I sighed and sat up on the couch, picking up my glass of wine and taking a giant gulp of it, hoping to stall a little while I gathered my courage. Liquid courage.
Talking about Derek had never been easy for me. I felt blindsided by the man he turned out to be, and I didn't like reliving that time in my life. I was too naive, too trusting, and maybe even a little too innocent to understand what was happening to our marriage until it was too late. And even after, I struggled to make things work for a long, long time, probably longer than I should have. I ended up walking away numb to his indiscretions, completely devoid of emotion as he tried to tear me down, and indifferent to his pleas for me to stay. I was done. Completely and utterly done.
Taking a deep breath I looked at Carson and started spitting it all out.
When I met Derek I had just started high school. He was a manager at Mellow Mushroom in town and I had just started waitressing. He was tall, good looking, very charismatic, and always the life of the party. All the guys wanted to be his friend, and every girl wanted to be his girlfriend.
Seeing Derek at school and working with him most days of the week slowly became the one thing I looked forward to. I would see his dark head moving through the crowded hallways towards me and swoon
"You'll have to catch me first!" she yelled, slicing her way through the water and back toward the shore.
I groaned and then laughed before setting a pace to overtake her. She'd almost made it thigh deep when I reached out and grabbed her ankle, dragging her back towards me laughing and sputtering.
"Carson, stop!" she screamed between breaths as I dunked her repeatedly under the water.
When I finally relented I pulled her against me, wiping her soaking hair back from her face. Her breath was heavy from exertion and her cheeks were flushed from the sun, but she'd never looked more beautiful to me.
"You're so damn gorgeous," I said to her, freeing my erection, sliding her suit aside and entering her in one long stroke. "And you feel damn incredible."
She moaned as I took her there in the water, with my friends none the wiser, and her adorable daughter sleeping peacefully up the beach.
Chapter 19
Lou
Later in the evening, after we'd both showered and Carly had been fed, bathed and put to bed, I walked into my living room to find Carson settled on my couch.
He looked devastatingly handsome, his dark blond hair styled all haphazard on his head, and I couldn't remember a time when anyone had affected me the way he did. There was just something about his presence that comforted me and excited me at the same time.
He looked up at me, his soft green eyes meeting my blue ones.
"Hey gorgeous, I poured us some wine. I hope you don't mind. It's just been a hell of a week."
I smiled as I walked around the couch to sit next to him, snuggling into the pocket between his chest and his arm.
"Not at all. I could use a glass myself."
He wrapped his arm around my shoulders as I settled into his side.
"Thank you for taking us to the beach today. It was Carly's first time, and I think she had a blast. You were so wonderful with her. I've never had that."
Carson squeezed me into him and then looked down to meet my upturned face just as my phone rang. I ignored it, choosing to keep eye contact with Carson instead.
"You don't want to look?"
I shook my head just as it started to ring again, and exasperated, I reached for it just to silence it.
"Ugh," I groaned, seeing it was Derek.
"What is it?"
"Just Derek. He calls and texts once or twice a month, but it's been getting more frequent these days."
"Your ex?" he asked and I nodded. "Will you tell me about him?" he asked tentatively.
I stiffened against him, not sure if I was ready to reveal all the bullshit I'd been through in my marriage.
"You don't have to, but I've been thinking about it nonstop since last week when we were at Luke's."
I sighed and sat up on the couch, picking up my glass of wine and taking a giant gulp of it, hoping to stall a little while I gathered my courage. Liquid courage.
Talking about Derek had never been easy for me. I felt blindsided by the man he turned out to be, and I didn't like reliving that time in my life. I was too naive, too trusting, and maybe even a little too innocent to understand what was happening to our marriage until it was too late. And even after, I struggled to make things work for a long, long time, probably longer than I should have. I ended up walking away numb to his indiscretions, completely devoid of emotion as he tried to tear me down, and indifferent to his pleas for me to stay. I was done. Completely and utterly done.
Taking a deep breath I looked at Carson and started spitting it all out.
When I met Derek I had just started high school. He was a manager at Mellow Mushroom in town and I had just started waitressing. He was tall, good looking, very charismatic, and always the life of the party. All the guys wanted to be his friend, and every girl wanted to be his girlfriend.
Seeing Derek at school and working with him most days of the week slowly became the one thing I looked forward to. I would see his dark head moving through the crowded hallways towards me and swoon
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