be surprised when he’d been in a grumpy mood all afternoon? “Sorry.” He stood and shook the sand off the towel he’d been using. “I’m going up to grab a shower. Anyone need anything?”
“I’ll go with you,” Lucy said as she rose. “I’m starting to get cold, so I’m ready to get out of this bathing suit.”
“Take your time.” Will nuzzled Cameron’s neck. “We’ll be fine without you.”
“Just like we were fine without you?” Colton asked.
Lucy gave him a push to direct him to the stairs that led to the house. “You’re in one hell of a mood.”
“I know. I’m sorry. I’m all . . .” He waved his hand when he couldn’t come up with the words he needed.
“What?”
“Out of sorts.”
She followed him up the stairs. “Why?”
He waited until they both reached the landing at the top before he turned to face her. “Because! We have so little time to spend together, and I’ve been looking forward to having you all to myself. I can’t help it that I feel greedy where you’re concerned.”
The smile that stretched across her face surprised him. “I suppose I can put up with your surliness if you’re going to say things like that.”
“So you like that I’m greedy where you’re concerned?”
“What girl wouldn’t like to hear that from the guy she’s interested in?”
“I feel like I’m totally out of control with you, being flung all over the place and never sure of where I stand or what’s going to happen next. It’s making me crazy.”
Lucy wrapped her hand around his and gave a gentle tug. “Come on.”
“Where are you taking me?”
“You’ll see when we get there.”
Captivated by the warm glow in her eyes, Colton dutifully followed her to the backyard, where they used the hose to rinse the sand off their feet before going inside.
Lucy led him to the bathroom and turned on the water in the shower. With her hands behind her back, she untied the bikini top that had been distracting him all afternoon. She let it drop to the floor and then tugged at the ties on the bottom half. “Are you just going to stand there or are you going to join me in the shower?”
The question and the challenging tone in which it was issued spurred him to action. He shed his swim trunks in record time and stepped into the steam with her.
Lucy turned to him, linked her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I’m sorry our time alone together got interrupted. I’m sorry you feel out of control—”
“Lucy—”
She put her finger over his lips. “Let me finish.” Resting her hands on his chest, she looked up at him. “I feel better now that Cameron knows. I wish I hadn’t been so rigid about keeping this a secret for so long. The secret made it all far more dramatic than it needed to be.”
Colton couldn’t argue with that. He felt the same way.
“I want to go with you tomorrow to your mountain. I want to spend more time with you and get to know your family and the people you love. I want you to do the same with me in New York.”
“What’re you saying, Luce?” he asked in a voice that barely registered as a whisper.
“I’m saying I want this to be real. I want
us
to be real and not just a weekend fling. I’m saying—”
He’d heard enough. He put his arms around her and lifted her so he could kiss her the way he’d been dying to for hours.
Her arms and legs encircled him and her mouth opened to his tongue. If he thought uncertain Lucy had made him crazy, committed Lucy made him positively insane. She kissed him with the kind of abandon he’d only dreamed of, holding nothing back as she gave as good as she got.
Colton turned them so she was pressed against the shower wall and, grasping her hips, he surged into her, stopping only when she broke the kiss with a gasp. “Hurt?”
“No.” She tightened her arms around him and tilted her hips to encourage him to proceed. “Not at all.”
He stared into her eyes while he took her fast and hard
“I’ll go with you,” Lucy said as she rose. “I’m starting to get cold, so I’m ready to get out of this bathing suit.”
“Take your time.” Will nuzzled Cameron’s neck. “We’ll be fine without you.”
“Just like we were fine without you?” Colton asked.
Lucy gave him a push to direct him to the stairs that led to the house. “You’re in one hell of a mood.”
“I know. I’m sorry. I’m all . . .” He waved his hand when he couldn’t come up with the words he needed.
“What?”
“Out of sorts.”
She followed him up the stairs. “Why?”
He waited until they both reached the landing at the top before he turned to face her. “Because! We have so little time to spend together, and I’ve been looking forward to having you all to myself. I can’t help it that I feel greedy where you’re concerned.”
The smile that stretched across her face surprised him. “I suppose I can put up with your surliness if you’re going to say things like that.”
“So you like that I’m greedy where you’re concerned?”
“What girl wouldn’t like to hear that from the guy she’s interested in?”
“I feel like I’m totally out of control with you, being flung all over the place and never sure of where I stand or what’s going to happen next. It’s making me crazy.”
Lucy wrapped her hand around his and gave a gentle tug. “Come on.”
“Where are you taking me?”
“You’ll see when we get there.”
Captivated by the warm glow in her eyes, Colton dutifully followed her to the backyard, where they used the hose to rinse the sand off their feet before going inside.
Lucy led him to the bathroom and turned on the water in the shower. With her hands behind her back, she untied the bikini top that had been distracting him all afternoon. She let it drop to the floor and then tugged at the ties on the bottom half. “Are you just going to stand there or are you going to join me in the shower?”
The question and the challenging tone in which it was issued spurred him to action. He shed his swim trunks in record time and stepped into the steam with her.
Lucy turned to him, linked her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I’m sorry our time alone together got interrupted. I’m sorry you feel out of control—”
“Lucy—”
She put her finger over his lips. “Let me finish.” Resting her hands on his chest, she looked up at him. “I feel better now that Cameron knows. I wish I hadn’t been so rigid about keeping this a secret for so long. The secret made it all far more dramatic than it needed to be.”
Colton couldn’t argue with that. He felt the same way.
“I want to go with you tomorrow to your mountain. I want to spend more time with you and get to know your family and the people you love. I want you to do the same with me in New York.”
“What’re you saying, Luce?” he asked in a voice that barely registered as a whisper.
“I’m saying I want this to be real. I want
us
to be real and not just a weekend fling. I’m saying—”
He’d heard enough. He put his arms around her and lifted her so he could kiss her the way he’d been dying to for hours.
Her arms and legs encircled him and her mouth opened to his tongue. If he thought uncertain Lucy had made him crazy, committed Lucy made him positively insane. She kissed him with the kind of abandon he’d only dreamed of, holding nothing back as she gave as good as she got.
Colton turned them so she was pressed against the shower wall and, grasping her hips, he surged into her, stopping only when she broke the kiss with a gasp. “Hurt?”
“No.” She tightened her arms around him and tilted her hips to encourage him to proceed. “Not at all.”
He stared into her eyes while he took her fast and hard
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