The Billionaire Single Dad by Mandy Baxter Page A

diamond peaks. The thought of jumping into the lake with Carter, naked, was too tempting to resist, however. Especially with the promise of his warm mouth on her breasts. “Okay,” she panted as he pressed his palm against her clit. “Let’s do it.”
    She let out a whimper when he withdrew his finger from her pussy. She missed the easy rhythm of his caresses, the slick slide of friction, and the slow build of heat that coiled low in her belly.
    Carter pushed himself up from the couch and stripped. Tess stared, rapt, at the play of muscles she’d never tire of watching. His erection stood out proud and thick from his hips, and she wanted to take it into her mouth. Suck him hard and deep until he came deep in the back of her throat once again.
    â€œLater,” Carter said with a wry grin.
    â€œOh, so you know what I’m thinking now?”
    â€œUh-huh, and I want your mouth on me again so much I can barely stand it.”
    A shiver danced over her skin.
    â€œGet naked.”
    He didn’t have to ask her again. Tess got up from the couch and stripped. An appreciative growl gathered in Carter’s chest as his gaze roamed over her body. Tess’s nipples puckered under his perusal. She didn’t need a chilly lake, just the heat of Carter’s unabashed stare. He grabbed her hand and led her through the vast living room and past the formal dining room to the sliding glass doors. He pulled the doors open and the kiss of cool air on her bare flesh coaxed goose bumps to the surface of Tess’s skin.
    Carter turned to face her. A wicked smile curved his sinful mouth. “Ready?”
    She nodded. “Ready.”
    They ran like a couple of stupid kids over the patio and onto the cool grass of the lawn. Tess squealed with both joy and embarrassment as they hit the wet sand of the beach.
    â€œDon’t stop,” Carter said. “You’ll lose your edge if you do.”
    He’d obviously done this before. With his wife, maybe? Tess stuffed the sad thought to the soles of her feet and picked up her pace until she was right beside him. They hit the water at full speed and Tess gasped as the icy water met her skin. Carter spun and gathered her in his arms before he brought them both down in a graceful arc into the water. Surprisingly, the water was warmer than the air outside, and she experienced a brief moment of weightlessness before Carter brought them both up to the surface.
    They laughed and gasped for air as the chill sank in. The nearly full moon shone down on them, bathing their glistening bodies in silver light. Carter drank her in, his gaze so intense that it—not the cold of the water—stole Tess’s breath. “Beautiful,” he said on a breath before lowering his mouth to her breast and taking her nipple into his hot mouth just as he’d promised he would.
    He suckled one breast, and then the other, until Tess trembled in his arms. He mistook her reaction for a chill and carried her from the lake up the lawn, and deposited her in the hot tub. He turned on the jets and settled in beside her before gathering her in his arms once again. He kissed her for long moments that seemed to transcend time. Languorous flicks of his tongue and whispers of his lips against hers. His gentleness, the attention he paid to her, nearly broke Tess’s heart.
    He turned and lifted her up so that she sat on the lip of the hot tub. Carter’s gaze burned as he spread her legs and dipped his head to her pussy. “I thought you wanted my mouth on you,” she murmured a moment before his lips sealed over her clit.
    A low moan worked its way up her throat as Tess’s head rolled back on her shoulders. He brought his head up and the cool kiss of air sent a delicious shiver over Tess’s skin. “I couldn’t wait to taste you,” he said, low. His eyes sparked with mischief and a wicked grin stretched across his lips. “I’ll let you