Chapter 17
seventeen
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BLAKE
“We’re on day three of ignoring your family,” Honor said from where she was snuggled against me.
We were laid out on the stretch of semi-private beach off the porch of our suite. The next villa wasn’t for a mile down the beach on either side of us, so this section of sand was just for us. We were stretched out on a beach rug, a wide umbrella over us. I was on my back, almost asleep, while Honor was lying across my chest, absently toying with my nipple.
“My family deserve it,” I said absently, eyes still closed as I relished the feel of her in my arms.
The past three days had been incredible, getting to have her in my bed. I couldn’t remember a time when I was this relaxed. I was in no rush to get back to my family when I could have Honor all to myself.
She laughed and it was fast becoming my favorite sound in the world. “They definitely don’t deserve it.”
I shrugged. “I don’t care. I’m happy right here.”
I tightened my arm around her, eyes still closed.
She shifted, I assumed to look up at me. “You’re actually quite sweet under all that cynicism. Who knew?”
“I knew.” I gave her ass a squeeze.
“I want to say you should show your softer side more often, but I’m fine with you only showing it to me.”
There was something possessive in that statement that with any other woman would have had me bolting. But Honor and I had claimed each other in just about every physical way possible at this point; knowing she felt something deeper for me didn’t have me running the way it would have with anyone else. And that feeling was new for me.
I felt her shift beside me, and she pushed off my chest, her lips landing on mine in a quick kiss, then she moved to get up. My hands darted out to grip her waist and pull her down on top of me before she could leave.
“Where do you think you’re going?” I asked.
Laying out here in the heat with her in my arms was bliss, and I wasn’t ready to let her go.
I could hear the smile in her voice as she straddled me. “How did you manage to grab me so easily with your eyes shut?”
“I’ve got the reflexes of a ninja.”
She sat up, her fingers pressed against my chest to steady her. “I could have my top off right now and you’d miss it.”
Eyes still shut, I reached out, hands splayed across her gorgeous tits. Ones that were still very much covered by her bikini top.
“Why would you lie to me like that?”
The sound of her laugh lit me up. She moved and suddenly her body was pressed against my chest and her lips were caressing my throat. “If you wake up, I’ll take my top off.”
My eyes opened in an instant, and she laughed harder. “It’s not like you haven’t seen them already.”
My grip tightened on her waist. “It’s been three days of me doing nothing but explore every inch of you with my mouth, my fingers and my cock, and I’ll never get tired of it.”
She laughed and when she kissed me again, I held her there. My tongue brushed over her lips. When she opened for me, our tongues tangled in a kiss that had me groaning in an instant.
We broke apart, and she tried to pull away again to get up.
“I’ll ask you again,” I said, my tone teasing. “Where do you think you’re going?”
“For a swim. It’s hot and the water looks so inviting. Come with me?”
I reluctantly released her, and she got to her feet, offering me both her hands to pull me up. I playfully swatted her away, getting to my feet and scooping her up to toss her over my shoulder.
Her laughter rang out, and she swatted me on the ass. “I can walk, you know.”
“I do know,” I said, carrying her down to the water. “When you walk, I get to stare at your delectable ass. But when I toss you over my shoulder, I get to do this.”
My palm connected with her partially bare ass in a slap, and she squealed, wriggling against my shoulder. So I did it a second time.
“Oh my god, Blake, stop. It’s turning me on.”
I walked us into the ocean up to my chest, letting her go. The warm water lapped around us. Holding her against me, I dropped a kiss to her cheek.
“Turning you on is a good thing.”
I slid a finger along the inside of the top of her bikini bottoms, teasing her.
“I thought you were tired,” she teased back, gripping my shoulders and wrapping her legs around my waist under the water. “I thought I’d worn you out the way you were sleeping on the beach.”
I buried my face in her neck, kissing along her throat. “I’ll never be too tired to be buried inside you.”
She grinned down at me.
“Then, what are you waiting for, big guy?”