“Hey”—I tap his bare ass, and a smile spikes on his face—“you ready for round two?”
I’m not sure whose bright idea it was that we don’t bother with clothes as we streak over to the falls, but I can’t stop giggling as we climb down the boulders disguised as shadows in this post-midnight world.
Ace takes my hand and guides me carefully down the jagged embankment. It’s not until we land at the base do I notice the metallic square in his mouth.
“I see you’re making every effort to try to protect me. I bite the metallic wrapper from his mouth and snap it between my fingers. “You’re always one step ahead. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. And, trust me, I’d rather not use it, but I doubt you want to carry my child so soon in life.”
“Aww,” I tug at his chin a moment. “I’d love to populate the world with a million baby boys that look just like you.”
“And what if they were girls?”
“They’d better have your dimples—and your navy eyes. I’d let them get away with murder.” A hard protrusion grazes against my thigh. “Let’s get in the water before you get arrested, wielding that snake around like a weapon.”
“You think you’re funny, don’t you?” He scoops me in his arms and walks us to the ledge of the granite base where I used to dive in as a child. Come to think of it, the last time I swam here was with my mother.
“Three,” he says, sailing us off into the air. Gravity wraps her arms around us and sinks us into the cold mouth of the water as it swallows us whole. I pop up for air with a scream locked in my throat.
“You!” I splash a wall of water in his face, but he turns and deflects my efforts. “I’m going to get you.”
“I’m going toletyou.”
He pulls me in by way of my cheeks, landing his fire-hot mouth over mine. Ace pulls back a moment, washing his gaze over my features.
“God, you’re so beautiful, Reese.” It streams from him as if it were the greatest tragedy.
“Thank you,” I say it dull, unsure of what the right answer might be. All I know is, right about now, my insides are throbbing to have him again. I hold up the condom in my hand, still wrapped in its shiny packaging. “You think this works underwater?” Not that I’d care. I’d have his babies if he let me, starting tonight. I’m on an Ace Waterman high and both the future and my uterus be damned.
“It’d better.” He takes it from me and swims us over to the rocks while biting the wrapper open.
“Here, let me.” I take it from him and secure it over his tip, carefully pressing down until it covers him like a slimy water balloon. “It barely fits. I think next time you should opt for the next size up.”
“There is no size up.” He lands in the water next to me while floating us directly under the soft flowing falls. “Reese”—he runs his heated kisses all over my face—“I want you to remember this always.” He pulls me up until my legs are wrapped around his waist.
I touch my forehead to his. “I promise you that every day I live, I’ll replay our time here at the falls.”
The sky explodes in a lime green ball of powder, followed by a barrage of errant fireworks that light up the night like demonic stars.
“Since this is your first time, having a girl at the falls”—I say it playfully—“I want to make sureyouremember it.” I bite down on a smile as I guide him in. “Don’t let me hurt you.”
His chest thumps. “What if I want you to hurt me?” His dimples go off. The moon shines over him like a blessing, and my stomach singes just looking at him.
“Ask and you shall receive.” I fan my nails over his back like wings, and he takes in a breath through his teeth.
“Oh my, God! Did I hurt you?” I spike up in the water, effectively evicting him from my body in the process. Not only am I a novice, trying to pull some serious sadistic moves, but I’m lucky I didn’t pluck his penis off in the process.
Ace pulls his lips into a line. “You’ll have to try harder. But, first, I want you to reach down, and put it back in.”
“Yes, sir,” I say never taking my eyes from his.
Ace flutters his lids as I gently sink myself over him.
“Nice.” He moves us closer to the falls stealing molten kisses off my lips as we cut through the water. His fingers tighten over my waist and he thrusts himself in and out. I ride over his hips while the water sprays over my shoulders like a baptismal rite. I arch my head into the violent stream as my body jostles in rhythm to his.
Ace and I are making new memories, making moments I’m hoping we’ll both never forget. And if he tries, I might just have to lure him right back to the falls and remind him of the magic we once had—that we can have, forever.
He thrusts into me hard, and each time it feels as if his body is saying I love you straight into mine.
