Keeping an eye on the rooms and the parking lot, he tried to make sure that the law-breaking skinny-dippers had their privacy.When a truck pulled into the far end of the lot, he almost called them in.The driver merely stepped out with a six-pack and went into his room, so Zac decided to let them stay.
They’d swum for almost forty-five minutes before a car full of construction workers arrived.A bridge was being repaired a few miles upriver.The work was behind schedule, and more help had been called in from out of town.The men looked tired and grungy after a full day’s work, but there was no reason to tempt them with three barely clad sirens.
“Come on, Beauty,” Zac said as the group headed to their rooms.“Playtime’s over.”
He grabbed the towels and moved to the steps at the far end of the pool where the lighting was dimmest.
“Spoilsport,” Roxie murmured, even as she began to swim over.
“Not you.”He pointed.“MyBeauty.”
For the first time in nearly an hour, shyness overcame Maxie.He could see it.There in the middle of the open pool, with nothing on but a scrap of cotton, she went still.Watching her intently, Zac crooked a finger at her.
She was the one who’d gotten into this mess.She could come out the same way she’d gone in.
He opened the towel wide.“Better hurry if you don’t want a bunch of hungry, sweaty construction workers watching you.”
Maxie got tongue-tied as Zac waited for her.His shirt was open, and his chest was bare.She was staring so hard, the chlorine was burning her eyes.She’d been watching him for months, dreaming and fantasizing.And there he was, looking hot, ripped and impatient.
While she was topless.
She wrapped an arm over her breasts.What had she done?Where had her brain been?
Lexie looked anxiously over her shoulder at the motel.“Go on, Maxie.”
Maxie couldn’t believe her predicament.She’d stripped down to almost nothing in the middle of a public place, right in front of the town sheriff.And she’dreveledin it.
Another car passed on the road, and it kicked her into action.She couldn’t stay here, not like this, but her only other option made her nerves go haywire.
She began swimming towards Zac, keeping her strokes short and her chest pressed against the water.He stood over the pool, looking male and sexual.He stayed planted at the head of the steps, not shying away or giving her privacy.
And why should he?They were supposed to be lovers.
When the water became too shallow to swim, she crossed her arms over her breasts and braced her feet on the pool bottom.She stood, and her stomach quivered as water sluiced down her body.Her legs were shaky as she climbed the cement steps, but she wasn’t ready when he caught her.
In one swoop, he enfolded her in the towel and lifted her out of the water.She squealed when he pulled her right up against his hot, heavy form.His nose brushed against hers as he looked into her eyes.His gaze was the blue of a hot flame.
“Can’t be shy,” he whispered.“I’m supposed to have seen it all before.”
When his mouth settled over hers in a possessive kiss, it nearly lit her afire too.
Maxie felt herself snuggled up tight as Zac kissed her silly.
His heat seeped through the towel, intensifying as it became damp from her skin.He molded her to him, and the terrycloth clung to her curves.She clutched at his shoulders, and he tucked the edges tight against her back.His fingertips snuck underneath to stroke her bare skin, and the touch slid lower.He arched her backwards, his fingers going lower still until they snagged on her wet panties.
“Cough, cough.” Roxie let out a hack as she scurried by them, wet and buck naked.“Do you two need our room key?”
“Shhh,” Lexie hissed.She was already climbing the steps and waving for a towel.“Don’t attract any more attention.”
“What?You just look like you’re wearing a bikini.”
“Cam would freak out if he knew what we did.”Lexie wiped off and scurried towards her clothes.“How do I let you get me into these things?”
Roxie wiggled her fingers towards her head and then Lexie’s.“We’re on the same wavelength.You wanted to cool off as much as I did.Besides, it wasn’t only me.”
Maxie stared up into Zac’s hot eyes.He’d pulled back from the kiss to let her breathe, but she was still snug against his bare chest.Her arms were around his neck, and her hips… Her mouth rounded into a surprised O.Her hips were glued against his as his hands cupped her bottom.She could feel everything about him, every breath he took and everything that flexed orhardened.
An old Mustang rumbled into the parking lot of the Inndigo.The headlights swept over them before stopping abruptly.The driver revved the hot rod and let out a wolf whistle.
