I grit my teeth and stare straight ahead, trying to ignore the heat crawling up my neck.
‘You should zip it up, Miss Stone,’ says Louis, the young deckhand on duty who comes to my inadvertent rescue, cheeks flushed as he tries not to stare.I know the feeling, mate.
But at least she listens, drawing the zipper to her collarbone as she approaches the edge.
‘You’ll need to counter her weight,’ Louis adds, coming up alongside us, and I swallow the urge to swear at him.
‘Yeah, yeah, it ain’t my first rodeo,’ I mutter.
The ski rocks as she steps on, and she gives a small huff of laughter, her hands landing on my shoulders to keep her steady. Every muscle locks tight. Then her knees skim my sides, her thighs coming to press against me.
Why in the hell did I think this was a good idea?
‘You two coming or what?’ Theo hollers as he tears past, spray fanning in his wake while Sadie shrieks with laughter.
‘You good?’ I say tightly, eyes on the racing duo, though every part of me is tuned into her.
She leans in, her scent slipping into my breath as her arms snake around my waist. Fuck. Fuck.Fuck.
‘Oh yeah,’ her lips brush against my ear, ‘I’m good. You?’
My answer is to gun the throttle and shoot after Theo and Sadie.
Good? I’m nowhere near good. I’m fucked.
And she knows it.
I ride the ski hard, willing the wind and the waves to beat the heat out of me, but every turn drags her closer, her laughter spilling against my neck, blood pounding south. As bad decisions go, this has to be one of my worst yet.
Then she shifts, one hand tracing along my inner thigh, circling the skin?—
‘Tay…’ I growl out, slowing the ski. She knows I don’t like being touched. She knows the fucking line. Screw kissing,thisline. The one her teasing fingers are stroking into oblivion.
‘Yeah,’ she drawls.
‘What are you doing?’ I grit out.
‘Enjoying the ride. You?’
I grab her hand, pinning it to my middle. ‘Stay.’
‘No.’
She slips it back down and I’m this close to cracking a tooth.
‘I mean it, Tay.’
‘Or what?’
I grind my teeth, my eyes tracking Sadie and Theo doing donuts up ahead.
‘This was your idea, Ax. Are you not having fun any more?’
She inches higher and my cock jerks.
‘This ain’t funny.’
‘Oh, I know it isn’t funny.’
