I didn’t have to be told twice. I turned, hauling ass into the ocean, right into a huge wave. By the sudden warning on his handsome face, I was in trouble. As I popped out of the water, I realized my bra was gone.
“Shit! I lost my bra!”
Julius yelled from behind me. “See, that’s what happens when you’re a bad girl.”
“Hey! Less back talk! Help me!”
“You losing your bra is now my problem? What do I get if I help you?”
“You’re bargaining while I’m practically naked?”
With that, he yanked off his shirt, tossing it over to me. “Solved one of your problems. The next one is going to cost you.”
“Oh yeah?” I mocked with a shit-eating grin, throwing his shirt back to him. “Well then.” I was about to stand, and he knew I’d do it.
He growled. The next thing I knew, he was jumping in beside me, and I didn’t hesitate. I swam the fastest my legs could kick,and my arms would pull. I barely made it a few feet before he dragged me under the water with his grip around my ankle.
I shrieked, sucking in water from laughing at the same time.
I had no choice but to surrender, shouting, “Mercy! You win!”
“Say you’re sorry,” he ordered, holding me up so I could breathe.
“What?” I spit out salt water, giggling.
“Say you’re sorry.”
“Okay!” I couldn’t stop laughing. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
“Good girl.”
With my body now wrapped around his, he backed me into the bridge and caged me in with his arms, holding us both up. My naked chest was now pressed up against his.
Except it wasn’t only my heart pounding that time, it was his too. Our hearts felt in sync with each other. From the way he was looking at me to the way he was taking every last emotion out of me as if it belonged to him to how I wanted it to kiss me.
How would I survive him?
In the end, it didn’t matter. We were two crazy kids who were experiencing love for the first time together. Our eyes were locked. Fused as one. I struggled to find my composure. Feeling his heated skin on my erect nipples only stirred my panted breaths and throbbing core.
“My bra?—”
“Is in my hand.”
“Can I have it back, please?”
He didn’t falter in stating…
“I prefer you naked and at my mercy.”
CHAPTER
SEVENTEEN
ISLA
If I’d learnedone thing about Julius, it was how much he loved having his hands on me, and the addiction for his skin to touch mine was mutual.
“If you keep wiggling your hips like that, you’re going to find out real soon what I want to do to you.”
