“I’m sorry for hitting you with the ball.”
Neelu was applying a salve to the bump that was forming near her temple.
“It’s okay. It was an accident.” She gave me a weak smile before looking toward the forest in the direction Rhaz had gone.
“Shall we keep playing?” she asked her small group.
“If that’s what you want,” Anusha replied, looking concerned.
“It is. Thank you Neelu, for the salve.”
Beatrice picked her club back up and walked to where she’d been before. Everyone went back to what they were doing and Taylor and I headed for the water.
Chapter 27
Taylor
Brexl held the boat still for me as I sat down. Drovo had done a good job with these canoes. They were wide, sturdy, and had wide seats for couples to sit together if they wanted to.
Brexl pushed us off the shore and hopped in. He looked so sexy as he tossed his long hair out of his face. When he caught me staring, his look quickly turned to one of hunger, sending a thrill through me.
“You’re too far away.” Without any effort at all, he lifted me from my seat and sat me on his lap.
“Much better,” he purred.
“Aren’t you eager?” I teased.
“For you, always.”
He captured my chin in his hand and the moment we rounded the bend out of sight of everyone else, his lips crashed against mine. He kissed me deeply until I was breathless, then pulled away.
“I’m sorry. I don’t think there’s enough willpower in the universe to keep me from wanting to touch you, kiss you,” he said as his thumb grazed my lips. “Wanting all of you, every bit, just as you are.”
“Taylor, I want to ask you something.”
“What’s that?” I could hardly hear anything beyond the beating of my heart.
“Will you? Can we?” he struggled to find the right words. “I love you.”
All my breath left me as his words soaked into my soul.
“I love you too.”
He intertwined my fingers in his and held our joined hands to his chest. “Will you be mine? Can we be together as real mates? Together until the end of our days?
“Yes,” I breathed.
He captured my lips with his again, and his hands were soon roving all over my body. One of his hands went down my shirt and found my nipple. He pinched it lightly, and I gasped.
He took the opportunity to pepper my neck with long, sensual kisses. I was on his lap enjoying the feeling of his hard cock beneath me when suddenly our boat started to tip.
Brexl and I had put too much weight on one side and we were soon greeted by the cold river water as the boat tipped over.
Thankfully, the water was shallow here, but I still found myself completely drenched from head to toe.
“Taylor!” Brexl scooped me up in his arms and carried me to the grassy shore.
“Are you alright?” He asked as he checked me over.
