“A couple of days and you’ll have your sea legs.”
“A couple of days,” I cried, wanting to sob at the idea of feeling this lousy for days.
He eased me onto his knee, where he sat on the fixed bench that I knew the divers went off when they back flipped into the water like neoprene-covered seals.
“And until then, we’ll take care of you like we promised.”
He pulled me into his chest, and I breathed in his now familiar scent, and I suddenly didn’t mind the rocking or the lack of solid ground.
“Better,” he murmured as his hand stroked up and down my back.
“Better,” I replied with a groan as his lips found my neck, my discomfort forgotten.
THIRTY-FOUR
TRAVIS
“How you feeling, Twinkle?”I crouched down in front of where Finn sat on the small sofa in the crew room.
“Lied to, robbed, a victim of the ocean,” Finn replied, glaring at me, and I couldn’t help but smile.
“Would you have really preferred to have gone back to the UK?”
He shook his head. “No, of course not. But we’ll have to eventually, won’t we? Is that what you want? Is that what Jasper wants? We probably should have talked about what’s next, shouldn’t we?”
I cupped his cheek, dragging my thumb over his bottom lip. “Where would you be if you could be anywhere?”
He shifted forward, pulling my thumb into his mouth and sucking hard, dancing his tongue around it, making me moan. Then he pulled off with a loud pop. “I don’t have to be office-based, so I could work from anywhere with internet in theory, although I may demand solid ground under my feet.” He held out his wrists, which were now adorned with seasickness bands that apparently pressed on his pressure points. I didn’t believe they worked, but he’d not been sick for a couple of hours now, although that might be because we were anchored up close to a small set of islands and the ocean was relatively quiet. There was meant to be a storm tonight, but we were far enough away that I didn’t even think we’d catch the tail of it, so I decided not to mention it. I’d never hear the end of it from Twinkle.
“You’d do that?” I didn’t know why I was surprised. We’d all agreed to give this a go, so I guess Finn must have put some thought into what that meant.
“Yes, my Lord, I would do that.”
I brought my lips to his, kissing him briefly. “Are you feeling up for a little fun?”
His wide smile told me my answer.
“How do you feel about fucking and being fucked at the same time?”
THIRTY-FIVE
JASPER
I stoodout on the deck, the warm breeze blowing as I stared up, stars scattered like tiny pinpricks of light in an otherwise pitch-black night. The waves lapping against the side of the boat were the only sound.
I wasn’t sure I’d ever felt as content as I did right now. It was as if everything in my life made sense, and it was because I was out here, doing what I loved with the two people I loved.
I pushed my hands into my pockets and tilted my head back, taking in the expanse before me.
The noise of the door opening had me turning to find Finn standing there in a pair of tiny black silk shorts and his anti-sickness bands.
“Have I told you how much I like your underwear?” I asked.
He put his hands on his hips, his scars sparkling in the light. “Travis would like to see you.”
My stomach flipped at the tone in his voice. “Would he now?”
He stepped back and pointed for me to come in. I sucked in a lungful of fresh air, my cock already thickening at whatever was about to happen.
