It’s almost midnight, so the private pool area is completely deserted. No doubt most of the other residents are still out enjoying the Vegas nightlife.
As I settle myself on a lounger and work on pouring us a drink, Riley slips into the pool.
Her pale skin is almost pearlescent under the pool lights, and her dark red hair fans out behind her as if she’s a mermaid coming from the deep seas to lure me to my doom.
I quickly pour us both a glass of champagne and follow her in.
She sighs as she swims up to the edge of the infinity pool, where she stops to look down below at The Strip. “This is amazing.”
“It’s one hell of a honeymoon.”
“I think you have to travel to a new place to count it as a honeymoon.” Riley takes a sip of her drink.
“Is that so?”
“I mean, I think it’s a bit of a cop-out if you get married in Vegas and then honeymoon in Vegas too.”
“Where would you rather honeymoon,wife?”
“I hear Bora Bora is nice this time of year.” She grins.
I chuckle. “Noted.”
“And if we’re being technical, I actually didn’t get to have a bachelorette party or a bridal shower, so if you could arrange for Lucy and me to go on a vacation too, to make up for it, that would be great.”
“Are you single-handedly trying to bankrupt me?”
“That was my plan all along, Sullivan.”
I bark a laugh. “I think you would be worth it.”
Riley’s breath catches, and I take the opportunity to slide a little closer to her.
Her cheeks are flushed pink, and her green eyes are sparkling with mischief.
“What else am I worth?”
“Hmm…that depends.” I purposefully let my eyes linger on her lips before trailing lower, taking a moment to admire the swell of her breasts that are barely covered by the water.
“On what?” she asks a little breathlessly.
“On how obedient a wife you are.”
Riley’s throat bobs, and I have to fight a smile.
She can try as hard as she wants to pretend she doesn’t want me, but her body gives her away every time.
I shouldn’t move closer to the point where if she took a deep breath, her breasts would brush against my chest. But I do. I want to see just how far I can push the boundary.
Come on, Riley. Tell me you need me.
Her lips part, and I brace myself for the rejection, for the wall to go up around her once more, but nothing happens.
Instead, the next words out of her mouth have me completely coming undone.
“Why don’t I show you how obedient I can be?”
