Then I lean down, press my lips to hers, and finally kiss the woman I love.
“Are you sure there are no fish in this water?” Tessa asks as she pulls her shirt off, draping it on a rock.
I pull my pants off. “No, but I’ve never seen one.”
She shudders. “The things I do for you.”
I laugh. “Come on, you’re the one who created a new company and called it Buck Wild. Let’s see you put your money where your mouth is and get a little wild.”
Although I’d like to do something else with her mouth.
We rode out to our spot, where I can have Tessa all to myself. Not that there’s anyone at the house, but out here, it’s as though no one else exists but us.
I need that tonight.
It seems she does too.
After Meredith left, the two of us spent some time cleaning up, trying to put the house back in order, and then I just couldn’t stand it anymore. Looking at the destruction of my home was too fucking much, so I asked her to come for a ride and leave the past behind—even if just for a little while.
I walk into the cool water, while Tessa removes clothing, standing completely nude and then heads toward me.
With just the moonlight illuminating her body, she takes my breath away.
I hold my hand out, and she comes to me. When she’s in, I pull her close and she wraps her arms around my neck.
“Hi,” she breathes.
“Hi.”
Tessa’s fingers tangle in my hair. “I missed you so much. I know it was only a few days, but I was so worried.”
I kiss her nose and then tell her the truth. “I was too, but then I saw you in the courtroom, and I don’t know, I felt so much regret that you had to be there at all. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I knew I needed to see you again.”
“That’s behind us now.”
“It is.”
I wade us a little deeper as her legs tighten around my hips. I move my hand slowly up her back, pulling her chest closer. Tessa tilts her head, her eyes full of desire as I speak what’s in my heart. “I want to make love to you. Right here, right now.”
Her lips part and her fingers come to my face, moving along my beard. “I want that too.”
“Kiss me.”
She does. Her lips find mine, and I slide my tongue into her mouth. I drink her in, taking all she gives and, God, she gives me everything.
I drink in her soft moan, our tongues colliding. Her hands move to my face, holding me to her as she kisses me deeper.
I didn’t know if I’d ever have this again.
I thought I lost her.
I thought I lost any chance of us.
Now I have her, and I’m never going to let her go.
“Killian, I need you,” she says before her mouth is back on mine.
The two of us are frantic, desperate for each other.
