She chuckled and rubbed my cheek with her thumb. “I’m trying to help you relax. Everyone is out of town for the Fourth of July weekend. Let’s just enjoy a nice day together, okay?”
I gave her a sweet smile, knowing she was right. “You’re right. Let’s go.” I stole one final kiss before we gathered all our things and headed to find the perfect spot on the beach.
We ended up finding a decent spot before more people started to fill the beach, and nobody really sat near us.
I was still on edge, wondering if we were going to get caught by someone, but literally everyone we knew was out of town for the holiday.
I just hoped no one caught on that we were both the only ones deciding to stay in town. Luckily we were able to use our jobs as an excuse.
“Babe, would you mind putting sunscreen on my back, please?”
I turned around with the sunscreen in my hand. “Great minds think—” Words seemed to have floated out into the ocean when I turned to see Drea taking off her cover-up.
She’d gone with a coral bikini set. The halter top fit her boobs perfectly, and it was so transparent I could see her delicious nipples peeking through. I trailed my gaze down to her stomach that was already glistening with sweat from the heat, down lower to the bottoms that I assumed barely covered the ass I so desperately craved to bite.
She cleared her throat, and I jumped. I must’ve been drooling because… goddamn! “Like what you see, Ms. Sterling?” She quirked her eyebrow, and I could feel my cheeks burning.
Yes, I most certainly do.“I… Turn around?” It came out as a high pitched question, which caused her to chuckle.
“Yes, ma’am.” She winked, and I stood up on shaky legs as she turned around.
When I was done, she took the bottle from me and motioned for me to turn around so she could apply it to my back. I turned around and took a deep breath.
Of course she took her sweet time applying the lotion, and I had to suppress a moan when I felt her warm breath on my ear as she whispered, “All done.”
“Great!” I spun around and wretched the bottle from her hands and applied it to the rest of my body. “Thank you,” I said at a normal volume. She smirked and waited for her turn.
After we set up our towels and chairs, I got out the book I’d brought with me. It was a vampire book that Mackenzie had recommended to me. The vampire’s love interest was a hunter, and the two had a very interesting past. It was very dramatic and very spicy. The perfect combination.
I must’ve dozed off, because I felt a wet hand on my leg and jumped, forgetting where I was briefly. “Sorry, darling. I just went for a little swim. How’s your book?” Drea was now crouching in front of me, applying more sunscreen to my body and I closed my eyes, enjoying the contact.
“Nothing exciting was going on. I must’ve fallen asleep. How’s the water?” I asked.
She leaned in and placed her arms on my sides, caressing them as she had at the book festival. The memory of her body so close to mine as she pressed me against the wall had a heat filling my body that had nothing to do with the sun.
“It was refreshing,” she said in a sultry voice that had me squeezing my thighs together. She knew what she was doing, and I didn’t want her to stop.
She smiled and brought her lips to mine, and I hesitated for a beat before she grabbed my chin in the way she knew made my knees weak. I grabbed the back of her neck and kissed her back with everything I had. It was over in a second but the aftereffects lingered for several minutes.
“I was thinking, we should build sandcastles. Thoughts?”
I shook away the tingling feeling her kiss had left. “I think that is an excellent use of our time, Ms. Voss.”
After hours of building sandcastles, laughing, and stealing kisses, my skin was starting to get a little toasty, so we decided to call it a day and pack up. We had just gotten in the car when my phone went off.
“Are you going to answer that, love?” Drea asked as she was packing up the car.
My eyes widened when I saw it was Cara trying to video call with me. “Um… I’m not sure if I should. It’s Cara. She wants to video chat.”
She shrugged. “I can make myself scarce. It’s okay, Blair, answer it.”
I huffed out a breath and swiped to answer the call. “H… hey, Cara. What’s up?”
She grinned brightly when I answered. “Hey, B! How’s your weekend going? I miss you! Are you going to watch the fireworks later?”
“It’s good, just taking a little break from writing. I was starting to get blocked. Yeah, I think we’re going to watch them later. How about you guys?” My smile wasn’t forced.
Cara looked like she was having a great time with her family, and I was happy she was taking a break. She worked way too hard sometimes. But who was I to talk about working harder than was necessary sometimes?
