“Good,” I replied, then swept down and slanted my head, groaning when the taste of her filled me. Her arms came around my neck and I felt her straining toward me, so I lifted her easily, my blood raging when she wrapped her legs around my waist and shoved her hands in my hair, pulling me closer and deepening the kiss.
I’m not sure how long we stood there, the water lapping at my waist as we made out under the summer sun.
She felt amazing, and tasted even better, and I would have loved to be there, in that moment, for the rest of the day.
My cousins, however, had other plans.
“Whew!” I heard Jasmine call, as someone let out a shrill whistle.
“Fuck,” I muttered as I pulled back and turned my gaze toward the shore, where my cousins stood with various expressions.
Reardon was removing his fingers from his lips, so I knew he’d been the whistler, while Dillon grinned as he clapped his hands together slowly and loudly. Jasmine was grinning ear to ear, and Serena, who’d yet to meet Zoey, was looking at the two of us curiously.
“Um,” Zoey said, tapping my shoulder and drawing my attention back to her. “Can you put me down?”
Her voice was soft, and embarrassment flushed her cheeks, which only made me want to throw her down and give my family a real show. Instead, I did as she requested and placed her back down into the water.
“Are we checking the equipment, or do you two want some privacy?” Reardon asked with a smirk.
Jasmine reached over and punched him, likely defending her new friend, causing Rear to yell an exaggerated, “Ow!”
“Just give us a minute!” I yelled back, then waited until they all started walking toward the shed to turn to Zoey and ask, “You okay?”
“Yes, really good actually,” she said with a coy grin.
I leaned closer and nipped her earlobe gently before saying gruffly, “You’re too tempting … You’d better stay close to me for the rest of the day and keep me in line, otherwise I’m not sure what I’ll do.”
“Okay,” she whispered again, this time shyly, but I could see her pleasure at my words.
“Okay,” I repeated, casually threw my arm over her shoulder, and led her out of the water.
Chapter Eight ~ Zoey
I can’t remember the last time I had a really good make-out session. Outside. With a gorgeous, ripped guy. And almost drown him in the process…
If Gabe hadn’t put me so at ease by laughing at the situation, then proceeding to kiss me breathless, I would have died of mortification. I’d been so turned on, so eager, that I’d basically leapt on him in the deep end of the lake. What a boob!
Luckily, Gabe didn’t seem turned off by my obvious exuberance, he rather seemed to like it.
He kissed like it was his job, and I’d been so swept up in all his delicious goodness, that I hadn’t even heard his cousins approach. The fact that they’d been heckling us didn’t even penetrate until Gabe had broken the kiss and I’d followed his gaze in a total daze.
When he’d said I was tempting and that he wanted me to stick with him the rest of the day, I was unabashedly pleased. The thought was thrilling, and I was hoping for tons of stolen kisses. Now that I’d had a taste, I knew I’d be craving those lips all day long.
I’d been a little embarrassed when we got to shore and I saw that Gabe’s other cousin, Serena, had arrived, and the first impression she’d gotten of me was sucking her eldest cousin’s face. It didn’t seem to alter her opinion of me, though, because she was just as nice as could be.
“Hey, Serena,” Gabe had said, pulling her in for a hug. “Good to see you again. This is Zoey.”
“Hello, Gabriel,” she’d responded, her delicate features conveying her pleasure at being with her cousins again. Then she turned to me with a genuine smile and said, “Nice to meet you, Zoey. I hope this isn’t too forward, but I love your face. Would you be open to sitting for me while we’re here?”
At her request I remembered what Jasmine had said about her being an artist, and although it seemed a bit of a strange thing to ask right out of the gate, I was honored that she’d asked. “Um, sure, I guess so … It’s nice to meet you too.”
Serena gave a small smile and a nod, and I wondered how long sitting for a painting lasted.
Now, we were pulling stuff out of the shed. Kayaks, tubes, canoes, etc., and pulling them over to the launch.
“Everything looks good so far. Let’s take them out and make sure there aren’t any issues we can’t see,” Gabe said.
Reardon and Dillon grabbed a couple kayaks, while Serena and Jasmine started pulling a canoe toward the water.