“I am your fucking guardian, Car. They didn’t leave you in my care so this could happen…this is wrong,” I told her as I continued to stroke her, watching her eyes darken as animalistic desire filled me. Her legs were spread, and she rocked against me, looking like she might come again as I sucked in my breath.
“I am an adult, and so are you. We can decide on this, Perry. Doesn’t it feel good?” She asked as she gripped the comforter and bit her lip.
“The best,” I agreed as she let go, her lips parted with my name coming out of her throat.
We had rested for a while before she dressed so we could take a closer look around the cottage. It was modern and would be perfect for nights when we wanted to cook, inside or out. The back deck had a top-of-the-line grill as well as room to relax and eat. The living room was ideal for watching a movie after a busy day and now, for other things.
We left the subject alone as Caroline led me down the beach to the water, a beaming smile on her face as she stepped into the sand. “I love this.” She spun around happily, reminding me of when she was little and taking ballet classes. Caroline must have seen my face because she frowned and rushed over to me. “Are you all right?”
Guilt washed over me as I cupped her face in my hands and kissed her, soft and slow. This wasn’t the time or the place. Hell, maybe it was since we were living a different life right now. All I knew is that I couldn’t keep my hands off her, smiling she tilted her head and slipped her tongue against mine with her hands around my neck.
We went to dinner at the restaurant early, since we were hungry after the tiring day. It was more of a but time stopped here, and nothing mattered. Caroline wore a beautiful purple dress that flowed around her thighs and gave me just a hint of the cleavage that I hadn’t seen yet, though the idea made my mouth water. I just had on shorts and a button up shirt, and I watched her walk ahead of me a bit as something rushed through my veins. We were seated at a table in the corner with a great view of the beach that seemed to go on and on, and Caroline took it all in as I asked for two glasses of water.
We got sandwiches with salads and talked about what we should do during our stay, though we hadn’t seen all that much yet to make any decisions. I just knew that the cottage was gorgeous and that I had a forbidden and beautiful woman staying in it with me.
We walked the beach when we were finished, and Caroline laughed as the clear water swirled around her ankles. Everything made me feel like I was a million miles away from home and reality as I watched her walk through it with a peaceful smile on her face. I knew that my phone was going to be full of pictures by the time we returned to Colorado as I raised it and snapped one.
“What are you doing?” She asked as she turned to gaze a
t me, forcing me to take another with the expansive ocean behind her.
“You look great out here,” I told her as her laughter filled the air again. “They would love to see this.” Her parents were never far from my mind, particularly since all that happened earlier in the day.
“They do. I have felt them since they were in the accident,” Caroline told me as she stopped and let me walk closer to her. “I don’t think they’d hate us for this.”
“You’re their daughter, and I’m the older best friend. I am like a father to you,” I protested as she gazed into my eyes. “It’s like the plot of a bad book or movie, like that one that Drew Barrymore was in a few years back.”
“She was a bitch in that movie. She had intentions of all of that,” Caroline told me as she smiled. “I am with you because I want you, not your money or any of that stuff. I appreciate that you’re so generous with me with everything that you have, but I am not doing any of this because of that. I also think that this might not have happened under different circumstances.” I stared at her in horror as she looked thoughtful for a moment. “I don’t mean that I am glad they died. I think about them all the time and miss them so much, but I learned from talking with my therapist that life happens. You can’t change that. Things happen, and it alters the future for all of us, and this might be that happening. This might have been meant to be somehow.”
“There is a twenty-year difference between us,” I reminded her as she gazed over the water for a moment.
“There is. I think that you are one of the best people to spend time with though and I have never thought too much about the age difference. I am drawn to older people a lot of the time.” Her eyes were intent on something, and I looked out to see some dolphins swimming several feet out.
“Your father always said that you were an old soul,” I reminded her as she laughed and nodded. “Look, I don’t want to make you regret taking this any further with me. It might not be what you want in hindsight, Caroline.”
“I have dreamed of you being the first man to make love to me…the only man. I could never regret that,” she said as she stepped closer to me. “I trust you, Perry.”
I would never hurt Caroline. As much as I wanted to fuck her, I’d take it slow and make it the best experience I could for her. “Are you on any birth control?” I kissed her softly as she nodded against my lips. I was careful with every woman that I slept with and wore condoms religiously. I didn’t want to with her. We walked along the sand all afternoon until the sun went down, where we watched it standing in the water.
The colors were beautiful, filling the sky with vibrant shades of pink and orange and a hint of purple on the edge of the horizon. I felt Caroline snuggle against me and wrapped my arm around her, feeling the emotions inside of her as she trembled. “You okay?”
“It’s breathtaking,” she murmured as I nodded. Her mother was a damn good artist, and I think that the view reminded us both of her. I took her hand as the sun fell below the ocean and night started to settle around us. I led her back to the cottage and unlocked the door, eying the open windows in the back shrewdly. We turned on enough lights to make it around safely and opened the door to listen to the water as she dropped onto the couch, pulling me with her.
Caroline
I pressed against Perry, finding his mouth with mine as he slipped his hand into my hair. I could sense that there was no possibility of taking this slow from the first kiss, and I was ready to give him everything that I had.
He pressed me back against the plush yellow cushions, lifting my dress as I helped him remove it, blushing as I felt his eyes on me. I had a matching bra and panty set on, which was no different than any of the bathing suits I’d worn for him.
Yet it was.
Perry hovered over me after he took me in slowly with his eyes, dark and intense. He kissed me hungrily, and I gave in to the heat as our mouths moved together, and his hands traced fire over my skin. It wasn’t long before he was unhooking my bra and kissing down my neck as he bared me to his eyes in the light from the dim lamp. “I don’t like you naked in here where anyone could see you.”
“Pull the curtains closed,” I whispered before I got an idea and smiled. “We could go upstairs.”
“Done,” he agreed as he pulled back and stood, reaching out his hand as he looked through the glass door. Perry offered me his hand and told me to head up, and he’d lock up down here, so I crept over to the stairs and made my way up the stairs as I felt the adrenaline rush through me. I was going to get my dream!! I slipped into the bedroom, taking on the ocean air and the sound of the waves that came through the open windows as I slipped off my underwear.
I walked to the bed, turning on a lamp on the table beside it since this room was a lot higher than the rest of the cottage and we had nobody behind us. The windows were generous but limited anyone else seeing inside if we were in bed, making me like the design.