Page 67 of Never Tear Us Apart


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She’s right. Courtney and Dex did seem to touch one another an inordinate amount. But now is not the time forthatconversation. It is, however, the perfect time to satisfy a need I think we’re both having.

“Are you flying solo tonight?” I ask, wondering if Jenica willbe showing up any minute.

Ellery purses her lips and gives me the sexiest sad face. “She went home. Didn’t feel well after the lobster.”

“Well then.” I tap her bottom and motion for her to get up. When she does, I push up from the chair, and hold out my hand.

She looks down at my hand and then up, tilting her head. “Where are we going?”

“We are going to satisfy that little what if.”

“What?” She laughs, then hiccups.

Bending at the knees, I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder. This time, she doesn’t kick to get free like she did that night I carried her up the stairs. Instead, she presses a series of feather kisses to my bare chest, which sends a rush of heat down my spine.

If it were any other night, I would be playing it safer. But seeing as the beach is deserted, I throw caution into the wind and rub the back of her thigh while carrying her down to the water.

As we reach the shore, a wave rolls slowly onto sand, and I set her down in time for it to curl around her toes. Kissing her with slow intensity, I enjoy the way it feels to be with her with nothing but the sound of the waves surrounding us.

“What are we doing down here?” she asks breathlessly when we pull apart.

I reach for the waistband of my shorts and pull them down, then toss them behind me. Her eyes drift down my body and when she takes me in, she licks her lips. It’s dark near the water, but she can see enough.

I’ve never stopped wanting Ellery. Some nights, I want her so bad my skin itches. And right now, she can see just how badly I do.

“You want to be naked,” I challenge. “So get naked, Butler.”

She licks her lips again, then swallows, looking up and downthe beach.

“It’s just us, and I can’t think of any better way to sober up than a little skinny dipping.”

“That’swhat you want to do?” she asks with a laugh.

“No,” I say simply. “I just want to see you. Swimming is a bonus.”

She flicks her eyes to the beach again, scanning it one more time, and when she sees we are indeed alone, turns back to me.

Another wave rolls onto shore, curling around our feet, and when it recedes, she reaches up around her neck, and unties her halter top. Pulling it down slowly, my dick twitches as her breasts spill free, and she wriggles out of her shorts and panties and tosses them over to where my shorts lay in the sand.

“Like what you see?” she straightens.

Standing there, staring at me, wearing nothing but her natural confidence, she’s the most perfect thing I’ve ever seen.

“I think it’s pretty obvious.” I can’t help but smile and look down. “Don’t you?”

She steps toward me, the tip of my cock pressing against her stomach, and when I pick her up and she wraps her legs around my waist, I draw in a sobering breath.

I never thought I would hold her again like this—skin to skin, with nothing but the night around us—and realizing what it means, I hold my breath, afraid to move or speak. She’s letting her guard down and we both know how significant this moment is.

“We don’t have to do anything,” I whisper. “I just want to feel you. That’s it.”

She wraps her arms around my neck and holds me tighter, as I walk us down into the water until we’re standing in it, chest deep.

“Cruz,” she sighs. “I want to kiss you like we did that first time.”

“So kiss me,” I tighten my hold.

She eyes me, light of the moon reflecting in her eyes, then she slants her mouth over mine, kissing me slowly. It’s the best kiss we’ve shared since that night and I want to freeze time, just so we can stay in this one, perfect moment.

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