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“Want to look for shells with me?” Kason asks.
Shit!
I cringe at his request. Holding my breath, I try to play calm while I wait for Payne’s answer. Those dark, hypnotic eyes look at me for a brief moment before a slow, sexy smile forms across his beautiful face. His eyes never leave mine as he speaks the words I didn’t want to hear.
“Sure, let’s go.”
I sit alone on the red faded picnic blanket and finish off the last of my chicken salad sandwich, watching the two of them walking together down the beach. Other than Kyra’s dad and a few neighbors, Kason really hasn’t been around many men. I guess maybe that’s why he’s seemed to cling to Payne the way he has. I certainly don’t like letting strangers in my life, especially not into my son’s world, but somehow I feel at ease around him. Perhaps, the reason is because he is my neighbor.
“Mommy! Mommy! Look at all of these!” he yells excitedly, as he runs towards me. Payne follows behind, but is hesitant to approach me for some reason. My son proudly holds up his bucket full of shells for me to look at.
“Woah! You’ve got some really good ones in here, little man. I’m impressed!”
“Payne helped me.”
“Hey, now, you found most of those by yourself, remember?” Payne chimes in while stepping beside of him. His clothes and hair are still wet from their water fight earlier. “I hope you don’t mind, but I told him just to call me Payne. Mr. James makes me feel a bit old.” He lifts the towel from off the ground and begins drying his hair.
I try to look away, but he’s simply too magnificent not to stare at. There isn’t an inch of his body that isn’t complete perfection. As I glance up, I flush as he catches me checking him out. He rewards me with a raised eyebrow and a sly, sexy grin; the kind of grin that has the power to ignite panties. Embarrassed, I clear my throat and look to my son.
“We really need to be heading home, sweetie.”
“Tell you what, buddy. Why don’t you pick up all of your sand toys for your mom and put them in your bag? I bet that would be a big help for her.” Nodding, he happily agrees and begins his assigned task..
Fuck! The last thing I can be is alone with this guy.
“You’ve got yourself quite the little marine biologist. He even taught me a few things I didn’t know.”
I blush. Kason has always been fascinated with shells and ocean life. I loved biology in school and wanted to major in it in college, so I guess I might have gone a bit overboard teaching my son all about the types of shells he loved to collect.
“Yeah, um, he really likes to learn about them.”
“So, did you teach him all of that?” I nod and look down.
Damn him, for making me shy. I don’t like where this conversation is heading, and I don’t plan on revealing any other personal facts on the subject. Turning my attention to the plates of food, I start cleaning up the mess on the blanket.
“Here, let me help you with that.”
Our hands suddenly brush up against one another as we simultaneously pick up one of the plastic containers. I jump at the charge of energy that passes between us.
How can his touch affect me like this?
I brave a look up into his eyes and swallow hard. The way he looks at me is as if he can see right through me. I don’t like feeling this exposed and vulnerable. Thankfully, he breaks our stare, diverting his eyes to my hand. Rotating it left and right, he closely inspects the healing burn, lightly rubbing the skin with his thumb. Each gentle slide of his finger across my skin only arouses my swollen clit more. I suck in my breath, gasping at the erotic sensation that radiates throughout my body.
“Do I make you nervous, Honey?”
“Nervous? No, why would you say that? ” I laugh, trying to not seem affected.
Isn’t it painfully obvious? Of course, he makes me fucking nervous. How can he not see that?
I swallow hard and try to calm my racing heart. Right now, it feels like it’s about to leap out of my chest.
Kason returns before he can answer. Relieved, I turn my attention to him and finish gathering our things.
“Can he come to my birthday party on Saturday, Mommy?”
God, love my son. Leave it to him to put me in an uncomfortable position such as this. Placing my hand on his head, I watch him look up at me with those sad, pitiful eyes. Parents know all about these tricks. When kids really want something, they look at you as if their soul will break into if you say no.
“Baby, I’m sure that Mr. James has better things to do on a Saturday afternoon than to come to a kid’s birthday party.”
Cleverly playing his cards, Kason completely disregards what I’ve just said, turning instead to talk directly to Payne.
“I’m gonna have a great big, Ninja Turtle cake. Can you come? Please?” he begs.
Shit! He’s giving him the eyes now.
Amused, Payne looks to me, and then back to my son.
“Well, as a matter of fact, I happen to love cake, so if it’s okay with your Mom, then yes, I’ll be glad to come.”
“Mommy, P-l-e-a-s-e?”
Fucking hell. Great! Just great! What am I supposed to do now?
With a forced smile, I do the only thing I can do. I suck it up and give in.
“Yes, sweetie. Of course, he can come.”
“Yay!”
Kason excitedly starts jumping up and down with a smile as big as I’ve ever seen. He runs over to me and throws his arms around my neck, nearly knocking me back in the process. I catch a brief glimpse of Payne closely watching our interaction.
Fuck! Those chocolate eyes burn right through me.
Determined to not let him affect me, I lift up my beach bag and swing it around onto my shoulder. “The party is at two o’clock. We’ll be outside if it doesn’t rain, so you can just come around to the backyard.” Payne nods at me and is about to speak when he’s interrupted.
“This is so awesome! You can help play Ninja’s with us! Mommy can fight good with a sword.”
“She can, huh?” He laughs and then stands to face me.
Fucking hell! He’s giving me that look again.
A heated rush comes over my body. My clit is so aroused in my shorts that I have to shift my weight in order to help ease my discomfort.
