She looked up at the blanket of stars and gasped, clutching her chest against his broad torso. He began thrusting with more primal intensity now as her wide-open legs bounced against his firm mid-section.
Sunny was utterly lost in the moment. The water. The stars. The beach. Liam. His delicious cock inside her. The building currents of pleasure as he slipped in and out with increasing intensity. His rough hands squeezed the tender flesh of her bottom as he thrust deeper and deeper inside her, hitting her G-spot and flooding her mind and body with ripples of ecstasy.
With a labored gasp she came so hard that her whole body shuddered. For a moment she lost control of her senses and only knew the white-hot bliss of complete and utter rapture.
Liam stiffened, then let out a moan as his head gently nestled against her shoulder. She reached up and cradled the back of his neck, holding him close to her. They stayed that way for what seemed like an eternity. She was content in his firm grip. Lost to him. Lost to the sea. Lost to the currents and beauty of nature.
Afterward, sated and slick with sweat and seawater, they lay tangled in the shallows. Sunny nuzzled her face into the salt-and-pepper hair on Liam’s chest, the steady rhythm of his heart a comforting drum against her ear. The woodsy scent of him, mingled with the sea, was intoxicating. It was a raw, honest intimacy, a world away from the polished fantasies of romance novels. This was real, messy, and profoundly theirs.
Sunny
The next morning, Sunny rose before the others and wandered down to the secluded beach. She settled on a weather-beaten dock jutting into the crystalline waves and watched the sun climb into the cloudless azure sky, filling the horizon with tangerine and fuchsia splendor.
So entranced by the idyllic scene, she didn’t hear the patter of small footsteps until a voice piped up behind her.
“Sunny, what are you doing?”
She twisted to see Hailey in rumpled pajamas, tousled hair wild as a dandelion puff, rubbing sleepy eyes with tiny fists. Maddie appeared a moment later, equally adorable in her mussed state.
“Just watching the sunrise,” Sunny replied with a warm smile, opening her arms.
The girls scrambled onto the dock, cuddling into her sides with an innocent trust and familiarity that tugged at her heart.
She held them tight, temporarily not an employee but simply part of this loving little tribe. The melancholy ache of her own lonely and turbulent childhood felt very distant right now. Dare she say it, but it felt like she was home.
“Wow, it’s so pretty!” Maddie whispered in awe at the streaks of fiery pink and orange painting the horizon. “It looks like the whole world is being born.”
Sunny swallowed hard against the sudden lump in her throat. The child had a poetic soul.
“Yes, it does, baby. That’s exactly what it looks like,” she said. “A fresh start for everyone.”
After once again strolling the coastline and indulging in an extravagant breakfast buffet, the day was a kaleidoscope of new pleasures for Sunny, Liam and the girls.
They visited the protected Anse Chastanet reef to snorkel and witness the underwater rainbow of tropical fish and iridescent coral gardens mere yards from shore.
“I want to be a mermaid and live down there forever!” Hailey squealed, eyes wide behind her snorkel mask as a kaleidoscope of neon angelfish flitted past in the water below her.
Sunny beamed, equally enthralled by the vibrant sea kingdom as she grasped the young girl’s hand. This place was truly magical.
Next they boarded a tour boat that took them to the base of the majestic Piton waterfall, which cascaded over a lush green cliff face. As they drew closer, the thundering deluge in the turquoise pool below was deafening. Sunny leaned over the railing, marveling at the shimmering liquid curtain until the mist coated her face with a refreshing sheen. Liam and the girls followed suit, descending into fits of giggles.
Later in the day, while wandering the colorful textile stalls of Castries Central Market, Sunny gasped upon turning around. Hailey had vanished from her side in the churning crowd. Panic gripped her throat as she scanned around desperately.
“Hailey? Hailey!” Sunny shouted over the din, clutching Maddie’s hand tightly.
Then a terrified scream pierced the air from a nearby alley.
Sunny’s blood turned to ice before she sprinted toward the sound, Maddie in tow.
They rounded the corner to find Hailey cowering against a dumpster, a feral stray dog baring its teeth mere feet away.
Sunny shoved Maddie behind her and snatched up a fallen crate, brandishing it like a lion-tamer.
“Get back! Go on, get!” she roared, stomping toward the mangy canine.
It barked and snapped, but finally relented under Sunny’s ferocious glare and makeshift weapon. With a whimper of defeat, it turned tail and fled down the alley.
“Hailey, baby, are you okay?” Sunny dropped the crate and gathered the sobbing little girl into her arms, cradling her tight. “It’s alright, you’re safe now. But you can’t go wandering off like that.”
