He shook his head. “Boring.”
“See who can hold their breath under the water the longest?” she suggested with a playful smile.
“I might be new to skinny-dipping, but I have a gut feeling water games aren’t usually involved.” He paddled closer. “I have an idea.”
“You do?” Her eyes widened.
Her smile dropped, and her tongue darted out to lick the water from her lips. God, if only she knew how much he wanted her right now.
Pulling himself together, he said, “For starters, I’d want to put my hands on you.”
“Sounds interesting,” she said with a throaty voice.
He slid his palms onto her hips, pulling her closer, and water swirled around them. A tremble racked through her body. Her skin, slippery and cool under his touch, melded against him.
“Then, I’d want to lick the salt from your skin,” he said.
“Too much salt is bad for your health,” she said on a shuddery breath.
“Freckles, I’ll take my chances.” He bent his head and nibbled at her shoulder then traced the sweet curve of her neck, licking off the salt with his tongue. “Is this how you used to skinny-dip?” he mumbled against her racing pulse.
“It’s not the way I remember it.” She sighed and tilted her head to the side.
“Next, I’d want a kiss.” He lifted his head and took in the sight of her. Red, curly hair dripped wet around her creamy shoulders. He’d never seen anything so beautiful.
“A kiss?”
“I recall you owe me one. And your first born too, but I’ll let you keep your baby.”
“Well, I always pay my debts.” Her gaze dropped to his mouth.
He needed to taste her and couldn’t hold back a moment longer. He lowered his head and kissed her. Soft and slow at first until she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, and moaned softly into his mouth. Then it turned into something fast and hungry. They stopped only for a quick breath and locked lips again.
When Jade broke the kiss, her chest heaved against him as she panted for breath. “If skinny-dipping was this good when I was a teenager, I would have done it more often.”
Lifting her off her feet, he wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled her against him, splashing water around them. His whole body tightened with the contact. Reflexively, he thrust his hips between her thighs, and she wiggled to get closer.
It was taking all his strength not to take things further. It didn’t help matters when she rocked against him like she wanted him to do exactly what he was thinking. But he couldn’t go there, not now. As much as it pained him to restrain himself, he didn’t want their first time to be in the ocean like a couple of horny teenagers. Even though that’s exactly how they were behaving.
But it wouldn’t stop him from having some fun, and while Jade clung to him, Nate reached around her back and unclipped her bra. Sliding the straps down her arms, he let the bra fall into the water, and his hands immediately took its place. Her nipples peaked into hard beads, and he flicked and rubbed them, ripping a long moan from her. Then he replaced his hands with his mouth, sucking and licking as she gasped out his name.
Jade’s hands did some exploring of their own and skimmed along his chest, down to his waist, and slid behind the elastic of his boxer briefs. His legs buckled as she clasped on to his arse, and he sucked in a sharp breath.
God, no matter how good Jade felt in his arms and how much he wanted her right now, or how fantastic it felt with her hands on his body, they needed to stop. Before they did something he told himself he wouldn’t do. They were on a public beach. Even though it was late, anyone could walk past.
It almost killed him to pull away and set Jade back on her feet. She wobbled in the water and threw her arms around his neck to steady herself, plastering her wet skin against him. He was so tempted to slide his hands back onto her sweet breasts.
He wanted to continue, but someone needed to take control of the situation. And judging by the way she was nibbling at his neck, it wouldn’t be Jade.
Before he could pull her away, a bright light coming from the shore shone in their direction. Jade squealed, darted a quick glance over her shoulder, and awkwardly waded through the water to hide behind him.
“You two out there. This is a public beach, and you’re performing an indecent act. Get out of the water now.”
“Connor, is that you?” Jade called.
“Jade?” the man shouted back. “What the hell are you doing? God, I already know… Christ, Jade. What were you thinking?”
“Someone you know?” Nate asked sarcastically.
