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CARSON

“Come get on our boat, Jess,” Vance called to Nova’s friend as soon as they stopped beside the girls too. “Ryan is a better captain than Cass. You’ll be safer with us.”

The blonde tipped her head back and laughed. “I’ll go with you, but not because I agree. Cassidy is an excellent captain, and better yet, I packed this cooler myself and we’re not running out anytime soon.”

“A girl after my own heart,” Vance crooned, getting up and offering his hand to help her climb over.

Meanwhile, Cassidy had been staring at Ryan with something of a challenge written across her dainty features. “At least I can drive a boat with my clothes on. What happened to your shirt?”

Ryan grinned at her and even winked, in a good mood for once. “I left it at the cabin. Consider it a gift to you.”

“A gift?” She scoffed, but I saw the humor in her eyes. “In that case, I hope you kept the receipt because I’d like to return it.”

“Oooh,” Harriet cheered from the side. “Shots fired. Get him, girl.”

Cassidy winked at her friend before smirking at Ryan. “No offense, but I’ve been behind the helm of a boat practically since I was born. My parents even have pictures of me on this very lake when I was a baby with my tiny, chubby baby hand on the throttle.”

He raked his gaze across her, and I knew what he was thinking. She might’ve had a chubby hand as a baby, but there sure wasn’t anything chubby about her now. As it turned out, Cassidy had been hiding a pretty good body under that apron she wore at the bakery. She was all woman now, compared to the flat-chested, curveless creature she’d been back in high school.

Nova noticed her brother checking out her friend, and she scoffed quietly as she hid her face behind her hair and shook her head.

On that note.

“I’m going to take Nova for a ride,” I called out to him from the jet ski, finally allowing myself to look at her fully now that his attention was so firmly fixed on her friend.

Of course, as soon as I said her name, his gaze snapped to mine and I braced myself for the scowling to start again, but it didn’t. Miraculously, he pumped his eyebrows at me as he nodded. “Feel free to dump her in the lake if she starts mouthing off.”

Nova rolled her eyes and got up, giving me my first real look at her in a modest but unbelievably sexy bikini. I recognized it from back in the day and the sight of her in it made my mouth water just as much now as it had then. It hugged her boobs, the cups cutting down between them to where they met in a cute little center bow. While she probably wasn’t in danger of accidentally showing a nipple, it was still skimpy enough to get my blood pumping to my cock.

It grew against the Velcro fly of my swim trunks, but I didn’t bother trying to stop it. With the jet ski in the way and me sitting down, no one would notice. Besides, with her full curves on display and that tiny scrap of a triangle the only thing covering her pussy, it would’ve been pointless to try getting rid of the effect she was having on me.

“If anyone is getting dumped in the water, it’ll be Carson.” With a sweet smile at her brother, she flashed him her middle finger and jumped on the jet ski with me. I whisked us away before Ryan could change his mind. Adrenaline rushed through my veins as her arms wrapped around my waist and her legs molded around my hips and thighs.

I ripped us around the lake and she held on to me for dear life, but I heard the delighted laughter coming out of her as we took to the air only to land again with a carefully executed slide. With the wind in her hair and feeling like we were flying, I knew she was having a good time and that made me feel happy.

If anyone deserved to cut loose like this, it was her. It was also a real thrill to get to be the one she was cutting loose with.

“This is amazing,” she shouted into the wind.

Since she wouldn’t hear me if I tried to respond, I lowered one hand to her forearm where it sat against my belly button, squeezing it before gripping the throttle again. It was a busy day on the water and I stopped a few minutes later to make waves for a group of kids on inner tubes before dashing away again.

When we slowed to wait for a boat with a guy on water skis behind it to pass, she poked me in the ribs. “It’s my turn to take you for a spin.”

“I don’t remember saying you could have a turn,” I joked even as I made way for her to climb over. She sat down between my legs and I slid my arms around her waist with a groan. Having her in the driver’s seat wasn’t going to be the most dangerous part of what was happening right now.

She turned her head to glance at me over her shoulder, and I saw the blush that had risen on her cheeks. Assuming that she now knew I was at least half hard, if not more, I smirked at her. “What? Do you blame me?”

Her lips parted and her tongue popped out to swipe across them before she sighed. “No, I guess I don’t.”

Without another word, she faced forward again and took off. Not the best driver, she dumped us into the water soon after hitting a big wave of her own creation. I hit the surface and skidded a little bit before coming to a stop. Then I laughed as I watched her sputter while wiping water away from her eyes.

Nova always had been a good swimmer, though. I didn’t have to worry about her. After watching her for a moment, that long blonde hair now soaked and slicked back, I sliced through the water with powerful strokes of my arms and got back to the jet ski in no time.

I got back on and held out a hand to fish her out. “Come on, but I think I’m taking over from here.”

Treading water, she flashed me a playful grin and shook her head. “No way. If you want me to get back on that thing with you, come get me.”