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Ramon too had changed into a lighter T-shirt that hugged his impressive torso and a pair of swim shorts that framed his powerful thighs.
Tall, proud, virile and impossibly handsome.
His gaze obscured by aviator sunglasses, he stretched out on a lounger. She stared, unable to help herself, unable to fathom why the sight of him did such unimaginably crazy things to her. Why, even when he was with her, a part of her mourned the future loss.
How can you mourn something that never truly belonged to you?
Because she was only borrowing for a while, wasn’t she?
Frustration and confusion battling through her, she pushed away from the wall, dived under the water in the vain hope that the exercise would bring her some clarity.
It didn’t.
When she eventually gave up and walked up the shallow steps, he met her at the edge of the pool, wrapping a towel around her before leading her back to the loungers.
He waited until she’d patted herself dry, then poured her a drink. Thirstily, she drank the punch, eyeing him as he grabbed sun protection, squeezed a portion into his palm and tugged her foot into his lap. In silence he massaged the protection over her ankles and up her calves.
Her breath hitched when he slid those sure hands over her thighs, but, although his movements were firm and efficient, his touch didn’t linger.
Fighting the hunger that was never far off when he touched her like this, she took a deep breath. ‘I’m sorry if I brought back memories for you earlier.’
A handful of seconds passed, then he shrugged. ‘No es nada,’ he dismissed. ‘Your peace of mind is more important than my past liaisons.’
‘Is it? I guess we’re making progress, then.’
With the shades obscuring his eyes, she couldn’t tell their expression. But she felt tension bouncing off him as his hands froze on her thigh. ‘Is there something else on your mind, Suki? I thought we were done, but perhaps you wish to air whatever troubles had you clinging so tightly to the pool tiles ten minutes ago?’ His voice was even, but it held the barest hint of a storm that intensified her floundering.
‘You were watching me?’
‘You decided you wanted to swim directly after lunch,’ he replied, as if that explained everything.
‘You know that those theories about cramps from swimming after a meal have been proven groundless, right?’ she snapped.
‘I know that you seem to be spoiling for a fight. Are you?’
The laughter that emerged was dry. ‘I don’t know. Maybe let’s blame the past few hours on crazy hormones.’ Words that were meant to be offhand suddenly grew leaden, dropped like anchors between them.
Ramon went completely still. Suki was sure he’d stopped breathing. ‘To which type of hormones are you referring?’ he asked, that storm powered by a different kind of energy now.
‘Which do you think?’ Her voice was little more than hushed sound, her instincts clamouring.
He reached up and slid off his glasses, as if he wanted no barrier between them when he asked, ‘Are you sure?’ His accent was pronounced; a deep husk throbbing with a maelstrom of emotions.
Suki willed her racing heart to calm. ‘I... I think so.’
He stood and held out his hand in silent command. ‘There’s only one way to find out. Come.’
Her head tilted higher to read his face. ‘Where are we going?’
‘Upstairs. Unless you wish to perform the tests down here?’
Her eyes widened. ‘You bought pregnancy tests?’
‘Sí, of course. A dozen of them when we were in Miami.’
‘But you didn’t say anything...’
His hand extended again impatiently. ‘I was waiting for you. And now you’re wasting time, Suki.’
