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As if he recognized her nervousness, Carter held out his hand. “Let’s jump together.”
She clasped her fingers around his. She couldn’t let Tamryn beat her. But as they stood on the edge, she saw the rocks and the clear blue sea below. It wasn’t as tall as a high dive, but you had to jump out, not straight down, or you’d hit those rocks just under the surface.
Carter squeezed her hand. “Let’s take a running jump.” His eyes glittered like an excited ten-year-old.
She felt his warmth, his comfort, his strength seeping into her. They backed up a few of steps, and he whispered, “Ready?”
And they ran. She screamed as they went airborne, but it was exhilaration rather than fear. It was the joy of her hand in Carter’s.
They hit the water, sinking deep into the blue sea, far from the rocks, Carter’s strong hand around hers, pulling her back up. They popped above the water amid a round of cheers from below and cries from above.
All except Tamryn, who watched Sienna with a glare.
Sienna scooped the hair out of her eyes and the water off her face, and shouted a laugh. “That was awesome. Let’s do it again.”
And as she jumped with Carter time after time, she grew fearless.
* * *
They lay deliciously entwinedfor long minutes after their lovemaking. When Xandros moved to relieve his weight off her, Angela clung to him. It had been so long since she’d luxuriated in the weight of a man, breathed in that musky male aroma, reveled in the feel of slightly rougher skin against hers. She was loath to let the sensations go.
He peppered her face with kisses, his mustache a delightful tickle, then her neck, her earlobes, her collarbones, hardening inside her the closer he drew to her breasts.
He rose above her, his arm muscles taut. “I’d rather make love to you in my comfortable bed.” His eyes were a dark blaze. “There’s so much more I can do to you when I have you stretched out beneath me.”
She leaned up to give him a long, delicious kiss. “And there’s so much I can do to you.”
They spent long, lazy hours in his bed. Exploring each other, renewing all the things they’d known about each other’s bodies so long ago.
Until her phone rang.
Xandros had given her a comical look, half sad, half winking-emoji, when she’d brought her phone downstairs with them.
“I really need to look.” She hadn’t checked in with Sienna all day.
The text invited her to meet them for dinner. But Xandros ran his hand down her flank beneath the covers, and she texted back that she was fine, to go ahead without her. She didn’t mention that she was in her lover’s arms and couldn’t leave him.
“Let’s take a dip.” Xandros pulled her from the bed, and they padded naked to the pool where the water was deliciously cool on her overheated skin.
She gave his body a long, lingering sweep of a look. “What if your son comes back?”
Xandros laughed. “We can hear anyone coming from miles away.” He kissed her sweetly, lazily. As if they had all the time in the world.
But Angela knew the clock was ticking.
He held her loosely in the circle of his arms, floating in the water, her legs wrapped around him, his body luscious between her legs.
“Let’s go down to Oia and watch the sunset.” He nuzzled her ear.
She tipped her head back to laugh. “You have a much better view from up here.”
He shook his head, water spilling from the ends of his hair. “It’s so much better with all the tourists.”
She snorted. “I thought you hated all the tourists.”
His swift kiss cut off her objections. “Tourists are my bread and butter, even if they’re a nuisance to us locals.” He rubbed noses with her. “But I feel the need to hug you close in a big crowd and listen to their exclamations while I bury my face in your hair and drink in your scent as we watch the sunset.”
It was so romantic her heart leaped.
