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He stops at the back of my chair, leaning against it as he grins down at me. “It’s a heated pool, Calla. Why do you think it’s still open?”
“Okay, but—” I don’t get a chance to finish my sentence before Kade walks past me and dives into the water.
I jump back when the water splashes, shaking my head at him.Crazy bastard.
Kade swims laps around the pool while I attempt to continue studying. It quickly becomes futile. I’ve read the same line at least three times, but the words aren’t sticking. Not when I can feel the weight of Kade’s gaze on me. With a sigh, I close my textbook and pull Gabriel’s jacket off my shoulders, draping it over the back of the lounge chair before I stand. Inching toward the pool, I lock eyes with Kade.
“You coming in?” He asks, treading in place near the middle of the pool, water dripping onto his face.
“Not a chance,” I say, my stockings reaching the edge of the concrete as the breeze blows my hair across my face. I tuck the rogue strands behind my ear and crouch.
Kade swims a little closer. “So you’re just going to watch?”
“Like you’ve been watching me this whole time?” I challenge, sitting cross-legged, the dark blue fabric of my dress gathering in my lap.
He smirks. “I could pull you in here faster than you could blink.”
My eyes narrow, and I freeze. “I’ll kill you.”
“Hmm,” he hums, wading closer, “you’ve said that once before.”
I nod. “And I meant it both times.”
He tilts his head. “Now why would you want to do that when we have so much fun?” He grips the ledge of the pool on either side of me, and my breath gets lodged in my throat.
“I’m not getting in the pool, Kade.” There’s an edge in my tone.Don’t you dare, it warns.
He licks the water from his lips, and they curl into a slow grin. “Do you trust me?”
“Absolutely not,” I say without missing a beat.
His grin widens as he stands, the pool shallow enough here that his upper half is above water. He wraps his hands around my ankles, murmuring, “You’re a smart girl, Calla.”
I bite into my bottom lip, my eyes dropping to where his fingers are warming my skin through my stockings. “What are you…? My stockings—”
“Will dry,” he says, uncrossing my ankles and pulling my legs over the ledge. Before I can make a sound, they’re submerged in the surprisingly warm water almost to my knees. His hands slide up my thighs, pushing my dress up to my waist.
I watch with bated breath, unable to move as the breeze in the air reaches the delicate skin between my legs, protected by nothing but the thin mesh of my stockings.
Kade snares my gaze, his fingers dancing across the inside of my thighs, higher and higher, until his thumb brushes my folds, and I suck in a sharp breath.
I can’t believe this is the second time in two days he’s touched me like this—or that I haven’t stopped him.
He traces the line of my slit through the stockings, quickening my pulse at the promise of so much more in his eyes.
“What are you going to do?” I ask breathlessly, a flush creeping across my chest as my face floods with warmth. My eyes scan the yard quickly, but we’re not close enough to any other house for a neighbor to see. But I’m still worried about getting caught.
“You wanted a distraction.” His thumb brushes back and forth, making it difficult for me to focus on his words. “That’s why you’re out here, avoiding the others with your nose in a textbook.”
“I…” My voice trails off when his thumb circles my clit. Fuck, it feels so good.
“Let me distract you.”
My head is spinning, hazy with lust and racing with panic. They’re battling it out when I meet his gaze and the world narrows on this moment. I feel centered, yet in control of my body, so I know he’s not messing with my mind.
I swallow past the dryness in my throat, and the moment I nod, he tears a gaping hole in my stockings. I gasp as the cool air assaults my bare thighs and the warmth between them. “I liked those,” I mumble.
Kade peers up at me through thick lashes, only made darker by the water clung in them. “There are about a hundred identical pairs in your closet.”
