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When I emerge, Kalum is already ready for a swim. His massive body on display with his tattoos on smooth tan skin. The man looks like a perfectly molded statue.
I didn’t know that men like Kalum existed. His body is carved out of stone and every muscle is toned. His flat stomach with the groves of his ab muscles and massive biceps making my mouth run dry. To know that just this morning I was wrapped in his arms feeling warm and safe. Not even Marcus looked like that and he plays football.
When I walk up, his eyes trail slowly over my bikini and I’m aware. Very aware of his gaze. His eyes darken for a second but then his mouth turns up in a smile.
He holds out his hand. “Come on. I’ve already tested the water. It is still warm.”
He guides me to the shallow part and then further, until the water hits me up to my neck. Under the water, I can feel the brush of his knees every now and then.
“Did you ever swim back home.” He asks.
I slide my wet hair over one shoulder before I answer. Half of my hair is wet and the top is still dry. He looks at me and gets closer.
I don’t step back because I have gotten used to the feel of him near my body. He isn’t handsy which I can appreciate and he makes sure not to make me feel uncomfortable around him.
“My neighbor had an above ground pool. When I was seven, my mother took me to get free swimming lessons at the community pool. There was a group of volunteers from a foundation to teach kids how to swim to prevent accidental drownings. As you can tell, I didn’t come from money.” I shrug. “I had fun with friends from my neighborhood. They would come and go until high school when I met Marcus and Gina.”
The mention of Marcus has Kalum’s expression hardening.
“How long were you with Marcus?”
“Since the first week of my freshman year until I moved here with you.”
I leave out the mention of my parents deliberately so I don’t put a damper on the mood. My parents are gone and even though the pain inside my heart will never go away, I have to keep my head up and survive.
“Why Marcus?”
I look down to see if I could see my feet below. Thinking how to answer the question. He probably is wondering how I didn’t see the betrayal. How I didn’t notice and why out of all the guys attending Spencer Public High, I chose to be with Marcus. The water is clear but past my knees it begins to get murky. Nope, I can’t see my feet.
“He was nice and didn’t pressure for me to have sex. I would tell him to stop when he would. He was safe and my parents liked him for the most part.”
Kalum gets close and my legs wrap around his waist. My arms wound around his neck. The smell of his cologne and his body shop creeps up inside my senses.
“Why me? Why do you let me touch you and not him.” He asks, his voice husky.
His lips are inches from mine. His thumbs sliding under the strings that are tied around my back. My skin is tingling under the water in the wake of his touch. My nipples are so hard under the bikini top aching for his touch.
His lips.
Anything as long as it’s Kalum doing it.
How did I fall for his magic spell, I don’t know. It just happened.
“I like the way you touch me and how my body responds. It feels right.”
I’m opening up to Kalum. He has a way to peel me like an onion layer after layer. The way he is patient and listens to me. The way is touch burns a fire across my body searing it in my mind committed it to me memory. I don’t think I could ever forget him.
His lips are breath away from mine. “Like this.” His lips brushes over mine and I slide my tongue inside his mouth. He sucks my tongue and I suck his. My breasts are rubbing against his muscled pecks and we kiss like star crossed lovers making out while in the lake. In a forbidden embrace. A forbidden touch, and a forbidden kiss.
We both know what is at stake. My existence and well being in his house. The disapproval from his parents and his friends for sneaking around with the poor future housekeeper.
Through it all, we don’t care because it is just us and there is nothing that has felt so right in this moment. We are in each other's arms, our breathes mingling, and our skin touching.
Chapter eighteen
Kalum
The way her face lit up when she saw the Jeep, I knew I made the right decision.
