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Damn.How long had she been without a man? Too long, apparently.
Water splashed and he called out. “Are you just going to stand there or are you coming in?”
“I’m coming,” she mumbled, her face immediately heating at the wishful words that echoed her traitorous thoughts. She’d like to be coming underneath him, which showed how desperate she was getting. That he was a desert rat was one thing, that he was verging on alcoholism was another.
She wouldnotbe like her mother!
She slipped off her sandals. The moment her bare feet touched the cool water she sighed, her internal debate forgotten.
It was far nicer than she’d imagined, the cool water soothing her burned skin. She followed Hamid, her feet sinking into the sandy bottom. She walked as deep as her hips, then crouched so that she and her clothes were almost fully immersed. It was nothing short of blissful having the cool water settling around her sore body.
“Good?” Hamid asked, crouching low too as he turned back to her.
“I might want to stay in here forever.”
He chuckled. “Be careful what you wish for.”
She smiled. “You’re right. With my skin I’d be a prune before I knew it.”
He moved toward her. “We need to protect your skin at all costs.”
“Says the man who doesn’t even wear headgear.”
He snorted. “I’m not very traditional in that regard. But I have naturally olive skin while you have—”
“Pale white skin and red hair. You don’t need to tell me. It’s been my curse for as long as I can remember.”
“A curse?” he murmured, suddenly in front of her. He lifted his wet hands to cup her face. “Your hair and skin are magnificent.”
It was as if his touch flipped a switch inside. Her breathing grew ragged and choppy, her senses on high alert. He might have been the only man in the world right then. Even the muttering of the men around their campfire was muted to a barely legible background noise.
It was just Hamid and Holly.
And the glinting stars that bejeweled the dark sky above.
She closed her eyes as his head moved close and his lips closed over hers. Thank heavens she’d covered her nose and mouth with her bandana and her lips weren’t chapped, or she might have missed the sensation of Hamid’s soft, yet demanding mouth claiming hers.
One of his hands moved to the back of her head, keeping her in place as they kissed. She sighed into his mouth, her body set adrift in a marvel of awareness. It was like a fairytale and a dream all rolled into one, the water cocooning them in an enchanted bubble.
Why had she never felt this attuned before with another man? It was as if the world was spinning backwards and the stars were pin-wheeling behind her eyes. Never mind that she was hundreds of miles away from civilization. Being with this man made everything right.
It was Hamid who pulled back first, and she bit back a disappointed moan as she locked onto the faint gleam of his eyes. “My apologies,” he said.
“Whatever for?” she asked bluntly.
“For taking advantage of you while you’re sore and vulnerable.”
She moved back toward him. “I might be sunburned and aching from the camel ride, but otherwise I’m fine. I’m an independent woman, Hamid. I’ve been with other men. If I want sex, I have it. I most certainly won’t apologize for it.”
His breath hissed.“Doyou want sex with me?” he asked hoarsely.
She nodded, then smiled at the realization he probably didn’t see it. Except he must have, because one moment he was inches away from her, the next he was close and scooping her into his arms, and kissing her as he waded back to shore.
He only pulled his mouth away from hers when he set her down outside his tent and helped her to drag off her wet clothes. She giggled a little at the urgency that left them dropping her clothes to the sandy ground before he tugged her inside the tent and flicked the fleecy door shut behind them to give them privacy.
The torchlight glinted and flickered, making everything seem surreal, especially his nakedness.
He was flawless. Lean and tough, with sculpted shoulders revealing long hours in the saddle and the hard work that came with it. His narrow hips showcased strong thighs and a cock that seemed larger than life, pulsing and hard.
