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“Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve done anything scandalous, I’ll have you know.” He lowers his fork to his plate and rests his elbows on the table, leaning in close. My body naturally leans toward his, drawn to him like a magnet, as I wait with anticipation for what he says next.

“In fact, I think I’m due for a little scandal. Care to be my partner in crime, Miss Barnes?”

Am I terrified of what he has in mind? I’d be an idiot not to be. But of course I’m still going to follow along.

“Let’s see what you have up your sleeve, Prince.”

“Swimming in the hotel pool is your idea of scandalous?” I ask Jackson after he tells me to put on a suit and follow him. We make it to the indoor pool that’s technically closed at this hour.

“We’re breaking and entering,” he replies.

“What’s the worst they’ll do if they catch us? Tell us to go back to our room? Ohhh, scary.” I pretend to shiver as Jackson looks on, completely unimpressed with my lack of enthusiasm.

“Okay, you want something edgier than getting caught swimming?” He slides his shorts down his legs and stands before me, bare-assed naked. “How about getting caught skinny dipping.”

My jaw drops. “You can’t be serious. We could get arrested for that,” I exclaim.

“Only if we get caught,” he tells me before diving gracefully into the cool water.

When he pops up from the water, he shakes his head and runs a hand through his hair to get the wet strands off his forehead. He’s like a fucking cologne commercial or some shit, and I can’t help but stare at his toned chest and light-bronze skin.

“Do you have Italian in your bloodline somewhere?” I ask absentmindedly.

“On my mom’s side, I think. Why?”

I don’t bother answering, too busy standing here with my jaw on the floor as I appreciate the show he’s giving me, and anyone else that may walk in.

“Come on, Red. Live on the wild side with me,” he dares.

Well, I did say I wanted him to show me what he had in mind. I shake my head and pull the end of the string looped around my neck and back. My top comes off and I drop it next to his shorts. Jackson’s gaze grows dark when he sees my bare breasts. It’s giving me the courage to take a step to the pool.

“Uh-uh,” he says as he shakes his head.

“What? Was I supposed to do some sort of sexy strip tease or something?”

“Bottoms too,” he says, pointing at me.

Oh shit. I guess he’s taking the whole skinny dipping thing seriously. I was hoping I could get away with just being topless. Obviously not. Well, in for a penny and all that. I yank the bottoms down my legs and squeal as I jump in the pool.

“Shit. That’s colder than I thought,” I tell him when I break the surface.

He’s staring at me with a wide grin on his face as he swims over to me, wrapping his arm around my middle and pulling me close to him. My legs loop around his waist on their own accord, and I feel what the sight of me wet and naked is doing to him. Or his dick, rather.

“You’re hard,” I say, swiveling my hips a tad.

“Well, you’re naked so…” He trails off as he kisses me deeply, pulling me tighter into his chest.

When Jackson kisses me, it’s as though he pours all of himself into it, devouring me with his mouth. I guess public indecency really turns him on. Who knew? Oh wait, I did know that. I kiss him back with the same ferocity. I would’ve never guessed the thought of doing something like this that could potentially get us into a shit ton of trouble would turn me on this much, yet here we are.

Jackson pulls away from my mouth and begins trailing his tongue down my wet neck, licking and sucking the water from my skin.

“Have you ever had sex in a public place?” He moves to the other side of my neck and does the same. “Where you could get caught any second?” He hoists me up a bit so my breasts are closer to his mouth before leaning in and gently biting my nipple while holding my stare.

The sensation of his teeth scraping the sensitive bud has a loud moan escaping me. Today in the field was the closest I’d gotten, but that was nothing compared to possibly being discovered by security or another guest at the hotel.

“Shh, Abigail. You don’t want to get us caught, do you?” He winks as his mouth moves to the other nipple, and goddamn, I’m so fucking turned on right now I can’t remember why this is probably a bad idea. The skinny dipping, not fucking Jackson. I’ve given up on trying to talk myself out of that.

“Unless you have a condom shoved somewhere I can’t see, we don’t have any on hand.” I mentally pat myself on the back for remembering protection through the dense fog of lust.

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