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Chapter 41
Carter
I’m surprised when I walk into the kitchen early in the morning to find it empty. Emilia is always there already, a cup of coffee in her hands. I frown and turn the coffee machine on. I guess she’s sleeping in today.
I sigh, my mood dropping immediately. My mornings with her are my favorite part of my day. On the few occasions that she hasn’t been there, I’ve always been in a bad mood. I take a sip of coffee and lean back against the kitchen counter, my mind drifting back to last night. The jealousy in her eyes, and the way she looked at me… I want more of that.
I’m startled when Emilia walks into the kitchen, a robe covering her from head to toe. I glance at it in amusement. I’m pretty sure that robe is one of mine. When did she even steal that from me?
“Morning,” she says, her cheeks flushed. She walks up to me and takes my coffee cup out of my hands, lifting it to her lips.
“Morning,” I murmur, my eyes roaming over her.
“I thought I’d come for a swim with you,” she says, her voice soft.
I grin at her, my fingers tracing over the collar of her robe. “I see.”
Emilia frowns at me, her smile wavering. “Hey, the water is heated, right?”
I chuckle and brush her hair behind her ear. “Yes, Minx. It’s heated.”
She sighs in relief and grins up at me before putting down her coffee cup and taking my hand. I glance at our joined hands in surprise and smirk.
“Come on,” she says, excitedly. “Let’s go.”
I let Emilia pull me through the doors. She yelps when her bare feet hit the cold stone and she turns back around, slamming into me. I laugh and wrap my arms around her.
“Second thoughts, Minx?”
She looks up at me, her hands on my chest. She flattens her palms against my skin and slides her hands up, until she’s got them wrapped around my neck. I love it when she touches me like that, without abandon. Slowly but surely, she’s turning back into the girl I used to know.
“Who? Me? Never.”
I chuckle and lift her into my arms in one fell swoop, eliciting a yelp from her. She hangs onto me tightly and shoots me a warning look. “Don’t throw me in,” she warns, and I pause.
“Hmm, I hadn’t thought of that, but now that you mention it…”
She narrows her eyes and I grin at her as I lower her to the floor. “Go on, get in. You’ll get cold if you stay out of the water.”
Emilia nods at me and looks up into my eyes hesitantly. “So… I didn’t actually have swim wear,” she says as she undoes the sash on her robe.
I blink at her, my heart racing. Her robe falls open, and she lets it fall off her shoulders slowly, until she’s standing in front of me in black lace underwear. I bite down on my lip harshly and try my best to look away, but try as I might, I can’t. She’s fucking stunning. I thought she looked amazing years ago, but she looks even better now. I wish I could touch her. I wish she was still mine.
Emilia smiles in satisfaction when her robe hits the floor, and she bites down on her lip as she walks past me. I close my eyes and inhale deeply. I’m about to make a huge fool of myself with the tent in my swim shorts. Thank god they’re loose shorts at least. I turn my back to her briefly to reposition myself in a feeble effort to hide how hard I am, and I shake my head. This hasn’t happened to me since I was a teenager. Matter of fact, no woman other than Emilia has ever made me hard so unexpectedly. I still have no control over my body when she’s around.
Emilia’s eyes roam over my body curiously as I enter the water, and I’m certain there’s a brief flash of disappointment when her gaze reaches my swim shorts. This Minx. She was trying to turn me on on purpose.
Emilia swims on her back, her eyes on the clouds in the sky. I grin at her as I do my laps. She’s not even remotely swimming in a straight line, and multiple times she ends up banging her head on the edges of the pool, because she has zero spatial awareness.
I swim up to her and stop right in front of her, a huge smile on my face. I pull her up, and Emilia grins and puts her hands on my shoulder, keeping herself up as I wrap my hands around her waist. “Minx, you still can’t swim for shit.”
She laughs and pulls me just a little closer. I want her flush against my body, my fingers threaded through her hair.
“You know what this reminds me of?” I murmur.
Emilia grins, her cheeks bright red. “The lake.”
I nod. “The lake.”
