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Now, Lara was taking in her surroundings. The dense woods sheltered them from any neighbors, the trees towering over the house, and Lara was glad that she always packed a bikini in her bag, because when she turned to see what Charlotte was doing, she was getting the jacuzzi going, the jets coming to life.
“I was thinking we could come out here after dinner,” Charlotte said, taking one last look at the jacuzzi before joining her at the edge of the deck. “Spend some time in there.”
“I’d love to.”
“And I’m cooking. As amazing as everything has been the you’ve prepared for me, I feel like I’m slacking on the cooking end of things. So, I’m taking over the kitchen.”
“I’ll allow it,” Lara said with a smile tugging at her lips, still struggling to believe that this was what her life was like right now.
With all the struggles of following in Kerri’s footsteps, this was the first time she’d felt truly relaxed in the last few months.
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Charlotte closed her eyes, the soothing sounds of the water bubbling in the jacuzzi surrounding them. She leaned back, her arms draped across the walls of the jacuzzi, the water the perfect temperature. Her eyes fluttered open when she heard Lara’s footsteps approaching on the deck, her flip flops gently slapping against her feet.
As it approached sunset, the golden rays filtered through the leaves, and Charlotte sighed happily as Lara glided through the water, settling on the bench beside her.
“Maybe I should retire,” Charlotte murmured as she lightly kissed Lara’s temple. “There were so many TV series or movies that blended into one another over the years, no break in between projects… I’ve actually done very little relaxing out here.”
“I don’t think I could stay away from this place. It feels like we’re so far away from Los Angeles.”
“I think no matter what I take on next, I’m going to try and spend more time here.”
Lara lifted her hand out of the water, droplets trickling down her tanned arm as she tucked a piece of Charlotte’s hair behind her ear. “I know a way to get you relaxed.”
“Oh yeah?” Charlotte asked with a smile coming to her lips.
“Hm. When we get out, I’m going to give you a massage.”
Charlotte must have frowned because Lara playfully shoved her shoulder.
“Hey, I give really good massages,” Lara said as if she was offended.
“I’m sure you do, but I was kind of hoping you’d do that thing with your—”
Lara’s hand disappeared under the water, groping Charlotte’s breast through her bikini, her lips parting against Charlotte’s as she kissed her deeply, silencing her, until Charlotte was moaning into the kiss. Lara’s fingers rolled her nipple, sending a pulse of electricity right to her core.
“Just a preview,” Lara whispered between kisses, her attention on Charlotte’s other breast as their tongues probed. “After the massage.”
“Yeah, but maybe,” Charlotte murmured, their lips meeting again. “Maybe I’ll need the massage more after.”
Lara smiled into the kiss, and Charlotte couldn’t remember feeling this light, this comfortable in someone else’s company.
Charlotte hadn’t wanted to start anything with Lara because she thought there were too many years between them, but that was the least of Charlotte’s concerns right now.
Now, she was scared of seriously falling for Lara.
And it wasn’t that Lara had given her any reason to doubt her. It was more that Charlotte had never been this vulnerable. Her own happiness never being so closely tied to someone else’s, and it was a strange feeling to carry with her this weekend, because she knew it already.
There was no point denying it or thinking that it was something that would happen down the road. It was happening right now.
She was falling for Lara.
Lara sighed as Charlotte’s tongue skimmed across her own. “Why don’t we go inside,” Lara whispered between kisses. “And come back out here again later.”
* * *
Charlotte backed Lara up against the wall in the hallway as they kissed their way inside, water dripping off them, leaving a trail of puddles on the wood floors.
