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I didn’t care what I wore, and I just grabbed the first swimsuit that I found. It was a red two-piece. It would do—I just needed something to swim in. I quietly undressed and slipped on the swimsuit. It was a perfect fit. At least he got that right.
I quietly crept out of the bedroom, my bare feet making no sound against the cool tiles of the floor. I made my way down the staircase and out toward the pool. The water looked serene in the still night, and I felt drawn to it after the earlier heat of the day.
Although the night was warm, there was a slight coolness in the air. I slowly lowered my body into the water, gasping for a moment as the cold water enveloped my body.
Once my body got used to the temperature of the water, I decided to swim a few laps. The water was refreshing, and I felt the tension in my shoulders ebb away. It felt good to stretch out my muscles after yesterday’s long flight here and the lazy day I had spent sleeping in bed.
The pool was surrounded by olive trees, bougainvillea, hibiscus, and lemon groves, giving a lush feel to the garden. I thought to myself that it must be beautiful to swim here during the day and see all the vibrant flowers in the sunshine.
ALESSIO
I woke up when I heard the sound of movement around me in the bedroom. The door softly clicked shut.
I grabbed my gun, which was on my nightstand, but then I realized that someone had just left the room, not come into it. Cate wasn’t beside me anymore, and I knew she must have gone downstairs—probably to get a glass of water or a snack.
I got up, thinking that I would go check and make sure she was okay. She was still angry at me, but that didn’t mean that I wouldn’t keep her as safe as I humanly could.
There was a need deep within me to keep her protected, and that included knowing where she was at every moment, day or night—and knowing that she wasn’t attempting to escape me.
As I walked past the closet, I noticed her clothes on the floor. I sighed at the mess. I will deal with it later.
I went downstairs, but she wasn’t in the kitchen. I noticed that the doors to the garden were open. I walked outside and heard the sound of someone swimming in the pool. My eyes caught sight of a flash of red and burnt orange, and I saw Cate’s graceful body gliding through the water.
My eyes were drawn to her hair, which the water had darkened to a stunning shade of auburn, and to her body which was clothed in the red halter-neck bikini I had picked out for her when I had gone shopping with Juliana. I stood for a few moments, just watching her body as she moved through the water.
I was wearing only my black boxer briefs—I hadn’t gotten dressed before coming downstairs. I quietly slipped them off and dove into the water. The noise of my body breaking the surface of the water made her jerk around in surprise.
But then she saw that it was only me. We just looked at each other across the pool.
I slowly swam over to her, not taking my eyes off her for a second. She didn’t move as I came toward her, and I only stopped when I reached her.
“I couldn’t sleep. I thought I’d come for a swim,” she said, biting her lower lip.
“So I see.”
She seemed nervous as she looked over my body. But there was something else in her eyes as well—something that set a match to my inner fire.
I couldn’t help myself. I grabbed her and crashed my hard mouth to her soft, plump lips. I let out my frustrations of the last forty-eight hours into that kiss and my lips were firm and demanding.
She felt tense and rigid in my arms. I had taken her by surprise.
I relaxed my tight grip on her arms and softened my lips against hers.
Instead of demanding from her, I teased her mouth until I felt her lips part. And then I used my tongue to gently stroke hers until she relaxed even more, feeling her soften in my hold and the tension leave her body.
A fire burned through me, making me want to mold her to me and make her mine. I ran kisses down her throat and along the top of her full breasts.
We were in the shallower end of the pool. The top half of her body was out of the water, but wet droplets still clung to her skin while goosebumps rose up on her arms. And I could clearly see that her nipples were large, hard bullets under her red bikini top. Christ, she looked so sexy.
I ran kisses down the illicit cleft between her breasts and I could tell she wasn’t immune to me when I heard her sigh. Moving back up to her face and lips, her eyes tightly closed, I plunged my tongue back into her mouth and felt her meet me with her own.
She was now just as willing as I was.
My arms were clasping her tightly to me. And while her eyes were closed, I moved my hands to the nape of her neck and pulled the bow holding up her halter-neck bikini top.
As soon as the bow was undone, the weight of her breasts made the fabric fall. Her eyes opened in astonishment at the cold air against her skin and the feel of my eyes on her bare skin.
As her breasts were freed from the restraining fabric of the bikini, they bounced enticingly, and her nipples grew larger and even harder under my sharp gaze.
