Page 118 of The Grand Rise


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The last few days have seemed to fly by. Ave has spent every second with Lance, the two of them making every memory they can think up, crossing them off their list one by one. I’ve left them to it, not wanting to take a second of their time away from one another. Most of my days are spent sleeping in the sun or making them both food.

We’ve barely seen Vinny.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to get away and actually relax on holiday, and with Lance here, telling me with a look that he’s good, he’s got it down with Ave, I can’t help but want to make the most of it.

“Will you swim with us?”

“Yeah, just give me a minute.” I stand and stretch, my body rippling in the best way.

“You’re burning, Mumma,” Lance says, pulling himself up on the edge of the pool and stalking toward me, wet and tan and hard all over. “Where’s the lotion?”

Ask me something else.

Ask me the number of muscles visible on Lance’s stomach. The length of the diagonal lines that disappear into his swim shorts. But don’t ask me where the lotion is.

“I’ll get it. It’s in my room.”

“Watch the floors, Waverley,” Lance calls after her, drawing my attention to her dripping feet skirting through the folded back doors.

“Don’t run!” I add.

I turn and grab my cover-up from the lounger, slipping my arms through. Before I can pull it all the way on, it’s tugged away from me, followed by my body as hard muscle meets my soft belly. Lance palms my ass, his other hand at my chin as he closes the space between us and demands a hard, wet kiss.

He pulls back before I can protest, before I can suck on his lip and ask for a little more.

I squint up at him in the sun, my body wet from his.

“Look at me like that again, and I’ll fuck you so hard you’ll beg me to ship our daughter off to boarding school so that I can have you any place, any time no interruptions.”

“That’s never going to happen.”

He lifts a hand and pinches my nipple. “Try me.”

I chuckle despite the burning ache at my core, the seriousness in his stare when we both know he’s bluffing chasing away my sleepy haze.

“I got factor twenty and fifty.”

Lance holds my eyes until Ave is at his side. He looks down at the ground and takes a step back, doing a lousy job of covering his growing cock in his shorts. “I just need to go make a call.” He rushes off into the lodge.

“Want me to help do your back?”

I smile down at Ave. “Yes, please, baby.”

Once I’m topped up, we get into the pool, leaning over the edge and staring out at the ocean beyond.

“Mummy, can I ask you something?”

I peer over at her, instantly focused, ready. “Of course. Anything.”

She rolls her lips, picking at a loose tile on the edge of the pool. “If you were going to tell someone you loved them, how would you do it?”

My brows rise in surprise. “Oh,” I say, not expecting it. “A boy?”

Her teeth break her smile, and she nods as she says gleefully, “It’s Dad.”

“Oh.” I drop my head back and giggle. “Oh, Ave.”

Her face drops. “I know I’ve not known him long, but—”

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