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I shook my head and he looked away. As we walked, exploring the small island, I couldn’t help but inch closer to Duke. His kiss proved he felt something for me—there was definitely something more than casual friendship going on between us—but indecision and nerves kept my hands at their sides.
Finally, Duke’s wide, rough palm smoothed down the inside of my arm from elbow to wrist before he clasped my hand in his and gently squeezed.
He towered over me and looked down at our joined hands. “Is this okay?”
I swallowed hard as I was internallyscreaming. “Yeah, it’s okay.”
I smiled up at him. He had no idea just how okay it was.
Together we walked hand in hand, exploring the small, secluded island. With Duke there weren’t awkward silences, simply quiet stretches where I let my mind wander and imaginewhat if.
I leaned into him, and he gripped my hand harder. With him I felt alive. Free.
I felt likeme.
Putting a little distance between us as we walked along the beach, I kicked up some water, splashing him. His fierce scowl forced a bubble of laughter to escape me. His jaw flexed before he growled.
Laughing, I released his hand and took off running. His footsteps pounded behind me, and I didn’t make it five steps before his arm banded around my waist and I was hoisted in the air.
I released unbridled laughter. Duke tossed me over his shoulder, throwing me into a fit of giggles. He stomped and splashed in the water, soaking us both. His playful laughter mixed with mine, and I couldn’t recall a sweeter sound.
I slid down his front as he placed my feet in the water. When my eyes met his, they were dark and intense. “Are you dating Charles Attwater?”
My cheeks flushed. His hand held mine as I shook my head. “After the auction date remix, we pretty quickly realized there was no magic. No spark. So we parted as friends?—”
Before I could even finish, Duke’s hands were on my face, and his mouth was on mine. A soft, surprised squeak escaped me, and he used it to deepen the kiss. I melted into him, pressing my chest against him as he held my body up. One hand wrapped around my waist, pulling me into his chest.
It wasn’t a dream—Duke Sullivan is kissing the fuck out of me.
The kiss went against everything I’d ever been taught to do, and I didn’t care. Everyone and everything dissolved around me in fizzy bubbles.
Duke’s throaty grunt sent sparks of electricity through me, igniting my need. I went slick for him as his mouth moved across mine. His kiss was warm and deep andmineas his tongue moved against my own. My hands roamed over the hard planes of his body. Time and physical labor had hardened every part of him, and my hands explored his muscles.
My nipples scraped against his hard chest as heat spread through me. Waves lapped around our legs. At my hip Duke was rock hard.
And huge.
A fresh wave of need moved through me as I imagined everything I wanted him to do to me with that monster of a cock.
With his hands still gripping the sides of my neck, he stopped the kiss and stared down at me. “I know this is unexpected. Do you want me to stop?”
I shook my head, breathless. “Hell no.”
It was all the permission Duke needed. He bent his knees, wrapping his hands around the backs of my thighs and hauling me against him. My legs straddled his waist, and his hands moved over my ass, pressing me into him. I tilted my hips, grinding my aching clit against any part of him I could.
Duke’s powerful legs carried us out of the water, and he lowered me to the sand at the edge of the tree line, where it metthe soft beach. He laid me down on the paddleboard beside our discarded bag and vests. When he looked down at me, his eyes revealed one thing.
Possession.
And I wanted to be possessed by him—owned in the best way possible. He took my mouth again as his hands skated over my breasts. When he broke the kiss, I was a panting, needy mess.
“Take those tits out and let me see them.”
I had never imagined Duke being so bold and filthy with me. I loved it.
Emboldened, I leaned back, slowly pulling my bikini top apart and showing him my breasts.
I loved the flare of heat in his eyes when he finally looked at them. His body covered mine, pushing me into the board. His thick cock pressed into me, and I wound my legs around him, digging my heels into him and begging for more. His hand tangled in my hair as he took the kiss deeper.
