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She laughed.“I guess we can drop the secret part now.But Liberty is right.”She turned to the remaining sisters.“I second the motion!All in favor?”Ayes filled the air and all the sisters—except for Sweetie—started swimming toward the bank.
Rome cleared his throat.“Since I’m already wet, I think I’ll do some laps.”After he tossed his boots up on the bank, he ducked under and started swimming.
Decker should have followed his lead and left the Holiday sisters to get dressed in private.But something held him right there.More than likely, the gorgeous moonlit woman treading water in front of him.
“So you want to explain what you were doing lurking around in the shadows?”she asked.
“I wasn’t lurking.Rome and I were having a race.”
“In the middle of the night and in cowboy boots?”
“I didn’t say it was a smart idea.But neither is skinny-dipping in January.”
She laughed.“Fair enough.”
Her good mood had him asking, “Are you drunk?”
“I was a little tipsy earlier, but ice-cold water has a way of sobering you.So you don’t have to worry about me forcing myself on you again.”
He should have let it go.He didn’t.“There was no forcing involved.”
She studied him for a long, breathless moment before one of her sisters yelled.
“Sweetie!Come on!”
Decker glanced over his shoulder and saw that her sisters were dressed and waiting.He knew he should let her go.It was damned cold in the springs and the chivalrous thing to do would be to turn his back and let her leave.But that’s not what he wanted.What he wanted was treading water right in front of him with moonlit green eyes that held a look that made him forget about everything but the heat that radiated between them.
“I want to kiss you again so bad it hurts,” he said.
Before she could say anything, her sisters called her name louder and more insistent.She could have easily used the excuse to leave.She didn’t.She didn’t even glance at the shore as she spoke.“I want to kiss you again too.”He curved a hand around her waist and drew her closer, but before their lips met, she stopped him.“This is just casual fun, right?”
At that moment, he would have agreed to just about anything.“Just casual fun.”
Her lips were cold, but they warmed quickly beneath his.Her sisters stopped yelling and all Decker could hear was the lap of water and the beating of his heart as Sweetie answered every soft pull of his lips.Every gentle brush of his tongue.
Her arms were locked around his neck, her soft body flush against his.Through his wet clothes, he could feel the hard points of her nipples and press of her hips.Desire settled deep inside him, but so did something else.Something stronger than passion.Something that consumed his mind, body, and soul.By the time he finally drew back from the kiss, he realized there would never be anything casual about his feelings for Sweetie.
It scared him.Just not enough to let her go.
He kissed her again, this time, softer and gentler before he sipped the trail of water droplets from her cheek and then along her neck.When he reached the spot behind her ear, he sucked the soft skin into his mouth until she released a sexy moan and hooked a leg around his hips.
“We’re leaving, Sweetie!”one of her sisters yelled.
It was followed by another sister’s laughter.“I don’t think she cares.”
Sweetie drew back.She looked dazed and he couldn’t help feeling happy that his kisses were responsible.“I need to go.”
He nodded.But instead of releasing her, he tightened his hold and walked her out of the creek.Which wasn’t easy when his boots were being sucked down into the mud with every step.When they were close to shore, he set her on her feet and tried not to look at all the moonlit skin on display as he peeled off his soaked western shirt and wrapped it around her.
She smiled.“Always the hero.”
He struggled to find something to say.Something witty and charming, but he had never been witty and charming.
“I want to see you again.What’s your phone number?”
She hesitated for only a second before she gave it to him.“You’ll remember it?”
“Yes.”He would remember every single thing that had taken place that night.Every word.Every touch.Every kiss.
