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Damon leaves my back to stand, and my entire body burns with embarrassment with him towering over me like that. I’m still on all fours, bottoms rolled down to my knees, and I know the minute I move, things are going to get messy.
I reach for my bottoms, but he clamps a hand over my wrist with a tender laugh on his lips. “Come here.”
Just as I feared, when he helps me step out of what’s left of my bikini, I’m forced to lock my legs together.
Damon’s gaze turns deliciously dark.
“What are you doing?” I gasp when he hooks an arm under my legs, supporting my upper body tight to his chest. “At least let me clean off first.”
A golden hue shines beyond the falls as he walks us into the shallow water lapping at the beach.
“I want to clean you,” he says simply, as if there was never any other option.
We’re already beneath the water when I grumble, “That’s not necessary.”
Damon’s grin is adorably masculine. “There’s nothing for you to be embarrassed about, sweetheart,” he says, cradling my back in one arm while his hand slides between my legs. “I very much enjoy knowing I’ve marked you here.”
My fingers trace the scruff along his chin as I shake my head. “And you say I’m naughty.”
Once he’s finished washing me off, he tucks me against him and presses his cheek to my forehead. “I can’t say what you’ve asked of me, Kate, because it wouldn’t be the truth.”
My gut clenches. I’m afraid to hear his sweet words because if what he says is anything close to the way he’s looking at me now… I’m a goner.
Damon repositions me in the water so that my thighs are now wrapped around his middle. The cool sensation against my heated, swollen skin is delectable.
“A few days from now, I’m going to accept my award, and it’ll be your beautiful face peeking out of the crowd that anchors me.”
I swallow the knot in my throat.
“Because regardless of what happens between now and then, I won’t be the same after this. And I don’t think I want to be.”
