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At her urging, he’d stripped down to his tighty-whitey boxer briefs, the rest of his clothes folded neatly into a stack beside him.
“So,” she said, turning her head to look at him, “you’re like some kind of undercover badass, huh?”
“I’m a badass, period.”
She snorted. “Humble too,” she teased. “What were you like as a kid?”
Normally, he didn’t talk about himself. Sharing personal details with people outside his team seemed too risky. And anyway, who did he spend time with other than his team? Women came and went from his life, but he never got close enough to them to truly open up. Somehow, it felt different with Toni. He justified it by thinking that since she’d divulged a bit about herself, it made sense for him to return the favor. “I got in trouble for fighting once.”
“Just once?” She raised a brow and grinned. “Go on.”
“I was nine. Caught a couple of kids in my class stealing stuff from the room’s supply closet. Pencils, toys, junk like that. Anyway, I roughed them up a bit, then kept them there until the teacher came back. The principal, though, she didn’t even punish them. Only gave them a scolding. Nothing else. No detention. Not even a note on their records. Nothing.” To this day, it still pissed him off. Actions were supposed to have consequences. He shook his head and looked away, staring across the pond. “I was pretty bummed, so I went home and told my granddad what had happened. He told me something I’ll never forget. He said that sometimes, you have to find your own justice.” Spencer wrinkled his nose. “Of course, being a kid, I wanted my granddad to be proud of me, so the next day, after classes, I cornered those same guys out in back of the school building and handed out my own punishment. Beat the snot out of both of them. Justice served. They never stole anything again, as far as I know.”
Toni pushed up onto her elbows, frowning. “Wow. Did you get in trouble?”
“Oh, yeah.” He sniffed. “The principal caught me in the act. Got suspended for a month and had to deliver papers for a year to pay for their doctor bills, but it was worth it. I taught them a lesson and gained my granddad’s approval.”
“Huh. Men.” She sat up and brushed the sand off her hands. “You think getting physical is the only way to settle disputes. How about talking out your issues? It would have saved all of you a lot of time and trouble.” Grumbling, Toni pushed to her feet and removed her sunglasses, tossing them on top of her scarf. “I’m going for a swim.”
She dove neatly into the water, and he admired the shape of her body as it disappeared below the surface of the pond. She really was beautiful, with her dark hair streaming over her smooth, tanned back, the round cheeks of her ass just begging for his touch. Then, of course, was her intelligence, her way of finding the positive in every situation, her resourcefulness, her quick wit. Yep. Toni Williams was the whole package. Exactly the kind of woman he could see himself falling head over heels for, if the circumstances were different.
But the circumstancesweren’tdifferent. This was the worst possible time for him to try to start a relationship, and a romance with the woman he was trying to keep safe was a recipe for distraction and possible disaster. This definitely shouldn’t happen. He knew that, beyond a doubt.
Didn’t stop his libido from reacting, though. He shifted to hide the growing bulge in his drawers. The last thing he needed was her knowing just how much he wanted her physically. They had enough going on between them without sex complicating matters further.
“Have a swim,” she called from the middle of the pond, her hair wet and slicked back now. “Spencer, come on. There’s no one around for miles. Have some fun for a change.”
Was it his imagination, or was there something more than “Swim with me” in her eyes? Scowling, he looked away. He should get up and get dressed. Survey the area to make sure they were safe. Get the hell back to their rendezvous point with the limo and wait there until this temptation passed. Kyle would already have his nuts on a platter for sharing intel about their mission. If the man found out Spencer had fallen into bed—or, well, intopond—with the target too…
He raked a hand through his hair. Had the temperature in this little paradise gone up considerably in the past few minutes? Sweat trickled down his back, and he rubbed his eyes, doing his best not to notice how the material of Toni’s neon yellow swimsuit had gone a bit see-through in the water, outlining her taut, pert nipples and the darker areolas. His cock hardened even further, and his resistance faltered.
Kyle didn’t have to know, not about this. And it wasn’t like he could call the guy. Cell reception out here was nonexistent. Besides, his sex life wasn’t anyone’s business. He was a grown man, for Pete’s sake.
He could have some fun with Toni without losing himself in the process. Release some steam, work off some tension and stress. If he was reading her right, it would be quick and hot and dirty, and then once he’d gotten it out of his system, he could get back on track where this mission was concerned. Hells yeah. When he looked at it like that, it sounded like a good idea. A brilliant plan.
Toni waded closer to the shore, where the water was shallow. Moisture ran down her body in rivulets, like something out of a dream. She looked luscious and ripe and so ready for the taking. His gaze flicked to the juncture of her thighs, the thin material covering the treasure between her legs, and he damned near embarrassed himself on the spot.
Jesus.She made him feel like an awkward virgin, despite his years of experience with sex. With every one of his many past lovers, he’d been able to maintain a certain amount of distance—enough to keep his cool, no matter what. With Toni, his cool was completely MIA. She got to him like no one else.
“Spencer? Please?” she said, and now he was sure he heard a touch of yearning in her tone. Her eyes were soft with need, anddamn… Her plea was his undoing. He stood and walked out into the pond like a man in a daze, his entire attention focused on her alone. She’d become all he wanted, all he needed, the only thing that would keep him going.
Before she could say another word, he stalked straight to her and pulled her to him. Brought his lips down hard on hers in a deep, hot, claiming kiss. At first, she stood motionless, and for an endless second Spencer worried he’d read the situation wrong. Maybe she didn’t want him. Maybe…
With a deep groan, Toni twined her arms around his neck and wrapped her legs around his waist, locking him to her as she ground against him, then pulled back just enough to dig her fingers into the hair at his nape. “God, I’ve been wanting you to do that since the first time we met.”
“So have I, partner,” he said, cupping her butt and lifting her up into his arms. She tasted like sugar and curry and his every wicked fantasy come to life. “So have I.”
* * *
Toni couldn’t get enough of him. She wanted to taste and touch and lick every inch of his body, make him call out her name in ecstasy as they both came over and over and over again. She’d never been the aggressor in the bedroom before, but something about this guy made her want to throw caution to the wind. They had to be quiet, though. There shouldn’t be anyone nearby, but there was no telling when someone might arrive, and the last thing they needed was to potentially draw attention to themselves. Public sex was frowned upon, to say the least. Even assuming her US citizenship and wealth would keep her from facing the same kind of punishment a local woman might receive, it would ruin her chances of getting support for her foundation if she made headlines for breaking the indecency laws in Jubail.
But she wanted Spencer with every fiber of her being, and dammit, she’d have him. She could be quiet. She could beanythingif it meant getting him inside her.
He carried her over to a small rock ledge on the side of the pond and sat her on it, erasing the height difference between them and finally bringing them face-to-face. With his forehead leaning against hers, he stared into her eyes. “Are you sure about this?”
His voice sounded strained and breathless, and his pupils were blown wide, all but obliterating his emerald green irises. She ran her nails down his bare chest, scratching over his nipples and making him hiss through his teeth. “I’m sure.”
The instant she uttered the words, his hands seemed to be everywhere at once, pulling down the top of her swimsuit, cupping her breasts and pinching their hard, sensitive tips—not enough to hurt, but enough to drive her wild with lust. Toni arched against him, all but throwing herself at him as she slipped her fingers into the waistband of his briefs, her fingertips grazing over the tip of his hard cock.
