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I’d be damned if that hadn’t been the most bitter pill to swallow at the time, though. I considered myself a fairly intelligent guy, but where Amie was concerned, I’d been too goddamn blinded by everything I wanted, and all the things I wantedherto want too.
That proposal was sheer stupidity, and as long as I lived, I’d never forget the pitying look on her face as she turned me down.
And sure, maybe Amara and I were doing the same thing, but I could say one thing for certain: I was already more entranced by this woman in a month than I’d ever been by Amie. Amie had been…easy. Amara was anything but, which was the whole point. I remember thinking the night we met that I’d be bored with someone who wasn’t such a ballbuster. We’d certainly had our ups and downs since then, but I couldn’t regret any of it—not since it led us right here.
“Where did you just go?” Amara asked quietly.
I’d been so lost in my head that I hadn’t noticed the sun was kissing the horizon now where it had been floating above it the last time I’d looked. Soon, it’d slip below the water.
“Just…thinking about my parents.”
“What’re they like?”
“Distant,” I said, and I didn’t only mean geographically. “I’m sorry, Princess. I just…really don’t want to talk about them right now. I don’t want to ruin this.”
Amara crawled over to me and fit herself between my thighs so her back was to my chest. Instinctively, I wrapped my arms around her. “Then let’s enjoy this sunset together.”
“Whatever you want, Mar.”
She tilted her head back to look at me and said, “This is all I want.”
I pressed a kiss to the top of her head, the scent of her shampoo steadying me. “Me too.”
Upon seeing us cuddled up, Skye trotted over and dropped onto the sand at my hip, resting her head on my thigh. Amara brushed a hand over her head, and Skye’s eyes drooped closed as Amara’s touch lulled her to sleep.
Amara tipped her head back and gave me a wide grin at how quickly Skye warmed to her—I didn’t have a heart to tell her that, as a Golden, Skye pretty much liked everyone. I pressed a kiss to the tip of her nose, holding her more firmly as we watched the sun sink below the horizon, painting the sky in pinks and oranges. Overhead, the stars were beginning to blink to life, and I couldn’t think of anything more perfect than this.
“Is this a date?” I asked quietly. “Are we having our first date right now?”
Cautiously, she asked, “Do you want it to be a date?”
“Badly,” I breathed.
“Me too.”
“Are you one of those girls that withholds sex on the first date?”
“Cal!” she giggled, swatting at me. “I think we’re a little past that, don’t you?”
“Just a little.”
Now that the sun had fully disappeared, Amara rubbed her palms over her arms. “Should I build a fire?”
“Or I could warm you up.” I brought my mouth to the shell of her ear and whispered, “Remember what I told you about the next time I had you alone?”
I felt the shiver pass through her body and chuckled. “I believe there was mention ofdevouringmy pussy.”
“How about you let me make good on my promise?”
“Please,” she whispered, then attempted to move away from me. My arms became a vise around her, holding her in place. She glanced at me again. “You don’t want to go up to the house?”
“Only to lock Skye in,” I said, shifting myself out from behind her and lifting my pup into my arms.
When I returned, I dropped between her legs and hovered over her, her hair a dark corona around her head on the white blanket beneath us. “You know, I saw some of Brie’s desserts in that picnic basket,” I said, placing soft kisses on her cheeks, her eyelids, and the corners of her mouth. “But I can think of something I’d rather eat instead.”
“Cal!” she protested, albeit weakly, as I reached down and pulled the tie at one of her hips free, then she gasped as I released the other tie and brushed her bikini bottoms away, my fingers lingering against her sensitive skin.
“Mar,” I groaned as I took a few exploratory swipes through her slit. “I’ve barely touched you. Are you always this wet for me?”
