She tensed the moment my mouth touched hers but only briefly. Both her hands slid slowly up my arms and into my hair as I held her waist pulling her closer to me. Pressing small innocent kisses on the corner of her mouth only wetted my appetite. I took a small taste of her bottom lip, her mouth opened in a small gasp, I plunged ahead. I needed to feel the soft pressure of her lips against mine. I tangled my tongue with hers as she pressed against me fisting her hands in my wet locks. Yeah, this was good. This was real good. Sliding my hand down her hip I pulled a leg up to wrap around my waist. A soft little moan escaped her as the vee between her legs was opened to me and pressed against the proof that I was enjoying this just a little too much. Ah, hell this was better than good.
“Could you stop mauling her in public?” Jake’s annoyed tone reminded me that we had a boat full of people behind us getting an up-close view. I pulled back and the small, frustrated groan from Lana had me thinking I didn’t really give a damn who saw us. But her eyes focused and she glanced over my shoulder to see our curious audience.
Her cheeks turned bright pink as she ducked her head. Curled tendrils of her hair had gotten loose from the sloppy bun she’d put her hair in once we’d gotten on the boat. She swallowed nervously, her throat muscles move behind the smooth pale skin of her neck.
“I wanna kiss that spot... right there,” I murmured as I ran the pad of my thumb over the place where her pulse beat heavily. It was as sexy as it was delicate.
“Oh,” she replied breathlessly.
“Are you gonna board or not?” Toby called from behind us. I scowled at the nosy bunch of people I’d brought with us.
His question didn’t warrant a reply. I reached for the board he’d thrown overboard and moved it beside Lana, “You remember how this works?”
Taking a deep breath Lana nodded and unwrapped her legs from my waist eliciting a groan from me. I’d been enjoying the forbidden warmth.
The flicker of surprise in her eyes made it very hard for me not to pull her back.
“Yeah, I think so,” she replied.
I turned to grab my board and lifted my eyes to see Ethan glaring at me. I gave him an apologetic shrug and headed out to make sure Lana was strapped onto the board correctly before Ethan started up the boat.
“He looks angry,” Lana said, studying Ethan as I swam over to check her position.
“Yeah, he does.”
“Do you think he’ll sling us?”
I shook my head. Ethan was pissed but he wasn’t stupid. Lana had trusted him. He wouldn’t screw that up. Also, beat the shit out of him if he scared her. I was pretty sure he knew that too.
“Is the fit tight? You feel locked in?”
She nodded and gave me a nervous smile.
Lana
What the heck had just happened? My body was still tingling and I couldn’t even think about the strange sensations going on in my um... private area. Dear God, I’d been about to hump Sawyer right there in the water in front of everyone.
“You ready?” Sawyer asked from beside me. I nodded and hoped I was. It had been awhile but I knew how it felt when I was pulling back on the rope just the right amount.
The motor on the boat roared to life and Ethan gunned it, which I’d also been expecting. When Kayla and Toby had gone first I had been sure to pay attention to everything they did. Kayla jumping the wake and flying up in the air wasn’t something I was going to give a go but I still watched carefully.
Once I was safely up and not about to pitch forward into the water I chanced a peek at Sawyer. He was grinning at me with approval and my chest tightened. He was so beautiful. He closed the space between us and I focused on not losing my balance reminding myself he knew what he was doing. I just needed to focus on not moving to the left or right.
“You got this,” Sawyer smiled at me and then he was gone. I watched as he swung out, jumping the wake and flying even higher in the air than Kayla had done before coming back down and grinning like a little boy as the group on the boat whooped and hollered. I didn’t even swing out to the right. I had no doubt I’d wipe out if I gave it a go. I took quick peeks over at Sawyer as he continued to do tricks on his side of the boat.
My arms were burning and holding on was becoming increasingly harder. Biting down on my bottom lip, I tried to deal with the pain.
“Your arms burning?” Sawyer called out to me as he pulled in beside me.
I nodded, hating to end his fun.
“Let go of the rope on three,” he replied and began counting.
We both let go of our ropes when he said three and sank down slowly into the water.
“Take your board off,” Sawyer called out as he stayed in position. He was going to go again without me. I didn’t feel as bad now for needing to stop.
The boat got back to us about the time I had the board unstrapped from my feet.
“Give Toby the board, then come here,” Sawyer instructed and I did as I was told. Maybe he needed help with something.
“You going again?” Jake yelled from his spot on the boat.
Sawyer nodded “Yep, her arms were burning.”
Toby got the board from my hands and once he had it safely on the boat, I swam over to Sawyer.
“Sit in my lap and straddle me. Wrap your legs around my waist and hold on real tight,” Sawyer said with a wicked grin in his eyes.
“What? Why?” I stuttered confused.
He let go of the rope with one hand and motioned me to come closer, “Come on, Lana. Wrap those long legs around my waist. I won’t let you get hurt. Trust me.”
A squeal and clapping distracted me and I turned to look back at the boat. Kayla was extremely pleased.
“Do it Lana! I’ve seen Sawyer do this with Ash many times.” Kayla called out.
I turned back to Sawyer, “But Ash can do tricks. I can’t.”
“All you have to do is hold on tight to me. Wrap your legs and arms around me and I got the rest of this.”
Excitement and fear battled each other as I gave in and slipped my legs around his waist and wrapped my arms around his neck.
“Hmmm... that’s nice,” Sawyer whispered into the curve of my neck. My heart began racing for a completely different reason when the boat fired up. I tightened my hold on him and buried my face in his shoulder. A warm sexy chuckle vibrated within his chest.
We were up and going before I could think about anything else. My legs clamped down on his waist so tightly the hard arousal I’d felt earlier was now firmly pressed against me.