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"Co and his voice deep

I take a step and position es my feet apart with his, and the friction between his toes and my skin makes my pulse throb in places I didn’t even know it could

"This is the tail," he says, pointing to whereis

I shift my eyes and curl oes dry

"And this is the h and peering over my shoulder

By now I’m unable to speak and we stay like this for a few heartbeats--he’s standing close behind o to my hips, I have to close my eyes He adjusts my stance so that my back is flush with his stomach and all I can think about is how much I need to have him

"Just like this," he whispers in lide up nsheartbeat I can’t helpthe small of my back into what I already kneas there--his erection He pops off the board like a rocket My eyes snap open and his gaze follows every curve ofon my face

He clears his throat "Okay, so next you’ll move from a horizontal position up to your feet Got it?"

I chew onit on purpose But I do as he instructs and lie on aze, I notice he averts his stare toward the water

"Okay, Red, snap," he snaps

I hop to my feet but lose my balance and stumble down on top of the sand He dashes to catchon top of me instead His body molds to mine perfectly and the closeness and familiarity make me crave him in a way that’s painful I don’t push hi hard and I can feel his heart beating as erratically as mine

After a beat, he rises to his elbows and looks down at me "Are you okay?"

I nod and watch as his eyes dart to my lips, then to rasp his jaw a gutturalI no longer want to He lowers his head and hovers his mouth over my lips I want him to kiss me I knoants to But when the coolness of the water surrounds us, I screa hs as I brush water from my face I pull the tie froht back er "I like your hair curly I remember it this way"

I blow soh my hair

"Really?" I ask, surprised

He moves closer to me "Yes I do I really do"

I smile and tuck a piece of my wild locks behind my ear I stare up at him into those blue eyes "Why can’t we take the board into the water?"

He grabs my hand and points out into the vast ocean with it "Because that out there is dangerous and I don’t want you to get hurt I’ll let you knohen you’re ready"

"So we’ll do this again?" I ask

"I hope so I’d like to think I’ood teacher" He smirks at me

Moments pass without words while I stare at hi I step closer to hi no space between us His eyes are locked on uidelines when I changed hs with our fingers still laced at our sides "Yeah Yeah, I do" He offersthat far"

The heat between us is alazes into my eyes He closes the final space that separates us

I run ative to say those words and to change her ed roans

I nod with a glimmer in roans again

A few more moments of silence pass as we communicate without words

He places his hands on both sides of e your mind?"

I push the hair frorin he asks, "Would you care to elaborate?"

"Later," I say,

He nods and then tangles his fingers in ainst hiainst his bare chest I caress the skin of his back and when his fingers sneak beneath the golden string of my bikini top, I shiver My hands move to his shoulders, his neck, his hair He looks down into my eyes but still hasn’t kissed me

"Why haven’t you kissed me?" I ask in a breathy voice

The corners of his lips quirk up "I’ you," he says

But I think it’s more I think he wants toother than hi but absolute certainty in rabs ues collide, and we breathe each other in We kiss with a hunger that I’m almost certain can never be satisfied Ti over each other in ways they shouldn’t in a public place With , andout of control, I never want this moment to end

Then just like that, he breaks our connection My ht now The beach is fairly secluded, even if it’s not private

"Come back to my place with me," he whispers

And I want to I really do But I can’t I runthat’s about to coht I should have left already"