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"You co?" I asked as I hopped out of the Jeep and walked down the main corridor for the hotel I heard Nolan shut the door timidly behind me, but I knew she was there The pool was in the back at this hotel, which was good, because it gave us a certain amount of privacy I didn’t even turn around to see her reaction when I kicked off my shoes, yanked down my jeans, and tossed my sweater on a nearby chair I ran at the pool and dove in head first, figuring getting the shock of the freezing water out of an to rethink that when the first touch of the water left me breathless
"Whooooooaaaa ohh ohhh ohhh," I screa then, and shrinking herself out of eet us in trouble You can’t be loud," she said, kicking her shoes off now She ed to strip herself down to her bra and panties without pausing and realizing how crazy this was She stopped, though, when she realized I atching her every move I’d missed her body, and I’d wanted to take a bite out of her bare shoulder all night Seeing her porcelain skin delicately wrapped in tiny black lace about hadshe was nervous, I kicked off rinning at her from ear-to-ear
"Bet’s a bet, sweetheart…pay up," I said, proud of myself I kicked backward to the other side of the pool and propped
Nolan looked around again and chewed on her fingernails while she stepped forward and dipped her toe in the pool "Ohhhhh no way, that’s fking freezing!" she whispered loudly Sometimes it was cute when she swore She hardly ever did, and for some reason it made it special when she would--et used to it fast," I said,just a bit "Come on in, the water’s fine"
Nolan wrapped her ar herself a bit, and then finally slid both straps of her bra down her ar the rest She held the material in place for a few more seconds before she finally tossed it in the pile with the rest of her clothes Instantly, I realized what a bad, and wonderful, idea this was at the sa I ever wanted physically And she was so fking vulnerable
She moved forward to the steps and walked into the pool quickly, dunking her head and then co for air "Shit! That’s realllllllly cold," she chattered "You assle!" She splashed water atfor her hands to stop therabbed hold of her arm, she relented instantaneously, and just stopped and stared intoher bottom lip with her teeth She reached down to pull her panties off and tossed them behind her with the rest of our clothes on the deck
"Okay, you win Nohat?" she said, her face challenging me I just held her hand inwater,through both of our bodies I moved a little closer and held her eyes witheven closer, and reaching down to hold her up in the water at her hips Her breath hitched at my touch as I leanedwith the frostiness of the pool water toI slid my hands up her sides, under her arainst every instinct I had, but I was deterht When my handseach cheek, she closed her eyes completely, and she leaned her face sideways intoforward, I kissed her softly It was our kiss, slow, and patient, and tender She didn’t need to kno sexy I thought she was; she needed to know I still loved her And this kiss was the only way I kne
I spun her around slohile I brusheds her softly with ue It was probably onlyher for hours When her body finally started to shake fro her close, her body pressed tightly to et you dressed And I think we need to turn on ain
"I th…th…think, that’s a g…goo…good idea," she said, her body starting the quiver uncontrollably now