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Hemy hands to his sides I could scarcely believe it, but he felt even better than he looked

I was careful to keephis back as I reached around to rub his abs It was only fair…and I was dying to kno they felt I’d never touched six pack abs before

I shutinto him, as I kneaded at his hard flesh

"Now you’re helping him put some on his belly, boo?" Mat shouted

"Yeah, peeka," I said, flushing hotly

I stepped away fro hi it on

I didn’t look at hi into the pool

CHAPTER NINE

We boththose brief etit had felt to let hi and frolicking in the water

Tristan was great with the boys, throwing them around the pool just how they liked

He lifted a giggling Ivan above his head before dropping hi He pointed at Tristan "I bet you can’t do that to Danika!"

"You bet me?" Tristan asked

"I dare you!" Ivan said

Tristan arched one sassy brow, sidling over to where I orking with Mat on his backstroke I yelped as he gripped his big hands around ht He didn’t throwhis head betweenme onto his shoulders

I scrabbled for a handhold, trying to grip his too-short hair, finally settling for a hold under his chin My thighs clenched hard around his neck

"What are you doing?" I asked him

"Ivan dared me"

"You can’t say no to a dare, can you? Even if it coed his shoulders, jostling uess not," he said

"I dare you to drop her!" Ivan called, the little traitor

Tristan didn’t hesitate, lifting h over the water for a briefand glaring

He just set even

The sliding glass door opened, and Jerry leaned out "I’ht just be getting ice crea out of the pool before Jerry had even finished Ivan paused for aout of the pool

Jerry waved at us as the boys ran inside "I’ve got them for the afternoon, so, have fun"

I waved back, still plotting about how I could dunk Tristan under water He was just so big…

Jerry ducked back inside, and ere left alone

Tristan s the side of the pool He sank loatching lided over to hietting right up in his personal space

He watchedhard

I slidmy hands over his hair I leaned in very close, and his breath caught, but he didn’t stop s behind his knees

"What are you doing, Danika?" he asked roughly, looking almost panicked, but still, he didn’t stopthe backs of his s out fro his arms away froain, so did I

Thehis face between ht away, instead wrapping his arht where it was When he stood, he took an a wet motorboat between my breasts I yanked at his short hair to no avail

He finally tilted his head back, laughing up atabruptly as he loweredhis There was a brief moasped

I pushed away, and he leta step back himself

"Bad idea," I said breathlessly

"Yeah," he agreed, running a hand over his wet hair

"Guess we’re done here You can shower first," I told hi a bathroo himself out of the water with one smooth move He wrapped a towel around his hips as he moved toward the house

"Just let me knohen you’re done I’ll wait out here"

He was already at the door, sliding it open He kept his back to ave one short nod

I stayed in the pool, trying not to panic So ere attracted to each other It didn’t rown-ups who could control ourselves

I didn’t even want to have sex Sex had never been good for me For me, at its best, it had been a way to stay connected to someone that I wanted to feel intiet off, I had to take things into le

I had no idea why I couldn’t seem to keep my hands to myself when it came to Tristan It was a new problem for me I felt hot and bothered as I never had before I decided to make a short appointment with my vibrator in the very near future It could only help

I swah tie

I was breathless and exhausted when I stopped I started as I saw that Tristan was standing over the pool, dry and dressed in a white T-shirt and soray athletic shorts