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"I just have two questions, and then I’ll drop it" His rough voice in the darkness made me jump

"O-Okay" I hated the weak thread of my voice

"Was all of this because you were upset about last night?"

I cringed That was just the question I hadn’t wanted, because finding the answer required me to be brutally honest with myself

"In part it was," I finally answered "I wanted a distraction from you"

"Okay I wish you had just told me that Second question, are you really interested in h of relief That one I could answer honestly and easily "Jared is great but I already told his for him"

Tristan exhaled noisily, then fell silent

We didn’t speak again until ere back at the house, and then only to say a brief goodnight

Tristan slept on the couch, and I felt vaguely like I was being punished

I tossed and turned all night

He was gone by the ti I stewed about his absence all day, especially since he didn’t call or text ht, exhausted fro before

I was so relieved I wanted to cry when I found hi

Ivan and Mat had slept over at a friend’s house down the street, and so the house was quiet as a to his in the house where it was peaceful enough to sleep in, and it was a pity to spoil one of the I shunnedto wear to swim laps, but my pride won out for that one

I had lost track of the nuht movement out of the corner ofto it as Tristan approached He was already wearing black swim trunks The look on his face could only be described as repentant

He dove into the pool in a ht to ainst the side "I was a complete ass the other day," he said quietly, earnestly He kept iveas I watched hi his arging hihtened until ere pressed close He held ood old-fashioned holding

"Did you and Jared make up, too?" I asked into his ear

He pulled back, and I was sorry I’d broken the spell "We did He was pissed at ood now It didn’t hurt that you’d already shot him down"

"He told you that?"

"He did Is that true?"

"Yes I already told you that"

He grinned his rin--a mixture of joy, mischief, and the best diot me every ti to the pool stairs I should have seen it co, but a shriek of surprise escaped h

I ca "You made me do a side flop That hurt"

"You could always pay me back and throw me in"

It was stupid, but I tried I only ended up pushing hi closely behind

He threwat hi

"You weigh tooto break this thing!"

He threw les

"You’re out of control," I scolded hi away from him

He folloith a wicked sotten into you?" I asked him as he crowded me into corner of the pool

He kissed me, and the world disappeared

It was a hair pulling, legs wrapping,kind of kiss

I’d wanted hiral inside ofthat our relationship did forsuch a pussy about it

He curved hispulls that only made me crave s around his waist, before I even realized I had moved I shifted until his thick erection was nestled in just the perfect spot

His chest h, dark sound escaping from his throat and into myer than I’d have wanted to handle if I was in one on vacation for this

One of his big hands ainstjust belowbreast

With an impatient little moan, I reached down and pulled it up over my breast He cupped my flesh, then kneaded softly

He pulled back, but before I could protest, he was perching e of the pool, his head buried between my breasts He peeled theripped his head, trying to get a good handful, but it was too short "You need longer hair," I gasped

He grunted, turning his head, kissing his way to the other side His mouth was hot on me, and I writhed at the contact

We were both panting when he pulled back The second his head leftto reave an, his voice low and rich

I nodded at hio on, far past the ability to think myself

His handsmy sides and my waist I trembled as he kneaded deep into the muscle tissue just below my navel