laughing.
Kyle lifted himself up to stare at her with a stern frown. âYou know, itâs not a good thing to laugh at a guy when heâs trying to seduce you.â
She brushed his hair back from his face and smiled up at him. âIâm sorry. I was just thinking of how you swept me off my feet yesterday. Literally.â
His frown faded as his face relaxed into a heated, intense stare. âAnytime you need a hero, baby, you just call me.â
She moaned as he dipped his head down and kissed her fiercely. Mmm, how she loved the taste of his mouth. The way his muscles rippled around her.
Marianne wrapped her body around his and reveled in the sensation of his bare chest against the part of hers that was bared by the opening of her shirt. She felt him from her lips all the way to her toes.
Her heart thundering, she ran her hands down his back, feeling the dips and welts of old scars there. Her heart wrenched at the thought of how much pain he must have lived through.
âI donât know,â she whispered against his lips. âI think you need a keeper a lot more than I need a hero.â
Kyle froze at her words. âWould you care to volunteer for the job?â
âWould you let me?â
Her question hung in the air between them.
âIâve never had anyone interested in it.â
âNever?â
He shook his head as the truth of that sank in. âNo, itâs why I joined the navy. All those sappy, stupid commercials about teamwork got to me, and I thought it might be nice to be part of some kind of family.â
She toyed with his hair as she watched him quietly. âDid you find it?â
âI did with the SEALs. I knew with them I had a kindred bond.â
âThen why did you leave?â
âJoe came in and selected three of us from my unit. Tony and Doug had been like brothers to me and I didnât want to let them down. When they signed up for BAD, I followed suit.â
âDo you regret it?â
âNot until they dumped me on this damned island and told me to rest here for a few weeks.â
She gave him a peeved stare.
He offered her a wicked grin. âNow Iâm thinking I should thank them for it.â
âYouâd better be thinking that.â
He rubbed himself against her, letting his body caress hers. âBelieve me, Marianne, I am.â
Marianne sighed as his kiss swept her into heaven. She didnât even protest when he removed her shirt and laid her back against the scratchy sand. Strange, this didnât look uncomfortable in movies and such, but in realityâ¦
She groaned as Kyle unzipped her shorts with his teeth, then pulled them down her legs. And when he did the same with her panties, she almost came just from the sheer eroticism of the act. He was like a wild predator set loose on her.
One who wanted only to devour her.
What was it about him that made her burn like this? That made her forget the fact that they could be discovered at any moment?
âYou do like to live dangerously, donât you?â she asked as he crawled sinuously up her body, nibbling every inch of the way.
âThereâs no other way to live.â His hot breath teased her taut nipple before he opened his mouth and claimed it.
Marianne sighed in satisfaction as she cradled his head to her. His hair teased her skin while his tongue encircled her areola, teasing it to a hard, bitterly sweet nub that made her stomach contract every time he licked it.
The waves ran up the beach, lapping gently against her bare feet, while the hot sun heated her almost as much as Kyleâs touch did.
Kyle pulled away only long enough to remove his jeans.
Marianne couldnât fathom why a man like this was interested in her. âAre you sure youâre not one of the actors they hired for this?â
âPositive. Why do you ask?â
âI donât know. You just seem too good to be real.â
He snorted at that, then
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