in her eyes. “I think I’ll go for a swim now.”
She stood and started toward the shore, pulling the long dress she wore up over her head. Corey watched her as she slid into the warm summer lake, her luscious curves filling his imagination with too many ideas.
Before he knew what he was doing, he was standing too. He pulled off his shirt and kicked off his sandals, stepping into the water behind her. She turned to look at him, her eyes lingering on his muscled chest. Her mouth dropped, but she looked away.
“The water’s great,” she said, walking further into the swimming hole.
As she walked out, the water rose around her hips, then over her waist, until her breasts bobbed in the silvery surface. She swished her arms slowly out on either side of her and turned back to look at him. He’d followed her to the same depth, standing a few feet away in the warm water. It felt so good. Everything felt right.
“It’s nice to get away from work for a while,” he said, dipping down further so that his chin touched the surface.
“I know exactly what you mean,” she said.
She waded toward him, smiling into his eyes. He could smell her scent more strongly with each inch she moved. She enveloped his senses.
If Willow hadn’t been so smart and beautiful, maybe resisting her would have been easier. But he liked her, damn it. Despite what his bear was doing to his mind and body, he liked this woman in front of him for who she was.
She had an inner fire that intrigued him. If she weren’t his fated mate, maybe he would have liked to spend more time with her. He liked the way she made him feel. It wasn’t just his instinct. It was Willow.
He knew she could understand many of his struggles. He already felt as if he understood her in the same way.
Maybe we can do it. Maybe we can make it work.
He reached out to her and pulled her into his arms. She gasped and looked up at him, folding her arms around his neck. He gazed down at her, the feeling of blossoming love overflowing in his chest. Her lips parted and her pupils dilated.
He leaned in slowly and kissed her, holding her wet curves in his arms. She wrapped her arms around him more tightly, pulling him closer. She felt so soft, crushed against his hard chest. Her lips tasted sweet, like lemonade.
He hardened against her and plunged his tongue into her willing mouth. She moaned and melted into his arms. His hands traveled her body, wanting to take in every nuance of every curve to remember it forever.
She moaned, sounding so sexy. He smelled the scent of arousal pouring off of her. He pulled her against him again, rubbing her pussy.
“Do you want to stop?” she breathed into his ear.
His fingers slid between her legs, pulling back her bikini. He rubbed along her swollen lips and slowly dipped between them, feeling out her wetness. She gasped and licked his chest, nibbling on his flesh.
His fingers focused on her arousal, dipping inside her, and then pressing circles against her tight little nub. She pulled him into a kiss, the heat between them intensifying by the second.
She was his fated mate. He would never want anyone more than her. He would never desire anyone more. He would never feel more than he did with her, right now. She threw back her head as she orgasmed on his hand.
Her pussy clenched around his fingers and she groaned. He couldn’t stand it. He had to taste her sweetness. He had to feel her come on his tongue.
His mind lost in the daze of his instinct, he plucked her out of the water and carried her ashore. He placed her on the dry blanket over the warm sand and began to peel her out of her sexy swimsuit.
“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” she gasped, helping him pull the swimsuit over her curves.
He looked down at her naked body, in awe of her generousness. She was a goddess and he wanted to worship at her altar. He’d never been more sure of anything in his life than he was of that in that moment.
Corey licked her puckered
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