Page 66 of Try Easy

No Ordinary Dive

Keoni

Keoni blinked down at Lou,confused. Was she laughing?

He thought for one horrified second that she was laughing at him, then he remembered this was Lou. She had a habit of laughing at the most unlikely moments. She was moved easily to tears and laughter, and he loved that about her.

“What’s funny?” Keoni asked, scraping his beard along her jaw.

“That was incredible,” she said.

“Yeah,” Keoni said, kissing her ear. “It was. It was too quick, though.”

Keoni was surprised that he had been able to last as long as he did. He’d wanted to fall apart the moment he’d sunk inside her, but somehow he’d managed not to give in to the temptation. He was planning on making the next time last a lot longer.

“Don’t move,” Keoni told Lou, rolling off the bed.

He walked down the hall to the bathroom and threw the condom away, then bent over the sink to splash water on his face. When he looked up into the mirror, he saw that the bruises were finally starting to heal, but he was going to have a scar on his forehead. He ran his hands through his hair, arranging it to cover the ugly gash, then walked down the hall back to the bedroom.

Lou was lying naked on the bed, stretched out with her arms over her head. Her brown hair spread like silk over the quilt. Her hair was a few shades lighter than the patch of curls between her legs. Her breasts were full and ivory pale, and more perfect than he’d imagined.

Her eyes were closed, and she was smiling. Keoni knew he was responsible for that smile, and it made him feel drunk with pleasure. He leaned against the door frame for balance, attempting to look casual as Lou raised her head to look at him.

Her lazy gaze trailed down Keoni’s face over his body and then back up to his eyes.

“What are you doing over there?” she asked, propping herself up on one elbow.

“Looking at you,” he said.

“You gonna come back ta dis bed, o’ wot, eh?” Lou asked in a funny voice.

Keoni burst out laughing when he realized Lou was imitating his accent. He stalked over to the bed, and Lou scooted over to make room for him.

“I don’t sound anything like that,” he said, stretching out beside her.

Lou laughed. “Yes you do.”

“Hmmph,” Keoni said, shifting so that he was leaning over her. He took a strand of her hair and wrapped it around his finger. “I love your hair.”

Lou reached up and ran her hands through his hair. “I love yours, too.” She winced when she saw the gash on his forehead. “Another scar?” she asked.

“Yeah.”

He bent to kiss her lips.

Lou sighed and pulled him closer. Her lips opened under his, and their tongues met and caressed each other in a lazy, sensual dance. Keoni got lost in the pleasure of Lou’s mouth. He could have spent all night kissing her, but they only had one night together. It wasn’t enough.

Lou sucked Keoni’s swollen bottom lip into her mouth and ran her tongue along the underside of his cut.

Keoni moaned and slanted his head to take over the kiss. He had never been so turned on by just kissing a woman before. He felt ready to go again, and it had only been a few minutes. This time he was going to take things slowly. He shifted away from Lou. She pulled him back, threading her fingers through his hair and holding him to her mouth.

“Where are you going?”

Keoni shifted off the bed. Rolling to his feet, he pulled Lou with him.

“I want to show you the other reason I got this house,” he said. “Do you want to see it?”

“Do I need to put on clothes?” she asked.

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