Page 34 of The Model

“Do you have a thing for me and the water?” He cocked one eyebrow in question.

He had no idea. Especially after earlier today. I was still all hot and bothered by reliving it through the pictures I took.

Rob and Parker made their way over to where we were sitting on the rock. They stopped a foot away and looked up at us. “We’re getting ready to head out.”

“We’re going to hang back and go for a swim before we leave.” Ryder’s palm resting on my knee gave me a little squeeze.

“Okay.” Rob drew out the word. “I look forward to hearing from you later tonight.”

As if he had to remind me. I gave him a tight-lipped smile, afraid that if I opened my mouth, I’d tell him I’d changed my mind.

“Relax,” Ryder whispered in my ear.

Only then did I realize that my body had tensed up.

Parker hung back when Rob returned to the group as they started to leave. A big cheesy smile grew on his face. “Do you need a third?” He wagged his eyebrows comically.

Not knowing Parker, I didn’t know if he was serious or not, but it didn’t matter. Threesomes were not my thing, and even if they were, I wasn’t sharing Ryder with anyone. Male or female.

Ryder threw his head back and laughed. “Get lost, Parker.”

Stepping away, Parker looked over his shoulder. “You two are no fun.”

No fun for him, but I couldn’t wait to be alone with Ryder.

14

Lexie

Ryder’snimble fingers untied the top strings of my bikini top. Leaning forward, he flicked his skilled tongue across my already hardened nipple. I let out a breathy sigh from being wound up for so long. I was surprised I had lasted until now. My control had nearly slipped as I watched Ryder emerge from the water. I’d pushed it down for as long as possible and now I was ready to strip Ryder down and have my wicked way with him.

One long finger slipped inside my bikini bottoms and glided through my slick folds. “I love how wet you always are for me.” He groaned deep in his throat. “It makes my dick so hard.”

My lips trailed from his neck and over his collarbone before moving down. My fingers fell to the waistband of his board shorts and slipped my hands over his firm ass cheeks before I pushed his shorts down until they fell to his feet. My tongue swirled around his nipple once before I nipped it with my teeth.

He groaned, putting his hand on the back of my head and held me there. “You’re trouble. The best kind of trouble, my sexy Lexie.”

Ryder plucked the strings on the sides of my bottoms, letting them fall away. His fingers dug into my soft flesh as he picked me up. My legs immediately wrapped around his waist. One of my hands slipped into the longer tresses at the top of his head and pulled it to the side. My mouth found the column of his neck and sucked, licked, and kissed my way up. His piney scent infiltrated my nose. How did he still smell so good?

I nipped his ear. “I love the way you smell. The way you taste.”

Warm water hit my most sensitive places. I hadn’t even realized Ryder had started to move toward the water, I’d been so consumed by him. My lips found his, and as if he’d been waiting on me, Ryder took my mouth into a searing kiss. Our kiss deepened the further into the water we went. The water hit my shoulder blades, and we were both panting for breath.

One hand fisted in my hair and pulled my head back. His other palm skated from my neck down to my breastbone, pushing until I was lying back in the water. One hand on my hip and the other cupping my breasts. I’m tethered to Ryder only by his touch.

“Your hair matches the water.” He flashed his dimples at me. “It’s…you’re beautiful all the time, but like this, you’re ethereal.”

I wanted to say something. Do something. The look on his face, the way his eyes glowed down at me, I knew he meant every word he said. Before I could collect myself enough, the pad of Ryder’s thumb pressed down hard on my bundle of nerves and started to circle in rough strokes. My body bucked up out of the water. My inner thighs trembled with need.

My hands clutched his forearms as Ryder brought me to completion. My body jerked in the warm water with my eyes trained on his. Ryder’s eyes matched the water perfectly, and with the way the sun reflected back into them, he glowed like a devilish angel. Once the tremors finally settled, I closed my eyes and let the water and Ryder hold me. It was a warm cocoon of safety that I never wanted to leave.

This would forever be my happy place.

“Come here, pretty girl.” Ryder scooped me up out of the water and cradled me to his chest. It was as if he knew I was a boneless mess. As I lay my head on his shoulder, he rubbed one hand up and down my back. He swayed us back and forth in the water, bringing me down from one of my highest highs.

“You’re good at that,” I spoke against his shoulder.

He kissed the top of my head and rested his chin there. “At what? Bringing you to orgasm or soothing you?”

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