Page 37 of To Have and To Hold

He was sucking hard on her neck and she groaned and giggled at the same time, knowing he was marking his territory and that she would have to cover her neck from prying eyes in the morning. The cool of the water didn’t distract from the heat of Colin’s hands as he cupped her breast underneath the water, playing over the stiff nipples just the way she liked it.

“Are you sure that you are not sore, my love?” He whispered against her neck, and she wrapped her legs tighter around his waist in response. She was a little sore from last night and this morning’s love-making, but she found that she loved having him inside her and she needed her husband just as much as he needed her.

She braced her arms on his shoulders and lifted herself off him and then sank back down onto him. He groaned and his mouth traced the skin on her exposed neck that was above the water.

“Fuck, you feel so good baby. So tight.” He spoke huskily near her ear and then he sucked the bottom part into his mouth before sinking his teeth lightly on it. She shivered and raised herself up again, coming down on his length and swirling her hips so that his tip caressed her swollen walls, making them clench around him. He let out a husky, pleased chuckle as she began using his cock to please herself and then he swallowedboth their cries when he came inside of her as she held him tight, milking him through her orgasm.

He carried her back onto the beach, as well as the blankets and towels they carried down from their hotel room for a late-night swim. The only light on the beach was from the hotels nearby, including the one they were staying in until tomorrow before flying back home to start looking for a home together.

Colin grabbed the towels and help to rub her dry, taking pleasure from her body’s response to his attention and when she finished drying him off, she was wet and ready again and from the hard bulge in his shorts so was he, so he pulled her down next to him instead and tucked her against his body.

Her hand caressed his chest as she spoke, her voice holding sadness. For a moment in the water, she had forgotten about today’s events. “I still can’t believe this is our second night as a married couple and we have already attended another wedding.”

Coco was still in shock to get the call from her parents that her sister was getting married and right now to Colin’s younger brother Matt. After they left the reception, apparently, they’d missed the fireworks of Matt and Reena realizing they were each other’s one night stand. Her mother had rushed through the details after getting off the phone with her early this morning.

Matt had demanded she marry him, and her sister was now also a Norris too.

He sighed and kissed her forehead. “I know, I wish this had been done another way, but it is for the best and maybe it will work out for them.”

She leaned back and scowled. “Your grandfather and his damn request.”

“Hey, he’s your grandfather now too, and look I wasn’t happy at first about it, but it brought us together and I can see why he wants my brothers to be happy. My father did a lot of damage to me and my siblings and warped our idea of what love is or falling in love can do to you. Leaving us all scarred.” He said bitterly. “Granddad was just trying to fix it.”

“Is that why you broke up with me?”

She went silent, watched him, waiting, knowing he had more to say. He looked down at her and then away.

“Yes, our last study session at my house that day. When I walked you to the door, I already missed you and went back to my room where you left one of your scarfs. I pulled it to my nose, wanting it to be you and realized I had fallen in love. I never missed any of my girlfriends when they were gone or texted them as much as I texted you. You had me wrapped around your finger and didn’t even know it.” Colin stroked a hand over her beautiful hands, underlining his point.

“I had begun thinking of going away to college but still seeing you after we graduated and was going to ask you at the prom to be more than just my girlfriend. I wanted more and was even willing to wait on having sex because I knew you wanted a committed relationship or marriage.”

She was surprised and not surprised because she had felt he was falling for her, like she’d fallen for him and that he was going to say the words to her at prom. She’d been so sure back then and glad she was right that he’d wanted to get serious with her.

“I didn’t know my dad was home from wherever he went when he was running away from his family. And I was caught offguard when he opened the door and saw me sitting there with a lovestruck look on my face and your scarf clutched in my hand.”

Coco laid her hand on his chest, sensing he needed her touch, and he picked up her hand and kissed it before resettling it back on him, his hand now covering hers.

“He came into the room, his face all twisted, and told me what would happen to me if I ever let love for a woman into my life. He became unhinged and then he broke down in my arms crying because that day was also the day he lost my mother. I had forgotten she’d passed away from a blood clot a month after giving birth to the twins. That day with you had been so special, I forgot about my mom. He made me promise to move on from you and that it would be better this way. He said he would stay longer this time if I would give you up and I did for my brothers. I hoped this time around that if he stayed longer, he would not leave us again.” He gave a bark of angry laughter.

“When he took off again, it was too late; the damage between us had been done and you left to finish school somewhere else.”

“I feel sorry for your father that he lost someone he loved. But Colin, your dad is a sonuvabitch to manipulate you like that. He’s lucky you told me now because—” She gestured wrapping her hands around someone’s neck.

He chuckled and grabbed her hands, kissing them again. “It’s in the past now and he’s lost his ability to say anything about what happens to his sons. We all consider my grandfather more of a dad than him now. We all still care for him despite the fact he has not been a great dad. I just hope someday he finds peace and can let go of the ghost of my mom.”

She nodded and tucked her face into his neck, and he wrapped his arms around her.

“Have I told you lately, how much I love you.”

She looked at her wrist and pretended to see the time there. “You’re slipping with your husbandly duties. I haven’t heard you say the words for at least an hour.”

“Hey, cut me some slack, I was too busy being balls deep in my wife to think properly.”

She laughed. “Speaking of those hands.”

She grinned knowing what was coming next.

“Why don’t you put them to good use and wrap them around my cock.” He flexed his hips into her side, showing her that he was ready for her again.

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