Page 16 of Along Came Summer

Laughing, I circle my arms around her waist to keep her from thrashing around. “Relax, it was probably a water snake.”

Mira’s eyes almost bulge from her eye sockets, and her legs circle my waist. Clinging to me like a terrified spider monkey. “A water what?!” she shrieks in a panic, and if it weren’t for the fear in her eyes or the way her heart is pounding like a drum against my own chest, I might have continued messing with her.

“Mira,” I call her name quietly as she scans the water’s surface for any sign of snakes. “Mira, hey, I was just messing with you.” Mira slowly lifts her fretful eyes to mine, and I visibly feel her body relax. “There are no snakes, princess. It was probably some weed or a small tench fish swimming by.”

“A fish?” She questions, and I nod, smiling reassuringly while I rub her hips. I can’t tell if she's aware that her body is wrapped tightly around mine, and if she’s not, she will find out very soon because I can already feel my dick starting to stir in my shorts. “You know, if you wanted to see me in my bikini, King, all you had to do was ask nicely. You really didn’t need to go to such extremes and damn near give me a heart attack.”

Hold on a fucking minute, was that a flirty remark? Is Mira Evansflirtingwith me?

“Oh really?” I chuckle lowly, and she nods, tilting her head back into the water, but keeps her golden gaze on mine. Oh damn, she’s flirting all right. Fuck it, if she’s so brazenly dishing it out, I’m more than happy to give it right back.

“And what if what I really wanted was this? To feel your tight,wet,bikini-cladbody pressing against mine?” I question, smirking. Mira holds my gaze inch for inch and sensually licks her soft pink lips.

“I’d be obliged to ask now that you have mytight,wet, bikini-clad body pressed up against yours. What do you plan to do with it?” Mira taunts coquettishly, biting down on the soft pillow of her bottom lip, drawing my attention to her perfect mouth.

My mouth goes dry. If that’s not an open invitation, I don’t know what the fuck is.

“Worship it,” I rasp, leaning in slowly, staring at her lips. My hands wander from her hips down to the curve of her shapely behind. Mira’s lips part with a soft gasp when I squeeze a handful of her bum and grind her pussy over the length of my raging erection. “Claim every breathtaking inch of it.”

Is this it?

Is this the moment the nineteen-year-old boy, who has been yearning for over ten years, finally fulfils his fantasy of kissing the girl he has been hopelessly crushing on?

Well, whatever the case, it’s too late. There’s no going back now. I’ve put it out there. I’m playing an open hand and praying she raises the stakes and doesn’t fold on me.

With bated breath, I lock eyes with Mira, silently hoping I haven't gone and made a complete dick of myself by being too forward. I can’t decipher the look in her eyes, and my gut constricts tighter with every second that passes by, and she says nothing.

While I'm tempted to close the gap and kiss her until she’s not got a breath in her, it's crucial that she feels secure and in control after what she went through with her ex.

It seems like an eternity passes before Mira’s eyes trail down to my lips. Slowly, she leans in, the gap between us narrowing until our lips finally meet. The pressure of her lips against mine is almost featherlight, but it still sends an electrifying shiver down my spine.

Our lips stay locked for a beat before Mira draws back slightly. Our eyes open at the same time, and we share a look. One full of intent. The unspoken message is clear as day; we both know that we are about to cross the boundaries of our decade-long friendship.

Wrapping my arms around her waist, I pull her in, craving to be closer. It’s my move now. Leaning in, I part her lips with mine before I dexterously sink my tongue into her mouth in quest of her own, which she wastes no time in welcoming with a quiet moan that resonates through me.

As our tongues glide against one another and our kiss deepens, I feel the last bit of Mira’s reservations slip away, and she sinks into me, kissing me back with equal zeal. All I could taste, all I could breathe, all I could feel was Mira. She lit a fire in my bones with every deliberate stroke of her tongue against mine.

Goddamn, the girl can kiss.

Within that one kiss, I make up for all the years I should have been kissing her. My lungs are screaming at me to stop, but my lips pay no mind. I’m not about to stop when I’ve waited over a decade to taste her. I don’t need to breathe.

Christ, there is absolutely no denying that the feeling of kissing someone that you've been longing for is one of the most incredible experiences anyone can have. I can literally hear my heart whispering…at fucking last.

Alas, our lungs greedily gulp up the last drops of oxygen as we reluctantly break off from the electrifying kiss. Our foreheads press together, and we gasp for air, trying to get our breathing back to normal. Smiling, I lightly brush my nose down the length of hers and press a tender kiss to the corner of her mouth while I comb my fingers through the wet strands of her hair. Mira’s eyes remain closed. She smiles faintly, lightly brushing her dainty fingers along my bearded jaw.

“Oh, God, why doesn’t this feel wrong?” Mira whispers, her lips ghosting mine as she speaks. “We’re friends. Kissing your friend should feel wrong, right?”

I shake my head as I softly suck on her bottom lip, and she moans, subtly rocking herself against my erection. “Not necessarily. Two people can still be friends and kiss.” I groan, feathering kisses against her lips while I rub the crown of my dick against her clit. “They can still be friends and have an uncontrollable urge to dry hump each other...” The sexual tension between us surges from zero to a hundred in a matter of seconds. If we don’t stop, I’ll be inclined to take her to the alcove behind the waterfall and give her the fuck neither of us will ever forget. “I can still be your friend and want to spread your pussy lips apart and teasingly lick and suck your engorged clit to a slow, earth-shattering orgasm.”

“Jeezus,Levi…” Mira gasps, her legs tighten and quiver around my waist. Smiling, I drag my lips along her jaw to her ear. “We’re friends. We’ve known each other forever. I… I don’t want to do something that will jeopardise our friendship.”

“Are you really saying those words while you wantonly grind your pussy against my dick, princess?” I murmur against her throat. Mira bites her lip, and her head drops back as I press soft kisses down the column of her neck and suck at her pulse point. “We’re already six feet deep.”

Mira hisses, her body juddering against me. “Fuck.”

“if you really want to stop, say the word, and I’ll stop, and we’ll pretend like this never happened.” I offer, nuzzling her neck, and she quivers, her body heating up against mine.

I know she’s fighting her moral compass, as am I, but goddamn it, I know she wants this as badly as I do. But I won’t influence her. I want her towantme, to come to me on her own will and not because I sexually coerced her into it.

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