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“I should have had you two putting on SPF earlier. I’m so stupid.” Nadia wasn’t happy that Leo’s cheeks had turned the slightest color of pink, placing the blame of them getting burnt onto herself, even though Leo was not only old enough to know to put it on himself, but also Dante, Leo’s father, was sitting right there.
When Leo grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled it off finally, he let the woman cover his back, and that was when Dante saw it.
Nadia had taken the same care in covering both of them, like a mother would have. Her touch on Amo was no different than Leo’s, and suddenly, his jealousy turned into a feeling that again tugged at his heart.
It had been a long time since he had seen anyone mothering his son. His daughter, Maria, would do a motherly act every now and then, but this was obviously different to him. And with every kind act toward Leo, it made him see Nadia differently each time.
It was only the guilt that crept into his soul that reminded him to stay away from her.
Men like Dante didn’t deserve happiness. Not when he had buried his wife six feet below.
Satisfied the boys wouldn’t burn, Nadia took her spot back on the lounger with the bottle in hand.
“I’m going to go for a swim to cool off,” Amo announced, which had Leo following.
“I’ll come, too.”
Watching the boys head to the back of the yacht, she could see Amo jump straight into the ocean, while Leo sat down to let his feet dangle in. She could tell he didn’t want to get his bandage wet.
Returning to her task, she squeezed some of the lotion out and began to apply it liberally to her risen tanned leg.
Okay … maybe he deserved happiness, at least for the weekend.
Careful that his shades were concealing his insistent staring, he watched the woman, who was becoming more beautiful by the second, apply lotion to her body. Her bronze tan glowed more with each swipe until her legs glistened in the sun.
Dante was sure the lower half of her body was his favorite, at least from what he had noticed. Her calves were toned, along with her thighs. On first glance, you’d think she was just on the thicker side, but you could actually see the muscle turn under her skin as she moved her leg to reach a different spot.
She had a true athletic build, with a generous ass to prove it, but when she slipped his white shirt off her shoulders to finally reveal her orange bikini top, he was no longer sure her bottom half was his favorite.
Her bronze skin continued glowing with each lather. She had merely turned enough to give him a glimpse of her breasts, and, while she was bottom heavy, they were a perfect handful that had him closing his eyes to dream about …
Nadia tossed the bottle onto a sleeping Dante. “Put this on.”
She was surprised to find that he didn’t argue like Amo had but did as she said without so much as a word.
Picking her book back up wasn’t enough to distract her from watching him, so she had to completely turn herself to the other side in order to concentrate on the words and not gawk at Dante.
“Would you mind?”
She looked back over her shoulder at his words, seeing that he held out the lotion.
“I can’t reach my back.”
Internally screaming at her predicament, she had to think,What would Sex Piston do?But she knew exactly what Sex Piston would do.
“S-Sure.” She swallowed, gathering her composure as she put down her book. As she took a seat behind him on the lounger, Dante waited patiently.
Squeezing out the contents with shaking hands, Nadia bit her lip nervously.Stop being stupid.She had just applied lotion on Amo’s and Leo’s backs, and this was no different.
But staring at the expanse of his back told her it was much different, and it sure as hell felt different when her hand touched his skin. They had been just kids, whereas Dante Caruso was a man. A man who had her body aching since the moment she had lain eyes on him in his office, but she had just been too proud to admit it until she could no longer deny it.
Goose bumps prickled up her arms at the fact that she suddenly had free reign to touch his body, especially when she got to his strong shoulders. She knew that was definitely goingto be her favorite part, which was why she saved it for last, and it certainly didn’t disappoint.
When a wild thought caught her mind that would have been Sex Piston approved, Nadia hurriedly rubbed in the last bit that was still white, then she made it disappear quite roughly.
“Okay, done,” she blurted awkwardly, wanting to desperately put space between them, but as she quickly stood, her hand was captured.
“You need some, too,” he announced coolly, pulling her down in front of him, making her unable to protest.
