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Lumi swam to the side just in time to get out of the way before Kit ran to the pool, jumped up with a loud howl, and pressed her body into a cannonball making the water splash in all directions.
Maximum had seen it and came running to make his own bomb and soon Damian and Nathan followed with impressive splashes of water.
Charles and I watched them with goofy smiles on our faces. “They’re crazy.” I laughed.
“Yes, but the good kind of crazy.”
“Aww, look at how happy the kids seem.”
“I know. It must be because they have the world’s coolest adoptive parents in the world.”
“If we say so ourselves.” I squeezed his hand just as he bit my earlobe and whispered into my ear, “I need to show you something.”
“Okay. Now?”
“Mmmm…” Charles stood up and offered me a hand. Kit and Damian were having fun with the kids in the pool and even Lumi was allowing Nathan to put her on his shoulders and throw her into the water.
“Liv and I will be right back. We just need to look over some papers that have to be signed.” Charles led me through the house and up the stairs. I recognized the look he gave me. It was pure desire and lust, and as always, it gave me butterflies in my stomach.
“We’re not signing papers, are we?”
“Nope.”
The laughter from outside reminded me that everyone in that pool was capable of looking out for themselves. I could steal a moment with Charles, couldn’t I?
Like two naughty school kids, we intertwined our hands and ran up the stairs and into the bedroom, where we locked the door and laughed together, like we had pulled off some great escape plan.
“Come here.” Charles kissed me while nudging me to the bed. “I’ve missed you all day, and coming home to see you in that bikini made it hard for me to think. Wanna know why I placed myself behind you?”
I smiled when he took my hand and placed it on his hard erection.
“Wow, is that all for me?” My laugh was swallowed by our kissing.
“Every inch is yours.” Charles growled low and removed my bikini top. “God, you’re so tempting.”
“So are you.”
He looked into my eyes with a serious expression. “I can’t tell you what this last year has meant to me, but I know that you feel it when we make love.”
My face softened. “I do!” Kissing him slow and enjoying his soft lips on mine, I admitted, “The truth is that sometimes you still make me shy and nervous, like I can’t believe I scored the guy out of my league.”
“I was never out of your league. If anything, you were out of mine.”
We looked deep into each other’s eyes and then he kissed his way from my mouth to my earlobe and then down across my neck and collarbone. With a small moan, I leaned my head back in surrender. Charles was a master at seducing me and sure enough, his thumb ran down over my throat just as a reminder that he was in control.
“This bikini looks amazing on you, but I still prefer you naked.” He pushed the fabric of my bikini bottoms down and they landed next to my top that he’d already removed. Heat spread at my core and I fisted my hands into his dark hair, when he bent down to lick and suckle on my nipple.
Right then his tics came out and in response, I tightened my grip on him. “I love you so freaking much. Do you know that?”
Charles responded by picking me up and placing me on the bed where he pushed me down on my back and got nose to nose with me. “I know it, but I’m still not sure I understand it. You’re like a dream come true with the way I can be myself around you. I never have to hide my issues or my tics.”
“And I can be open about my weird fetish.”
He rolled down next to me on the bed before lifting his hand to my throat with his dominant smile that made my body vibrate with lust. Pushing myself against him, I lifted my thigh to his hip.
“Mmm.” He growled low against my ear. “There’s something amazing about two quirky people finding each other and making it work.”
“Are you calling me a weirdo?”
