Page 91 of An Inconvenient Marriage
“Okay, more than a little.” Blinking slowly, she added, “I wanted to touch you, too.”
Since we were alone again, I tightened my arm around her waist and pulled her hips flush against mine so she could feel how much I liked her words. “Don’t worry, I’m not done with you yet. Let me just go inside and have a chat with Javier, then you and I can pick up where we left off.”
Her brows drew together, and she stared over my shoulder at something. I didn’t want her eyes on the house where my brother was watching us, so I cocked my head to the side to disrupt her line of sight. And then, just because I could, or maybe because I really wanted to, I sealed my mouth over hers.
It was meant to be a quick kiss, just a taste, but once my tongue brushed over hers, all bets were off. I took her face in both my hands and kissed her the same way I wanted to screw her.
Slow.
Deep.
Intense.
I took and took and took. But this was Natalie, and I’d never have my fill of her. So, I took some more.
“Might want to slow down, brother, I didn’t come here for a show. Although—”
Not listening to the rest of his sentence, I tore my mouth from Natalie’s in an angry growl. In one quick move, I spun around and tucked her behind me so Javier couldn’t see her.
“What the fuck are you doing here?”
Javier held his hands in front of him in surrender. “I just want to talk.”
Reaching behind me, I held Natalie close. “And why the hell couldn’t you wait a few more minutes?”
I’d switched to Spanish, and thankfully so did Javier when he spoke again.
“Ihavebeen waiting… long enough to know what happens when you kiss her likethat.”
I was going to kill him or at the very least pluck his eyes from their sockets so he could never look at Natalie again.
“Go inside,” I ground out. “I’ll be right there.”
“Okay, but if you start kissing her, I’m coming back out.” Then, just to be a damn bastard, he leaned to the side to peek around me. “Hello, bella chica, so lovely to see you again.”
“Javier! I swear—”
“I’m going, I’m going.”
With a chuckle, he turned around and jogged back to the house. I was still glaring at his retreating back when Natalie slipped out from behind me. Shaking her head, she made her way to the shallow side of the pool.
“This is the most embarrassing day of my life.”
She’d just made it to the steps and was about to get out when I grabbed her wrist and dragged her back into the water.
“Zach! What the hell?”
“Stay here,” I growled. “I’ll get you a towel.”
She shook her head. “You don’t need to do that, I can get my own—”
“Natalie, stay the fuck in the water until I get you a damn towel. I’m already two seconds away from murdering my brother, and the thought of his eyes on your half-naked body is only adding fuel to the fire.”
Her eyes grew wide, and her pretty little mouth fell open. “Oh.”
“Yes, oh. Now stay there, I’ll be right back.”
With a muttered curse, I hauled myself out of the water and snatched two towels from the rack behind the loungers. I secured one around my waist and headed back to the pool with the other.
