Page 59 of Alpha's Secret Baby Girl
“You did it!” Rafael cried, scooping Lianne out of the water as she reached him. She shrieked in delight as he spun her in a circle.
“Did you see?” Lianne shouted, twisting to look at Gwen. “I swamed!”
Gwen rolled to a sitting position and clapped. “Amazing!”
“I am amazing,” Lianne declared proudly. “Come swim with us, Mommy!”
Gwen grinned. She tossed off the cover-up, earning an appreciative grin from Rafael as his eyes roved over her bikini, and splashed into the freezing water. She yelped but didn’t have time to feel sorry for herself as Lianne immediately launched herself at her.
A few hours later, they dripped their way back to town, laughing and tired from their outing. Gwen rolled her shoulders as they reached the house. Maybe it was a mistake to go to the pond today, when she and Rafael had planned a date. She might be too tired to have a romantic evening now.
Kira was already waiting for them, her mouth drawn into an unhappy slash, though she tried to hide it as they approached.
“Joshua wants you to call him when you have a chance,” Kira told Rafael, and her scowl deepened.
Ahhh, that would do it. Gwen had to hide a sigh. Kira and Joshua had had some sort of argument that left them at odds with each other. She hoped that they would work through it soon. Since Kira was Gwen’s best friend and Joshua was Rafael’s best friend, their paths were bound to cross.
“Thanks for watching, Lianne,” Gwen told her.
Kira managed a smile at that. “Of course. I’m always happy to hang out with my favorite girl.”
Lianne was excited, too, and started telling Kira all about learning how to swim. With her thus employed, Gwen hurried upstairs to dress for her date. She met Rafael downstairs and they headed out. Rafael drove them to the docks. His boat was already prepared for them, and they headed out, the wind and the sea breathing fresh life into them as they talked and laughed. Gwen wasn’t sure where they were going, and was pleasantly surprised when they arrived at one of the smaller islands. They docked the boat, and Rafael helped her out.
“This is beautiful,” Gwen said, admiring the sun descending over the ocean.
Rafael wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin against her shoulder. “You’re beautiful.”
Gwen leaned back against him, smiling.
He kissed her neck, causing shivers of pleasure to tingle across her skin. “You know what else you are?”
“Hmmm. Tell me.”
“Wonderful. Amazing. Smart. Funny. And so goddamn sexy it makes me cry,” he breathed against her, pressing a kiss to her neck after every sentence.
Gwen shivered and pressed back against him. “You’re not so bad yourself.”
Rafael’s hands moved to her hips. “I know what I am.” He turned her toward him. The sunset cast his face in purples and golds, and he pressed a long, deep kiss to her lips. “I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
“Not as lucky as I am,” Gwen answered between kisses.
“I’m luckier.” He pressed his hands to his hips and pulled her back ever so slightly to smile at her. “You gave me another chance. I get to be your mate and Lianne’s father. Even though I behaved like an ass.”
Gwen cupped his cheek with her hand. “No more of that. You made a mistake. You’ve apologized, and I’ve forgiven you. Let’s not dwell on the past.”
The waves sighed against the sand as their mouths met again. Gwen’s heart beat faster as the length of her body pressed against Rafael, feeling the heat of him through their clothes. She rocked her hips, testing, and grinned as she felt the proof of hisarousal. She slid her hands under his shirt, greedily mapping the contours of his body.
“Fuck, Gwen. You don’t know what you do to me,” he breathed as he moved his mouth to her neck.
First, Gwen could only gasp as the pleasure of his motions burst through her. Her core tightened, aching to be filled. She rocked her hips again, and when Rafael moaned, she giggled breathlessly.
“I think I have some idea what I do to you,” she purred into his ear. Her hands dropped out of his shirt to run down the curve of his ass. His muscles tightened under her touch, and she held on for dear life, bringing him closer to her.
“What do you want?” Rafael asked. His hands were all over her, greedy and impatient. She could hear the effort it took for him to hold back.
“I want you,” she breathed, her lips brushing against the shell of his ear. “Forever.”
Rafael’s answer was a low, happy growl in her ear. He lifted her, his muscles straining as he carried her down the beach back to the boat. There, they nearly fell into the water. Gwen laughed as she squirmed herself free from his grasp, then clutched his hand and pulled him onto the boat. They hurried downstairs like a couple of impatient teens. As soon as the door to the cabin shut, they were on each other.
