Page 47 of All Night with the Cowboy
He flipped her, forcing her onto her back as he positioned himself above her. “You’ve healed me so well,” he murmured, taking off his shorts, “I think it’s time I took the lead.”
She gazed up at him as he placed one hand on her knee and gently pushed it open. Lauren was waiting for him to lean in and kiss her, but instead he lowered himself and kissed down her leg. When he reached her thigh he traced it with his tongue, moving so slowly, then going back up again a little before running his fingers down her belly and making her quiver.
“Think of this as a little thank-you for all that cowgirl riding you’ve been doing.”
Lauren held her breath as his mouth closed over her, the touch of his tongue so light she could barely feel it. He flicked back and forth and then delved deeper, pleasuring her with his mouth. She closed her knees around his head, fingers digging deep into the sand above her head as she moaned and bucked against him.
“Don’t stop,” she whispered.
Tanner clearly didn’t have any intention of stopping, and when she rocked up to meet his tongue, heat pulsating through her, she shuddered as a wave of intense pleasure shocked her system. As she came down from her high, eyes shut, body thrumming with satisfaction, Tanner rose, smiling as he cupped both of her breasts. She was feeling lazy and satiated, but he was just getting started.
He edged closer, his big body hard up against hers as he kissed the side of her neck, the tickling sensation of his moist lips to her skin almost too much to stand. He’d had a shave after their run so his cheeks were smooth against hers, and she shut her eyes again and savored the feel of him, the touch of his lips and fingers, the smell of his citrusy cologne that lingered around his neck.
Tanner rocked into her then, gently at first, and shelazily let him do all the work, smiling as he dropped his mouth to her breast. When he rose up higher, she finally opened her eyes, watching his face, liking the way he looked straight back at her as he moved in and out of her.
She locked the sight of him into her memory, lifted her hands to trace his face as she rocked up to meet him, not letting him stop, not wanting him to slow down. Tanner pulled her up then, scooping her against him. She sat on him as he held her, moving her up and down with his hands on her hips. She buried her face into his neck and his thrusting became more insistent, his hands firm on her, and she couldn’t stifle her moan. She leaned back, folding onto the sand, and Tanner moved with her, covering her body with his own. She listened to him suck back a sharp breath and she bucked up to meet him again, fingernails digging into his shoulder as he let out a low groan.
When he finally lifted up, he looked down at her and kissed her, and she relaxed back into the soft sand. Tanner kissed her again before rolling over her and lying beside her, one arm flung out to touch her.
“You’ve definitely healed me,” he said, laughing.
Lauren forced herself to sit up again and placed a hand to Tanner’s chest. It was hot and wet, which was exactly how she was feeling.
“Come with me,” she said.
Tanner had his eyes shut but it didn’t stop him from grinning up at her. “I thought I already had?”
She play-punched his arm and then gave him a nudge. “Come on.”
Lauren found her mask and snorkel and ran into the water, looking over her shoulder to check he was following. When she caught his smile she gave him a beamerright back, before diving into the water and basking in the sensation of the ocean against her naked body.
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Tanner followed Lauren out into the water, chuckling to himself as her pert little butt breached the surface as she dived deeper. He put his mask on and pushed under the water too, wishing they were out on a better day. It was still nice, but he knew it would have been amazing on a hot, clear day with the sun burning bright above.
She gave him an underwater thumbs-up and he did the same back, watching as a school of tiny bright fish traveled past. When they both surfaced to blow out through their snorkels and get more air, Lauren reached for his hand, palm to palm, and they swam side by side, inspecting the underwater world. By the time Tanner let go and finally came up to the surface properly, taking off his mask as he kept treading water, he could see that they’d gone a long way.
Lauren emerged beside him and he pointed to the shore. “Think we’d better head back in.”
She swam in a little circle around him. “I am getting kind of hungry.”
Tanner swam back and into her way so she couldn’t get around him, kissing her as she tried to dodge him.
“Eeek!”
He laughed. “What?”
“There’s a snake!” She grabbed hold of Tanner and he just about went under the surface. “Ohmygod, why did we come out so far?!”
He turned and looked for it, seeing through the perfectly clear water and catching a glimpse of a black-and-white blur. It darted away so fast that it was gone before he had time to put his mask back on.
“Come on, it’ll be fine,” he coaxed, pushing her away slightly so she didn’t drown him but keeping hold of her hand. “Let’s head back.”
“I hate snakes.” She kept spinning to look for it. “What if it’s poisonous?”
“I think they’re called coral reef snakes,” he said, knowing exactly what they were because he’d been flicking through a dive magazine while he’d waited for her to get ready earlier. “They won’t bother us if we don’t bother them.” He had no idea if that was true, but freaking her out wasn’t going to help.
He let go of her to put on his mask and snorkel again and waited until she’d done the same, and when she placed a hand to his shoulder he started to swim slowly in, kicking as he kept his eyes underwater to admire everything one last time.
