“Hey, Galaxy.”
I pause and glance over my shoulder.
His eyes shine with a playful taunt. “Happy is a good look on you, brother.”
“Today was perfect.” Ruby says as I cut the engine. Her head rests back and she stares up at the sky and her arms are wrapped around herself. She pulled on a dress over her suit before we went to the bar, but she’s still cold. She’s always cold.
I stand, taking her hand and pulling her to the front of the boat.
“Oh no,” she says as she realizes where I’m taking her. All day she’s avoided going up here. “I’m going to fall into the water.”
“No, you won’t.”
“Okay, but don’t blame me when I take you in with me.”
“The walkway is perfectly safe.” It’s a narrow path that leads to the seating area up front, and to my knowledge no one has ever fallen in while walking it.
She squeals as I lead the way, tugging her behind me. Once we’re there, she looks around. “This is stunning.”
I chuckle as she spins in a circle, then takes a seat, leaning to resume her position from earlier, sky gazing, with her hands intertwined together at her waist.
“Do you think Danny had sex in this spot?” she asks me as I sit next to her.
“Probably.”
Her nose scrunches. “Oh well. The sun and water probably disinfected it.”
“One can hope.”
I wrap an arm around her and rub my hands up and down her chilled skin.
She lets her head fall to the side to stare at me. “I like your boat.”
I let out another small laugh.
“And your friends. And you.”
I lean forward and kiss her, then because it’s not enough (it’s never enough), I lift her onto my lap.
She shivers against me.
“Want to go inside?” I ask.
Her mouth presses to mine as she shakes her head to the side softly.
I wrap her up in my arms instead as my tongue sweeps out to taste her. Coconut and rum and something that’s uniquely her.
Ruby leans away from me with a sexy grin, then shifts and wiggles as she tries to pull her dress up, so she isn’t sitting on it.
“What are you doing, Red?”
“I’m trying to have sex on a boat.”
My chest loosens with a laugh, but as soon as she stands and shoves her bikini bottoms to the boat floor, I’m one hundred percent ready to go.
She has a mischievous grin as she steps back between my spread legs. Her palms rest on my thighs but instead of climbing back into my lap, she gets on her knees.
I don’t move a muscle as she reaches for the ties on my trunks except to lift slightly so she can push them down far enough to free my dick.