Page 72 of Ruse
It’s a beautiful night - the sky clear and speckled with twinkling stars visible beyond the calm waters in the distance fading into the vast blanket of dark blue where the sky and the sea collide. The pool lights are turned on, illuminating the blue floor underneath as a light breeze pushes the water back and forth, in slow and steady waves.
Phoenix continues walking toward the back door of the house, but I catch up to her and wrap my arms around her waist from behind, resting my chin in the crook of her neck.
“Nyx, wait,” I murmur against her skin. “I’m not ready for the night to be over.” She stills before turning to face me, her eyes alight with so much emotion as she looks up at me through dark lashes.
Our drive back home was silent, neither of us knowing what to do or say next. I wanted to tell her what her how excited I was she’d finally accepted that we were good together, but I didn’t. I knew she wasn’t ready to hear it. Not since I was sure there were millions of thoughts running wild in her mind about what had just occurred. Doubt, regret, and fear were probably among the emotions she was trying to sort through, and I wasn’t going to push her on it.
Though now, as we stand here beside the pool, my hands wrapped around her body that’s pressed against mine, with the soft song of the crickets chirping in the night the only sound we can hear beyond our unsteady breathing, I have no intention of waiting.
Having her in my arms earlier today, being inside of her as she rode me, and watching the look in her eyes as she came apart for me, was like a drug I’d become addicted to. Like an addict I’m having withdrawals and need to take another hit.
She breaks our silence first, “What did you have in mind?” I watch uncertainty wash over her face, her beautiful blue eyes looking deep into mine, silently trying to figure out my next move.
Tough luck baby, cause I have no fucking clue what I’m doing.
I’m unsure of how to respectfully answer, since what I really want is to bend her over the table under the pergola and fuck her raw until she’s crying out my name into the night. Instead, I stare blankly at her, letting the chemistry between us take control. The magnetic pull is so profound I can almost taste it in the air around us as her body leans forward, her lips softly pressing against mine.
I look over her head and toward the still waters of the infinity pool behind us. A smile creeps onto my lips pressed against hers and I give her a quick peck. “Let’s go for a swim.”
Without waiting for her response, I grab her hand and lead her toward the pool.
“Maverick wait,” she cries out, but I don’t stop until we’re standing at the edge of the water.
“Take this off,” I demand, tugging at the hem of her leather skirt. I quickly slip out of my jacket and shirt, throwing them both on one of the loungers to our right. However, instead of following my order, she’s just standing there gawking at me. I raise a brow questioningly at her. “Did you not hear me?”
“We can’t.” She nervously looks around the yard, then back toward the house. “What if someone catches us?” she whispers, crossing her arms over her chest. She shivers and I’m unsure if it’s the light breeze in the air, or desire creeping over her skin.
“All the lights are turned off. No one is awake.”
Annoyed with my quick-witted response, she digs her teeth into her bottom lip. “Okay, well I don’t have a swimsuit on.”
She’s fishing for excuses, and I’m not amused. I want this too much to waste time playing games tonight. “Babe, trust me, you’re not going to need it.” I grin at her, making her cheeks flush a pretty pink color.
I watch desire flare in her eyes as they rake over my naked chest and down to my hand unbuttoning my jeans. I kick off my boots and tug my jeans down, standing in nothing but a pair of boxers.
“Wow,” she gasps covering her mouth with her hand at the realization she said that out loud. A deeper hue paints her cheeks as she watches me, her tongue wetting her lips.
“Your turn.” I lick my lips in response and she nearly melts to a puddle of need at my feet.
Shaky hands move to her back, thin and deft fingers slowly tugging down the zipper of her skirt. It falls to her feet leaving her bare to me, her thong currently on the floor tucked inside the pocket of my jeans. She proceeds to pull the strapless top over her head, revealing perky breasts with small, pointed nipples I didn’t get to enjoy earlier.
My mouth instantly waters at the sight of pure perfection standing before me.
Tugging off my boxers, I feel my hard cock already dripping and throbbing from how turned on I am just remembering the way she felt wrapped around me.
Fuck, I need her now.
“Mav,” she moans, her voice breathy and full of desire. “The cameras, what if he catches us.”
I take four steps toward her, closing the space between us yet don’t reach out to touch her. Looking up at the security camera secured on the roof of the house pointing down at us, I reach out for her, bringing her body flush against me. “Then let’s give him something to watch.”
I swallow her rebuttal as my mouth crashes down on hers, kissing her like a starved man who needs her to survive. Our lips dance together to a tune only the two of us know. She’s intoxicating the feel of her tongue in my mouth exhilarating as she opens up further for me. I take her bottom lips between my teeth and bite hard drawing blood as I grip a handful of her ass in my palms.
Before she can whine and pull away, I grab her waist and dive us headfirst into the water.
Saltwater comes crashing into our faces, burning as it goes up my nose, but I don’t release her lips, not until we come back up to the surface and she’s gasping for air, coughing up the water she’s swallowed.
“Maverick,” she coughs out, hitting her fists against my chest. “What the hell?”
