by Alice Raine
One change since I’d last seen him in the UK was his chest hair, which had been trimmed down so it was shorter and neater. This just made his muscular chest look even more defined though, so obviously I wasn’t complaining. Apparently in the new season of LA Blue he’d have to get his top off quite a few times, and the producer hadn’t liked his untamed state – he’d called him ‘a hairy British bear’ – and immediately demanded the ladies in the hair and makeup department trim him down. I’m sure it made their day. Possibly their year.
I was very fond of Sean’s chest hair – his fur, as I referred to it. I saw it as manly and a huge turn on, and even in this trimmed state I still found myself itching to run my fingers across it.
Tilting my face toward the sun, I couldn’t help but hum happily to myself – this was blissful. It almost felt as if we were a regular couple again, sunning ourselves on a foreign holiday somewhere exotic, and I was loving every minute of it.
Thankfully, last night’s argument was now firmly behind us, although I’m fairly sure we’d both taken on board the points made, and learnt from our mistakes. Hopefully things would be a little smoother between us from now on.
‘You’re too far away. Come here,’ Sean grumbled, one hand patting the gap between us on the double lounger while his other held up an e-reader. This sunbed was amazing, it was like a four poster bed, with light gauze draped across it to cut out the glare from the sun, and a huge mattress big enough for two.
Rolling onto my side, I shuffled closer to his bronzing skin. His closest arm took hold of me possessively and I relaxed, allowing him to do his thing and tuck me close to his side with a contented sigh. ‘That’s better,’ he said, giving my waist a brief squeeze just above the ticklish spot at my hip.
Squirming under his teasing touch, I let out a small giggle and when he relented and moved his hand, I gave in and flopped lazily onto him. ‘It’s hot today, I didn’t want to get you sweaty.’ Resting my cheek on the sun-warmed skin of his chest, I now had a perfect view over his near perfect body and found a smile tugging my lips again. Possibly a slightly smug one too, because let’s face it, having this guy lying beneath me made me a very, very lucky girl.
‘You didn’t seem to mind getting me sweaty last night,’ he commented teasingly, his hand sliding back to my hip and resuming its earlier caress. He had a point, and I couldn’t help but smile as I recalled last night’s lovemaking. Once we’d gotten the talking part over with, it had been mind-blowing.
Sex with Sean had been great from the start, always intense and passionate, but it seemed that adding in the highly-strung emotions of anger and jealousy had made last night somehow even more explosive. I was still reeling from it.
Just thinking about how possessive he’d been got me hot under the collar and I felt a stirring of interest flutter in my belly as my libido began to wake up. To be honest, if Sean kept rubbing my hip like this I’d either pounce on him right here in the open, or need to jump in the pool to cool off my growing arousal.
‘By the way, you could have told me you decided to bring Cait along to the bungalow,’ he murmured, his e-reader lowering for a moment as he spoke.
Oops. He had a point there. Seeing as Sean was footing the bill for this luxurious accommodation I probably should have told him. Mind you, on the night I moved here and invited Cait along for the ride I had only just found out about the fake engagement and had been furious with him. It hadn’t crossed my mind since then. ‘I needed some company. Sorry, I didn’t think to tell you.’
My voice was a little weak, and in response, Sean placed his book down and gave me an understanding squeeze, as if he knew exactly what I was thinking, but didn’t want to mention it either. I felt his head twist as he dropped a kiss on my hair and I nuzzled closer.
‘I don’t mind in the slightest, but I walked out in my boxers this morning and nearly scared the shit out of Cait.’
Propping myself up on my elbow, I raised my sunglasses onto the top of my head so I could look at him properly. His eyes were shaded by a pair of Aviators, but he didn’t look overly bothered by his near flashing. In fact, judging by the way the corners of his lips were tweaking, he appeared quite amused by it all.
‘You did?’ Giggling, I placed a hand on his chest and trailed my fingers towards his belly button, watching in fascination as the skin tensed and rippled with my movements. ‘Sorry. Cait is quite shy so you probably did scare her, but I’m sure she’ll get over it.’
‘It could have been worse, I nearly walked out stark naked. That would really have given her a fright.’ Grinning, I decided not to tell Sean that Cait had probably gotten an eyeful of his tackle last night, just in case it made him feel uncomfortable around her. Not that he had any reason to be shy when it came to his privates – he had more than enough going on in the trouser department to make any man envious.
Gosh, with the heat from the sun combining with my wandering (and increasingly heated) thoughts about Sean’s lower anatomy, I was starting to feel like I might melt.
Peeling myself from Sean’s one-armed embrace, I sat up. Stretching out my arms, I yawned and eyed the tempting pool. ‘It’s so hot today. I’m going to cool off in the pool, you coming for a swim?’
‘In a minute, let me finish this chapter,’ Sean said, lifting up his e-reader again. He was a man after my own heart – I hated to leave a book mid-chapter, always getting to the end of one before putting it down. It was a small obsession of mine.
‘OK.’ Dropping a kiss onto one of his nipples I gave it just the tiniest nip with my teeth, enough to make him jerk and yelp, but as he went to reach for me I jumped up and ran giggling to the far side of the pool, towards the ladder. Seeing Sean giving me a rueful smile across the glittering water as he rubbed his abused nipple, I grinned and waved teasingly at him before approaching the side.
I’m a bit of a wuss when it comes to introducing my body to cold water. I never jump straight in, always choosing to climb slowly down the ladder until I have acclimatised enough to brave the act of immersing myself. As I lowered my foot onto the first step, I gasped at the chill that surrounded my skin. The sun was hot today, so I’d thought the water might have warmed slightly, but no, it was still flipping freezing.
It took me a while, and several loud gasps, but after a few minutes I was about halfway in, the water now lapping around my belly button. To my astonishment, I was suddenly hit with the most gigantic wave of freezing cold water splashing all over my back and head, causing me to scream, flail one arm wildly, lose my grip, and promptly fall from the ladder and under the water.
Plumes of bubbles surrounded me for a second as I sank down under the bright surface, before pushing off the bottom and popping up sputtering out a mouthful of water. To my embarrassment, I then briefly flailed around like a drowning hippopotamus before coming to my senses and swimming to the side to hold on.
Lifting a hand, I rubbed at my eyes to remove the water and then pushed my sopping wet hair away from my face to see, and hear, Sean laughing loudly as he trod water in the middle of the pool.
‘Cannonball!’ he said with a grin and a wicked wiggle of his eyebrows.
‘You’re supposed to shout as you jump into the pool, not afterwards!’ I scolded him, flopping my drenched hair over my shoulders in a decidedly huffy gesture.
‘Yeah, but you deserved it.’ Seeing my affronted look, he grinned even wider and shrugged. ‘After biting my nipple you proceeded to tease me by standing on the ladder and wiggling your delectable arse from side to side as you fannied about being too scared to get in the water.’
Faking outrage, I dropped my mouth open. ‘I was not fannying! And I wasn’t scared! I was making a ladylike and elegant entrance!’ I exclaimed, now struggling to hold back the laughter. ‘Or at least I was trying to,’ I muttered, feeling far from elegant, and more like a half drowned rat.
‘It looked like you were fannying to me,’ he said with a grin, giving a shrug which caused a chunk of his wet hair to fal
l across his forehead somewhat distractingly. ‘I was just being helpful and assisting you in your entry to the pool.’
He continued to tread water as he raised a hand and pushed his hair back from his brow so it was slicked neatly away from his face. Watching him, I felt my eyebrows rise in appreciation. What with his tan, the sun twinkling in his blue eyes, and his near perfect hair Sean now resembled something like a GQ model, and I couldn’t help but grin back. How could I stay mad at him when he looked like that?
I couldn’t, and I wasn’t really mad at him – we were in a swimming pool, it was designed for fun, so messing around and getting me wet was sort of expected.
Pushing off from the side, I swam out to him and found that he wasn’t actually treading water, but standing, so I lowered my legs to follow suit and immediately managed to dunk myself under the water again. While the water was shallow enough for Sean’s six foot something body to stand, my five foot six frame could not reach the bottom.
Warm hands enclosed around my upper arms, bringing me to the surface where I sucked in a shocked breath and locked my gaze with Sean, who was openly laughing at me, his blue eyes sparkling and making him look ridiculously boyish and handsome.
‘You seem to rather like it under the water,’ he commented as he helped me tuck my legs around his waist. Looping my arms behind his neck, I grinned back and blinked several times to clear the droplets of water from my eyelashes.
‘I like it here even more,’ I murmured, locking my ankles behind his back and squeezing my thighs to bring myself as close as possible to his muscular abdomen.
He hummed an agreement, adjusting me so I slid marginally lower on his body until I could feel the stirrings of his arousal developing against my bum. ‘Agreed. This is certainly an improvement on you trying to drown yourself,’ he replied in a tone which had suddenly dropped far lower than before, but with his lips still twitching with amusement.
His gaze lazily lowered towards my lips and stayed there, causing my heart rate to rocket as a familiar, and much missed, throbbing heat settled in my groin. ‘You have water on the tip of your nose,’ he murmured, leaning forward to kiss it away. ‘And your cheek.’ His sinfully soft lips trailed from my nose across to my cheek, licking and kissing as he went and eliciting a small moan from my throat. ‘And on your lips …’ His mouth finally found mine and I seemed to lose all sense of time as I happily gave myself over to his delicious attention.
The idea of the swim had been to cool myself off, but with Sean’s tongue now teasing me by tickling along the edges of my lips and tracing the seam with deliberate slowness, I was hugely aroused and quickly becoming overheated again. Moaning my appreciation, I opened my mouth to grant him access, which he immediately took, his tongue plunging past my lips to claim mine as his initially slow and lazy movements became far more demanding.
Sucking my bottom lip between his teeth, he gave it a nip as his hands slid to my waist. Oh God, I was moaning like a wanton hussy but couldn’t stop myself. Even though there was barely a shred of space between us, he gripped my hips and pulled me against him even harder, causing him to curse against my lips and grind his erection against me. I thrust my pelvis forward, trapping his excitement between our bodies where I could feel the heat pulsing against my stomach. ‘Christ, Allie. The things you do to me.’
The things I do to him? Hah! Likewise, buddy – the effect was most definitely mutual. I’d literally never been so affected by a man in my life.
Turning in the direction of the bungalow, Sean walked us toward the shallower water until it was lapping at waist level, and gently rested me back against the side of the pool. ‘One second. Wait here,’ he said, detaching me from his body. He didn’t need to tell me, I was frozen to the spot as I watched him use the pool edge to swiftly hoist himself from the water like a bronzed water god. Mmmm, his skin was glistening in the sun and his shorts were clinging oh-so perfectly to that delicious bottom of his. Nope, I certainly wasn’t going anywhere.
My eyes remained latched on his retreating figure as he headed towards the towel stand, grabbed some large fluffy towels, and turned to come back to me. Water dripped from his muscular body, running over his muscles in rivulets that drew my gaze and had me licking my lips greedily. God, he was just so sexy. The water had left his hair slick and ruffled deliciously, and the wet material of his boxers moulded around his straining erection to utter perfection. Blimey, what a sight. My mouth was practically watering. As if reading my thoughts he paused, glanced down at his tented shorts, grinned at me, and disposed with his boxers before continuing back towards me completely stark naked. ‘Just as well we’re not overlooked, eh?’ he murmured cheekily.
I was so horny I’d been rendered speechless. Forget a bronzed Adonis, he was sex on legs. In fact, he looked too good to be true and I shivered all over from the sight. With a purposeful expression, Sean winked at me and reaching the poolside behind me, laid the towels down so they hung over the edge and formed a makeshift backrest. Even in the midst of a saucy seduction he was thinking of me. He really was incredible.
Sliding gracefully back into the water, Sean waded in front of me again and gently laid his hands so they cupped my neck. Trailing his hands from my shoulders, down my arms and onto my waist, they finally settled on my bottom and gently massaged the flesh as he gazed at me intently.
‘Now, where were we?’
Gripping my bum, he lifted me so I could wrap my legs around him again, and once we were firmly entwined he lowered his mouth to mine for a fierce kiss which almost consumed me whole. Now his erection had been freed from the confines of his boxers it stood up keenly and ended up well and truly squashed between our bodies, showing no signs of shrinkage from the cold water and pressing urgently along my opening, causing me to groan impatiently and grind myself against him.
‘Don’t be so impatient … I’m savouring you, my gorgeous girl.’ A smirk curled his lips as he watched me huff out an impatient breath, which quickly turned to a satisfied moan when he lowered his lips to mine again. ‘I’m leading this. You can’t rush me,’ he murmured into my mouth. Damn him! I was aroused and needy and wanted him buried inside of me right now. Unfortunately, experience had taught me that nothing would sway Sean once he’d made his mind up about something, and seeing as he really did lead all things sexual so bloody well I tried to settle my swelling urgency and simply enjoy the moment.
Separating our mouths, Sean used one hand to trail up my body until it rested at the base of my throat, his fingers splayed across the delicate skin. A flicker of a smile crossed his handsome face as he stared down at me, no doubt because he could feel the effect he had on me reflected in my pulse fluttering wildly against his fingers. ‘Let me know if you get uncomfortable,’ he told me, before pressing against my throat and encouraging me to curve my spine backwards.
‘Unloop your arms, gorgeous girl, and hold the pool rail.’ Doing as I was told, I leaned my head and shoulders against the soft towel on the poolside and stretched my arms out on either side of me so I could grip the rail, my legs still firmly wrapped around his waist for support. With his left hand still gently encasing my throat I felt almost owned by him, and the surrender of the position made my arousal soar. God, he was good. Outside the bedroom we were complete equals – Sean had even commented that he liked my feisty side – but in bed he was a dominant lover. It was just how he worked. Seeing as he always made me feel so bloody good, I had to say I loved it.
With me under his control, Sean now had easier access to my upper body, which he immediately took advantage of by reaching around me with his free hand and untying my bikini top with one quick flick of his fingers. Freeing my breasts, he chucked the top onto the poolside and moved both hands so they were circling my lower ribs. ‘Hmm. So beautiful, Allie. And all mine.’
I was so drowsy from arousal that all I could manage in reply was to briefly let go of the pool rail, raise my hand to cup his cheek, and whisper, ‘Likewise.’
Nodding i
ntently, Sean guided my hand back to the rail. ‘Keep them here, gorgeous girl,’ he murmured, before replacing his hands on my waist and beginning a teasing massage. Using the lubrication of the water he slid them up until his thumbs were making circling patterns on the lower swell of my breasts, just below my nipples. The sensation was so good that I practically gargled my delight as I arched my back further, my eyes facing upwards but squeezed shut in bliss.
After tormenting me by touching every part of my breasts except the desperate nipples, Sean finally put me out of my misery and bowed his head, giving each nipple just the barest lick with the point of his tongue. A garbled shout of frustration left my mouth as I attempted – and failed – to thrust my chest against his mouth and my hands once again flew from the rail, this time burrowing into his hair and trying to shove his head down.
‘Uh, uh. Naughty, naughty,’ Sean murmured, peeling my hands away and placing them back on the rail. Holding them there for a second he leant in to kiss my neck, running his heated tongue along my jugular and chuckling against my skin. ‘Naughty girls have to wait longer for what they want.’ Gah! He was driving me insane! But no matter how frustrated I was, I immediately wrapped my fingers around the pool rail and gripped on to it as if my life depended on it. I was a quick learner, and I desperately wanted to come, so there would be no more breaking the rules. Not today, anyway.
‘Better.’ Nuzzling his face between my breasts, Sean trailed his fingers away from my now obedient hands, resting his grip on my ribs again, and finally, blissfully, took one swollen nub into his mouth. Thank God. It felt so amazing I cried out in pleasure, my head thrashing from side to side in bliss. The contrast of my skin, chilled from the water, and his hot mouth made me gasp, the sudden inhalation merely forcing my breast further into his mouth and helping increase the pressure from his skilful touch.