Latched (Coronado Series Book 1)

by Hart, Lea

  He slung his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close, “My pleasure. I think this is going to be fun. We won’t stay out long today, but we can come out again tomorrow.”

  Birdie lived about 4 blocks from the beach so it didn’t take them long to get there. “How much time have you spent out here since you came down and joined the Navy?”

  “I have no idea. We swim and run most days out here. We practice HALO jumps and Fast Ropes out there. I can’t even calculate how much time. This is the first time I’m bringing a beautiful girl to the beach to swim and I can’t wait to get you in the water.”

  They found a spot near the shore and dropped their stuff down. “Having a Navy Seal help me become a better swimmer is like having an Olympic Athlete teach a baby how to swim.”

  He stood up to his full height and saluted her, “Lt. Cmdr. Mark Frazier at your service.” He grabbed her and swung her around, “Let’s go get wet.”

  She was laughing and swinging her legs, “Let me get my rash guard on.”

  They walked out to the water and Mark went in and got wet. Birdie stood at the surf line hopping around because it was cold, “Just dive in, that is the only way to get used to it.” He walked back and took her hand and pulled her along with him. She was not going very fast. Finally he picked her up and took her out a little further and threw her in, “Boy she can really scream loud.”

  Her head popped up and she looked mad as she wiped her face and crossed her arms over her chest. “That wasn’t cool. I was working my way in. Why did you pitch me in?”

  Mark stood there with arms crossed across his enormous chest, “It would be nightfall before you made it all the way in. Sometimes you have to just take the plunge. We should’ve brought the spring suit, I thought you could handle the temperature.”

  “I can handle it, I was just taking my time. I’m not some recruit that you can throw in.” He caught up to her and pulled her up against him, and her legs went around his waist. “Sorry baby, I was just having fun. I won’t throw you in anymore, we can go as slow as you want.”

  “Thank you, now let me go. I’m going to swim out a little.” He let her go and she slid down his body which he took as payback for throwing her in. Which was fine. The waves were not very big and it was easy for Birdie to manage the swells. He was surprised how well she did considering she had skinny arms. She turned over and floated on her back. He took the opportunity to he run his finger down her chest. He started to slip his finger under her top. “No fooling around in the water, Lieutenant. Safety first!”

  She flipped over and swam away, “I think you are a good swimmer. I don’t think you need my help.” She swam back to him, held on to his back and wrapped her legs around his waist. “Today is easy, there are no waves. I get intimidated when it’s big and I don’t know where the current is.”

  He enjoyed having her plastered to him and he held onto her legs, “We can keep coming out and I’ll help you in the waves and teach you about the current. This was a good way to start, nice and easy.”

  They floated for a while, “I’m getting hungry. What about you?”

  He pulled her around to his front, “I’m ready to try your outdoor shower. Let’s go!” They swam in, and Birdie handed him a towel and a water and dried off.

  They walked back and he followed her around the side of the house. She took him over to the other side of her garage and showed him her shower. “What do you think?”

  He was impressed. She’d enclosed the back side of the garage and installed a shower, toilet and sink. “This is the best outdoor shower/bathroom I’ve ever seen.”

  She hung their towels on big hooks on the outside wall and went in the door and turned on the shower. “I even have hot water out here.”

  He closed the door and followed her in and watched her take off her board shorts. She got under the water and started rinsing off. He stepped in and quickly undid the clasp on her top. “We can’t take a shower with clothes on, we’ll still be sandy.” He slipped her top off and laced his fingers into her bottoms and took them off as well. She bent over to pick them up and seeing her like that made him groan. He couldn’t get his hands on her fast enough. He started kissing the hell out her and running his hands over her curves.

  She ran her lips along his neck and loved the smooth part of his neck. She liked the way he smelled. Probably for the rest of her life she would associate mind blowing sex with the smell of the ocean and the taste of salt. Running her hands over his enormous arms, she held on as she reached up and kissed him. She was flush against him and started to feel light headed - she may never get her fill of him. She felt that no matter what, it was never going to be enough with this man.

  She tried to pull at his trunks to get them off, but they were stuck. Finally able to, she watched them fall down his body. He was so hard, his erection was flat against his stomach. She ran her finger down the length of him, “Oh no babe, I am going to come inside you - we can save that for later.” He dropped his hand and slipped his fingers inside and felt her breathing speed up. He could feel she wasn’t wet enough, so he swept his fingers along her sex. He brushed her with a rhythm that had her hips moving into his hands and moaning his name. He wanted to catalog all of the sounds she made when he was touching her. Her mouth was against his neck as she kissed and arched into him.

  He bent his legs, entered her with one push and pulled her up at the same time. She wrapped her legs around his waist. “I guess there’s an advantage to being with such a big man.” He put her back against the wall and kissed with the same intensity he was pumping in and out of her. She could feel the course mat of hair against her chest, the heat of his skin and the strength of his desire and almost came from those sensations alone. She held on as his strong hips pumped into her. He was so big that he bottomed out. At the same time he touched a spot she didn’t even know she had. She lost control of her body and started coming and closed her eyes and fell apart all over him.

  He felt her strong contractions as she called out his name. He figured the neighbors would know it by the time they were done. She clasped him again and again and he felt himself explode in her. Unable to slow it down or make it gentle, he ground into her and felt like she was inside of him. As the last of the spasms went through his body, he couldn’t tell the difference between her skin and his. They felt like one.

  He dropped his head to her shoulder and tried to take a breath. He felt her drop her legs and he held tight which was good, because they gave out as her feet landed. He held her against him and could feel her breath against his skin. He kissed the top of her head as she held him a little tighter. That was the best sex of her life and it was going to take a few minutes for her to recover.

  He looked down and thought….. This is it… she’s the one. What do you do when you realize that you are looking at your future?

  When Birdie could finally start to control some of her muscles, she stood up and walked over to the cabinet and pulled out towels and handed him one. She looked very relaxed and dazed, Does she feel it…can she tell?

  She wrapped the towel around herself and patted his chest, “I have always wanted to have sex against a wall with a man who couldn’t wait to get at me. You’ve just fulfilled one of my biggest fantasies. You have given me the gift of feeling desired. I have never had that before.”

  He took her hand and kissed it, “I’m happy to make sure every one of your dreams come true. If you let me know what they are, I will do my best to fulfill them.”

  She flashed him a dazzling smile, “I actually think you are capable of doing that. But you have put me into a sex coma, so I would agree with whatever you said.” She walked out headed over to her barbeque and turned it on.

  “You don’t want to go to dinner?”

  “If you don’t mind, I would like to stay home. You wiped me out and it’s going to take me a while to become fully conscious.”

  “We can do whatever you want. I think I might’ve blacked out for a minute in
there. Let me do the barbeque and help with dinner.”

  They walked up to the house, and she went into the kitchen to start pulling out the food for dinner. “I hope you are hungry. I bought big steaks and I have twice baked potatoes, asparagus and salad.”

  “Sounds great, you’re spoiling me.”

  She turned on the oven, put the potatoes in and put the steak on a plate and added salt and pepper. Leaning over, she kissed him, “I like cooking for you. I’m going upstairs to get dressed.” Mark felt the same thump in his chest, but this time he wasn’t worried.

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  He followed her upstairs, pulled a shirt and shorts out of his bag and watched Birdie walk into to her closet. She dropped her towel and was looking in her drawer, his breath caught for a moment as he looked her. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen and is sexy as hell. I’m going to make her mine. He walked into the closet and smelled lilacs, he stepped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He ran his nose against her neck and liked the feeling of being wrapped around her naked body. As satisfied and happy as he felt, he wanted more. He wanted everything. He slipped his hand into the drawer and picked out a pair of pink lace panties. “Wear this and nothing else.”

  This wasn’t a small moment for her. She stood in her closet with the sexiest man that she’d ever met and they just had amazing sex - it was like her own personal miracle. “You can’t cook in just pink lace undies.” She took them out of his hand, slipped them on and pulled down a dress and slipped it over her head. She kissed him lightly and went into her bathroom.

  Well at least I know what is under the dress. She has no bra, less for me to take off later. He put his clothes on and watched as Birdie walked out of the bathroom. Her hair was up and she looked perfect. “I’m going down to work on dinner.”

  He thought about how he was going to get her to fall in love with him. He needed to make sure she started feeling bonded to him, because she had his heart in her hand.

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  “Do you want a beer while you cook the steaks?” She had her head in the fridge and was pulling out a bottle of wine and held up a bottle of beer. “Sure, sounds great.”

  He poured her wine, opened his beer and watched her make the salad. “What kind of music do you like?”

  “I don’t think it’s anything you want to play for dinner. I like rock and some heavy metal, but choose something you like.”

  She looked at her phone and chose a classic rock station, “How about a compromise?”

  He picked up the plate of steaks, grabbed some tongs and kissed her head, “Perfect.” He headed outside and started the steaks. Birdie brought out his beer and handed it to him. She sat down with her glass of wine and watched him cook the steaks.

  “My next project is going to be adding outdoor speakers and twinkle lights. Then when I get the pool in, I can have a big party.”

  “I can put up your speakers and if you tell me what twinkle lights are, I can put those in too.”

  “I can have Adam do it - you don’t have to.”

  He came over and sat next to her, “I want to give you music and twinkle lights. Let me do this.”

  She kissed his arm, “Thank you.” They sat there together with the music floating outside from the kitchen and enjoyed watching the lights come on in the garden. She laid her head against his shoulder and enjoyed the peace that she was starting to feel. Hearing the timer ding, she got up to finish dinner, “Do you want to eat outside or in?”

  “Whatever you want, you choose.” The weather was still nice so she decided to bring everything outside. She went in, checked the potatoes and put the asparagus in and finished the salad. She gathered the plates and grabbed some candles and headed outside. While Mark was checking the steaks, she set the table and lit the candles. Once he brought the meat over, she handed him a piece of foil and went back in to get the rest of the dinner. She was starved after all of the sex and swimming and was ready to eat.

  “Thank you for taking me out today. I had fun in the water, it was very generous of you to get me both of the wetsuits.”

  He watched her in the candle light and thought he wanted to have dinner with her every night. Hers was the last face he wanted to see before he fell asleep. “I had fun out there with you. I haven’t been to the beach for recreation in a long time. The ocean is usually work for me, so it was fun to be reminded that it can be relaxing.”

  She watched him talk and knew she’d never been around a man who was so compelling. Everything about him drew her in. “What’s your favorite part of your job?”

  “I was drawn to becoming a SEAL because I liked the idea of being in the water. Now I like the strategic planning; figuring out how the team is going to accomplish the mission. Five years ago, I might’ve told you it was jumping out of planes.” He took her hand and held it, “That’s the best thing about my job, it’s never the same. I’m always learning something new.”

  “How long do men usually last on the teams?”

  “Well at my advanced age of 32, I am definitely considered an old man. If guys last until they are 36 or 38 - that’s unusual. This is a young man’s job. Our career is like a professional athletes’ - we last until our body gives out.”

  “Except you go into the most dangerous situations in the world and there are people shooting at you, trying to kill you. Then you pull people out and bring them home.”

  “Well there is that. But we are highly trained and we go in with the best people and equipment. The odds are definitely in our favor.”

  “That is a crazy way to calculate odds.” They’d finished eating and Birdie was getting cold, “Are you ready to go in? I think I have brownies for dessert.”

  Mark got up and collected the plates and kissed her, “I think I’m looking at my dessert.”

  “Let me think about that.” She got the rest of the plates and followed him into the kitchen. She started rinsing dishes to go into the dishwasher.

  “Baby there’s no thinking, there’s only kissing.” He loaded the dishes she handed him and noticed she was worried about something. “What are you worried about? You’re thinking very loudly.”

  “I’m worried I can’t keep up with you. I’m a little sore and I don’t have “dessert” in me.” She looked at him with a worried expression on her face, “I went from zero to a hundred today. I’m a little worn out.”

  “Please don’t ever worry about keeping up. I want you to tell me how you feel. I’m excited because I feel like I found the best toy at Christmas and I don’t want to put it down. I promise I will calm down in a while. I don’t want you to feel like you have to say yes.” He rested his head on hers, “We can hang out and you can lie next to me and I will be a very happy guy. I’ve never felt like this and I just want to be with you. I don’t have to be in you.”

  “You are a very big man in all ways and I’m going to have to get used to you.” She took the towel and dried her hands, “How does a movie sound?”

  “I would love to watch a movie. Are we done down here? Let me go outside and make sure everything is turned off and then I’ll meet you upstairs.”

  Birdie saluted him and made her way upstairs. She started her routine and was brushing her teeth as Mark walked in. He looked over, grabbed his toothbrush and smiled. She didn’t understand the importance of the toothbrush, but somehow it signified something to him. She finished up and walked into the closet, took off her dress and pulled on a nightgown. She laid on the bed and he came down beside her and put his arm around her shoulders, “What are we watching?”

  She pulled up the list and they decided to try the latest installment of the Avengers series. She turned off the light and snuggled closer to Mark. As they watched the movie he slipped his hand into her nightgown and started playing with her breast, she looked at him questioningly. “I like having my hands on you, you can’t expect me to keep my hands to myself. That would be like being a buffet and not eating. I’ll wait until morning to slip inside.”
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  “I never thought of myself as a buffet before.” Halfway through, he looked over and she was asleep. He turned off the movie and rolled Birdie into to him and her heart was against his chest. This is how he wanted to go to sleep every night. This was perfect.

  CHAPTER EIGHT

  SUNDAY

  Birdie woke up late. She had been sleeping on one brawny arm. The other arm was draped over her hip and his large hand was spanning her tummy. Aware of Mark’s body at her back, she could feel him fully erect and nestled in the small of her back.

  “You’re awake,” he was so close to her ear, she could feel puffs of air. He licked the rim of her ear and she shivered a little. “Did you sleep well?” Birdie nodded, not able to speak yet. She finally noticed that somehow Mark had gotten rid of her nightgown during the night and her panties as well.

  “Mark, how come I am naked and I went to bed with clothes on?” Birdie could feel his hand slowly caressing her breasts, his other hand was trailing across her stomach and she could feel the butterflies start their dance.

  He whispered in her ear, “I didn’t want you to get hot baby. I am like a furnace.” His hand was moving slowly down and he slipped into her increasingly slick folds until his fingers disappeared and only the back of his hand was visible.

  Mark’s powerful forearm muscles were moving and his fingers were coaxing wetness from her. “That was very considerate of you,” Birdie started laughing and then she moaned.

  “You’re wet baby. Have you been dreaming about me?” He started kissing her neck while his thumb found her center and made her hips surge forward. He tensed along her back fitting himself more closely to her, lifting her leg over his hip, so she was completely open to his hand sliding slickly in and out. He slipped in another finger and opened her up and the tip of his penis fit into her opening and he slid his fingers out to make room for it and started pushing in gently. He was halfway in and he stopped, letting her adjust to the size of him. “You ok baby, are you too sore?”