Neither said a word and just looked at each other. Alex broke the silence first.
* * *
“I bet that water feels nice,” he said lamely, feeling a bit taken aback. He had knocked on her door and when there was no response, he texted her. Alex had wanted to give her a bit of space. He was afraid he had pushed her too far but, after a few hours, he was concerned. After no response, he had circled the house and seen she was not in her room or any other. He checked the green house and garden area, finally circling around to the far side of the house and stopped in his tracks.
Katherine’s milky white shoulders and wet, dark golden hair broke the calm waters of the pond’s stillness like something from a dream. The late afternoon sun rested in the sky just above the massive junipers that lined the property. The beams illuminated her pale skin and she glowed against the dark waters. He saw her clothing on the deck and nearly swallowed his tongue as his body exploded in desired. Alex saw her bra straps, but was unsure how far she had stripped down.
“It does. I was hot and wanted to cool off,” Katherine explained and ducked down a bit in the water to cover her aching nipples. She felt like any relief she had gotten from the cool water just disappeared and the desire she felt magnified tenfold with his gaze upon her. She wished she could be the brave vixens she had seen on television and exit the water boldly. Instead, she was hesitating and measuring up his reaction.
“Would you like me to get you a towel or leave you alone?” Alex hedged politely. He was trying to be the better man in all of this. He wanted her but didn’t want to force her. She had been a mystery, shy one moment, strong another.
“No, I’m ok,” she said quietly. Katherine didn’t really need a towel. She had planned on just slipping back into her clothing and running back to the house to shower off. She also didn’t want him to leave just yet and didn’t think her mouth could form the words to bring him to her.
* * *
“May I join you?” Alex asked politely as he untucked his T-shirt and started walking towards the dock. He wasn’t sure he could walk away from her nearly naked body. She looked like a siren or mermaid in the dark water. Alex didn’t wait for an answer as he purposefully kicked off his shoes and took off his jeans, throwing them into a pile on the wooden planks.
He saw that Katherine had yet to turn away from his disrobing and moved forward, removing the last article that hid his throbbing body from her. Hearing her breath catch, he looked at her and grinned while jumping in.
“Cannonball!” he yelled as the only warning before he hit the cool water. He didn’t want things to be tense between them and thought it might make her laugh or at least break some of the tension between them. There was no hiding his desire from her. All he could do would be to try to make her comfortable with him. He ached to touch Katherine and hold her.
* * *
Katherine watched him jump boldly into the pond sending water flying everywhere. Sputtering, she noted that gorgeous man had the body of a god to go with his beautiful face. He wasn’t muscular like you would see in a magazine but defined and taut, lacking any tan line or mars on his perfect skin… Not like hers.
She was soft and thin. Her hands were scarred and pale. She saw his face break the water with a grin, not far from her. Katherine laughed as he wagged his eyebrows at her. She splashed at him in an effort to get him back for the small wave that came from his jumping in so close by.
* * *
Alex grinned at her attempt in splashing him and gave a playful splash back. At least she wasn’t running from his nude body and seemed to not focus on how he reacted to her. The cool water was not putting any damper on his erection. If anything, he was surprised steam wasn’t rising from the water at how much his body burned.
“I hope you don’t mind. I was hot,” Katherine admitted. “I thought about swimming in the pool but I was already here,” she said shrugging her shoulders as if that explained it all.
“Hell no I don’t mind! I wish you had invited me,” Alex said, swimming closer to Katherine. He marveled at the dusting of freckles along her shoulder blades and how creamy her skin was. “How long have you been out here?”
* * *
Katherine watched him from the corner of her eye. She saw that he had gotten closer to her and she circled around as if to put a bit of space between them. Realizing she wasn’t increasing the distance, just circling him, she smiled shyly. “Not long, I just got in the water a moment or two ago.”
* * *
Alex sank into the water and swam directly in front of Katherine. “I don’t want that beautiful skin to burn,” he said gently. He stood barely an arm’s length from her now and could almost reach out to touch her. He could see the fine details of lace along her shoulder straps as she attempted to stay hidden in the water.
* * *
“Neither do I,” she said, nearly swallowing her tongue as she stared at his chest. His golden skin was breathtaking and had a few delicious droplets of water that begged to be touched. Looking at him, Katherine saw him hesitate and he looked unsure for a moment. “What?” she asked breathlessly.
“I think this is going to happen,” Alex said gently with a slight smile at the pale goddess before him. He stepped a bit closer to her and could see the rise of her breasts just under the surface of the water. Alex silently vowed that if she let him make love to her, he would taste each freckle that had teased his dreams over the last few nights.
* * *
“It is?” Katherine asked and bit her lip. She watched his eyes drop to her mouth and she felt his hand encircle her waist in the water. Her cooled skin burned where he touched. The contact nearly made her groan at the decadent feeling, so personal and so needed.
* * *
“Yep, it is. But only if you want it to,” he whispered. Alex’s head lowered to just mere inches from her awaiting mouth. “It’s always been your decision and your move, Princess. Do you want me to touch you?”
* * *
“I think I do, Alex.” Katherine stared at his mouth, so close to hers, and felt his other hand slide up her back. Her eyes closed of their own accord and she felt his lips press against hers. Katherine’s body floated towards Alex as he now held her in the water, her feet no longer touching the muddy bottom of the pond.
She felt like a water nymph that was being seduced by a Hero of old from the Greek legends. Katherine groaned as her heated, aching breasts were suddenly freed from captivity and weightless in the water.
“Not sure why you left this on, but I love taking it off of you, Princess. It’s like unwrapping my very own present,” he said breathlessly as he kissed her lips and jawline. Alex nuzzled her throat, breathing heavily as if to draw her essence into his body.
Dropping a kiss onto her neck, he murmured, “And this lovely spot is where this all started. Thank God for that moment and that opportunity,” he said hotly as he gave the side of her neck a small nip.
“I didn’t do it for the cameras. I did it for me,” Alex confessed. “I wasn’t trying to create a media circus. I just had to hold you. Like now.” Cupping her bottom and pulling her against him, he teased her gently, “Princess, your panties are all wet.”
“Tell me about it,” she let slip the double entendre. Katherine was pretty sure they were wet long before she jumped into the pond to cool her body. Now they were the only barrier between her body and his hot one that pushed at her abdomen with all the promises of more to come.
Chuckling at her brutally honest answer and her body’s responses to him, Alex pulled her tightly against him and held her upwards in the water, exposing her breasts to the sunlight that was just barely above the tree line now. The droplets that formed on her pert nipples taunted him and he had no intention of letting those sweet buds go untouched.
“These little pink gumdrops are the best thing I have ever seen and begging to be tasted,” Alex said reverently as he kissed between her quivering globes. He saw she had goose bumps and was positive it had nothi
ng to do with the temperature.
* * *
Katherine was certain that if Alex hadn’t been holding her, she might have drowned at that very moment. The imagery of his warm lips on her breasts had her locking her legs around his chest in anticipation she had yet to voice. Feeling his tongue brush against her breast, she squirmed for a moment. When his heated mouth captured the peak whole, her loins lurched into knots. She felt his hot hands rip her panties from her body and groaned in ecstasy as his hand found her most private spot.
* * *
“You are so wet for me,” Alex whispered absently. His body was aching to fill hers and he could not get enough of touching her. Making love to Katherine was going to be extremely addictive and he was certain he would never have enough of her.
* * *
“Well yes, we are in a pond,” Katherine giggled as she relaxed a bit. Her body was being cradled and touched by Alex so very reverently. She felt wonderful being with him and ran her fingers through his hair. Her hands shook, holding onto his shoulders, so much so that she was surprised she didn’t fall into the water.
* * *
“True,” he said, smiling seductively. “I wanted to make sure things were special for you, for us, our first time together. I’ve wanted us to be together for a while now, ever since I saw you in that peach-colored get up,” he said hotly and captured her lips again.
“But Princess, I don’t want to wait. I’m dying to make love to you. Here and now under the heavens, if you will have me.” Alex was certain that he would never be able to step away from her now but he still wanted it to be her decision to be with him.
* * *
“I can’t picture anything different than this moment together,” Katherine confessed softly as she felt him move her body into place to receive him. Crying out softly as he took her, she felt so cherished. Alex held her for some time as her body relaxed and cradled him inside of her, the two of them one.
“You should have said something,” Alex whispered in her ear as he held her, his body itching to move but afraid to hurt her any more than he already had. He promised he would make sure she felt no more discomfort and kissed her tenderly.
* * *
“Love me,” Katherine begged with a voice she didn’t recognize as her own. The two touched and caressed as he stroked and brought them both to ecstasy. Her cry broke the stillness of the surroundings around them. She wasn’t sure which was touching her more: the cool water or Alex’s warm hands.
He was stroking and worshiping her as Katherine came down from her climax. She had never felt like that before. It felt as if her body had imploded with his deepest touch. The two stood in each other’s arms for quite some time as the sun finally set behind the tall Cypress trees and the temperature began to drop.
“I’m not sure I want this moment to be over,” Katherine confessed sadly.
* * *
“Who says it has to be?” Alex said grinning and pinched her bottom gently.
* * *
“Stop that,” she laughed and splashed him. “We probably need to get out.”
* * *
Alex laughed “Cold temps cause shrinkage and it’s embarrassing,” he said jokingly. “I’m only going to make love to you in hot places. Let’s get inside so I can turn on the heater and show you what I have,” he said with a mischievous wink and helped her onto the dock.
“Alex, what did you do with my bra?” Katherine asked, embarrassed and looking around.
“Bigfoot resides in this area,” he teased, making a face. “Sasquatch took it for a souvenir, Princess.”
* * *
Katherine rolled her eyes at his ridiculous answer and gave up, pulling on her shirt without the bra. Slipping into her pants without her underwear was an odd feeling. It felt decadent having the material rub her most sensitive areas. She knew he had ripped the panties right off of her and bit her lip at the delicious memory.
* * *
“I’d give my right arm to know what you are thinking when you bite that sweet lip,” he said to Katherine as she watched him pull on his jeans. He kissed her gently. She felt his warm arms envelop her, making her feel cherished and happier than she had been in the longest time.
* * *
“Let’s get inside so I can warm up and maybe I will tell you,” she teased shyly.
* * *
Alex whooped aloud and scooped her up, leaving their shoes and his shirt on the dock as he carried her to the house. He had no intention of putting her down, unless it was in his bed. There was no way she would be leaving his side unless it was absolutely what she wanted. And he would do his damnedest to persuade her otherwise. He planned for a long night showing her everything he had been longing for since he first swept her into his arms.
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For Katherine, the next two weeks were a blur. In between making love to Alex and lounging around the house together talking, they spent time trying to do things other couples do. Alex rented a car with tinted windows so they could see a movie at the drive-in theater in the privacy of the car. It was terribly quaint and felt like something “normal” people would do. Not the celebrity darling and the media’s latest interest. Katherine went for the popcorn while he ducked as people walked by, not wanting to take any chances.
* * *
Alex treated her to dinner in Los Angeles at a very private restaurant. While they did have privacy, he surprised her by doing selfies with the staff and signing a few aprons by those that requested them. Some of the photos were extremely silly where he let his goofy side shine. A few were as the role of Giovanni, where he did his best to look very regal and stoic. Alex had claimed he would never put on the “seductive face” again for anyone else but Katherine. She could see how malleable his expression could be and adored how open he was with her at home. In public, they were reserved and it was for her benefit alone so she could get back to a “normal” life. Seeing a few flashes at the window, the management of the restaurant drew the blinds as a courtesy to ensure their privacy fully for their meal. She could understand why he was such a private person and what made him so very solitary.
* * *
Surprised, Alex had asked her to escort him to a charity event his agent had signed him up for and they had selected a dress and shoes quickly for her as well as a matching tie for him. Katherine had no idea what she was in for and was stunned at the myriad of photographers and media interviewing celebrities. She was taken aback, even with all the discussions that were done via speakerphone with his agent, as well as the talks they had about the red carpet decorum. As the limo pulled up, Alex stepped out and held out his hand to her in order to assist her carefully exit the car. Instantly, the lights were blinding and he leaned in towards her.
“Princess, hang on to my arm and just smile. Wave a few times and follow my lead. I won’t let you go, I promise,” he murmured for her alone, it seemed. The cameras devoured the private moment, snapping photos of the two left and right.
Doing as requested, she noticed he had quite a grip on her hand and casually walked with her up to the start of the press junket on the red carpet. No wonder he called it “the gauntlet” when they talked about the evening. Alex had informed her that this would be the most challenging part. Once they were inside and seated at the table, things would not be so hectic. In the meantime, it looked like fireworks were going off around them from all the flashes. She was amazed at all the yelling that people were doing. He seemed to handle it all easily with style and grace.
* * *
Alexander, what are you wearing tonight?
Is this your lovely doctor you met?
Katherine, what are you wearing?
Alexander! Katherine! Look this way!
Alexander! Can we have a moment?
* * *
Shouts came randomly and quickly as the reporters spoke over each other attempting to catch their attention. Interviewers took her by surprise when they called her by name specifically and asked her questions. A
few of the nosy ones pulled at her arm and asked her how she and Alex had met. She felt him squeeze her hand quickly and saw him barely shake his head. He had told her that there would be some members of the press to avoid and this must be one of them! Stepping away with a smile and following Alex’s lead, he did step forward to speak to one larger station and wrapped an arm around Katherine with a glowing smile towards the large camera that practically loomed in their faces.
* * *
Katherine smiled happily at him. She was grateful that they were at the end of the red carpet. The temperature was still a bit warm and, combined with the heavy gown, she was getting a bit heated in the getup. She was ready to enter the event and get away from the chaos. The woman that interviewed them was extremely kind and outgoing, with a winning smile that seemed to be plastered to her face as she looked between them and the camera repeatedly.
Alexander had told her that his agent had instructed him to speak to this station, specifically, because it was heavily pushing the next season of the show and the show’s commercials would be broadcasted in a primetime slot. “Do what he says, he’s the best in the business,” Alexander mimicked with a grin one night as they talked about the charity event in bed after making love. Alex’s agent, Tom, had one speed: his own and his motto was “Do what I tell you and that’s it. I’ll make you rich”.
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