He cleared his throat and reached for the drenched blanket and the sunscreen. Stuffing them in the bag, he turned toward me. I was busy refastening my suit.
“Why don’t we find another beach? It looks like this one is going to wash away soon. I’ll load this stuff on the boat and we can find another spot.”
“No.” I snatched the blanket out of the bag and tried to wring some of the water out of it. “I think we should go back.”
I was instantly sorry I had snapped at Blake, but the shock of the wave seemed to whip me back into reality and back into control of my hormones. I had almost had sex on the beach. In broad daylight like an irresponsible eighteen-year-old girl. What in holy hell was wrong with me?
14
Blake
We loaded the remainder of the beach bags and cooler, neither one of us saying anything to the other. I started the small twin power engine and careened the boat back to the docks. With one eye on the nearing horizon, I tried to focus on the boats in the marina and not the ache in my cock.
I had been seconds from what I wanted. Fucking seconds.
As soon we reached the pier, I could tell she was pissed. As she walked past me to put her bags on the dock, I could see the frustration in her eyes.
“Something wrong, darlin’?”
“No.” She hauled the bags up on her shoulders.
“You sure? Because you haven’t said one word since the tide interrupted us.”
“It’s just. I just … I hate being startled. And you know, the whole thing was a surprise to me anyway,” Sierra blurted out.
“Believe me, if I could control the tides I would.”
“That’s not what I’m talking about.” She lowered her voice.
“I can take you inside right now and finish what we started.” I eyed her.
She blushed. “For what? Why? Sleeping together again? You think that’s a good idea?”
I tied off the boat and stepped toward her.
“One of my favorite things to do.” I winked.
She slapped at my bare chest. “Shut up. Just take your sexy smile and winking and that body and shut up, Blake.”
My eyebrows rose high. “You have a problem with me or something?”
She dropped all the bags. “I do. A big problem.”
“Then let’s hear it. What is it? What is it I’ve done to the high and mighty Sierra Emory?”
“That.” She pointed, her eyes an icy blue. “I knew it was there. You are mad at me. And as much as I want to believe the guy I used to be with is underneath that hot body of yours, you’re actually a huge dick. Huge.”
“Are you saying I have a nice dick because I think you already know that.”
“See?” she fumed. “Complete dick.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. It is. I don’t know what this is. You want revenge sex? Is that it?”
“Maybe.” I admitted it. I didn’t give a fuck. I wanted her so badly I couldn’t name it, label it, or dissect it. It was the kind of want that made my veins shatter.
Her eyes widened. “You weren’t actually supposed to say yes to that.”
“Why not? We’re getting everything out in the open aren’t we?”
I stepped off the pier. She was in the backyard now, backing up toward the porch.
“So that’s what this was? Not rekindling what we had, but revenge? You wanted to sleep with me to prove some kind of point?”
I was close enough to pull her into my arms. I wrapped a hand tightly around her waist. She stiffened against me.
“I do have a point to prove,” I growled.
I thought I felt her go weak in my arms.
“Wh-what is that?”
“That if I fuck you again, you’ll never want another man. That one time with me will ruin you from ever wanting someone else.”
“You’re arrogant,” she whispered.
“Arrogant because I know it’s true.” My lips dipped to her ear. “I’ll be so deep inside you, baby, so fucking hard. And you like it slow, right?” I brushed my finger over her bare shoulder. “I’ll ruin you.”
She went silent.
I let her go and she staggered backward.
“You are an ass, Blake Wyatt. A complete and total ass.”
I chuckled. “Before you leave this island you’ll be knocking on my door. I’m sure of it.”
I turned for the boat. She was under my skin. Maybe more than I was under hers. If I didn’t get out of here now I would pick her up and take her upstairs to her bedroom—somewhere I’d never been.
“That’s not happening,” she called after me.
I waved over my shoulder. “See you later, darlin’.” I could hear her fuming before I started the engine. I put the boat in reverse, leaving a very hot and bothered blonde in my wake.