Lucky's Choice(72)

“Lucky?”

Willa didn’t hear a sound. Becoming more frightened, she began walking closer to the water.

“Lucky?”

The silence made her even more frightened. She began running into the water, searching frantically for him, going deeper and deeper. How long did it take someone to drown? Wouldn’t he have called out if he had a leg cramp? Could he have hit his head when he had gone under water?

A hand wrapped around her ankle, pulling her under the water before letting go. Willa gasped when she came up, seeing the mischievous look on Lucky’s face.

“You ass!” She hit him on his chest with her fists. “You scared me to death! I thought you drowned!” Furiously, she put her hands on his head, pushing him back underneath. If the asshole wanted to pretend to drown, she would freaking help him.

Arms circled her waist, lifting her up into the air before tossing her backward. Her squeal was cut short when her mouth filled with water. She came up, sputtering water, her eyes narrowed in determination.

Her hands gripped his shoulders, and she used all her weight to sink him to the bottom of the lake. Lucky’s body twined with hers, his mouth finding hers in a passionate kiss that had her not caring if she drowned. Finally, he pulled them to the surface, releasing her mouth.

“Are you trying to kill me?” she sputtered.

“I’m trying to get you to have some fun.”

Willa slung her wet hair back from her face. “You seriously think this is fun? Is our next date at the dentist’s office?”

Willa couldn’t help joining in with his laughter as he pulled her closer to him. His hands went to her waist, tugging at the large T-shirt she had put over her swimsuit.

“What are you doing?” She tried to wiggle away yet was unable to before she found her T-shirt swimming away.

“Taking off that raft.”

“Are you insulting my clothes?”

“Just that T-shirt. It’s ugly as shit.”

Willa hadn’t thought the bright yellow shirt was that bad. She had found it on the clearance rack at a high-end store. She hadn’t believed her luck when she had found one in her size. Well, it might have been a little too large, she thought to herself, seeing it float away.

“Aren’t you going to get it for me?”

“Hell no. Just think of how many lives it will save,” Lucky replied with a grin.

“It’s a good thing I’m a good Christian, or I would let you have it,” she said, not liking the fixed gleam in his eyes as he moved closer. “Don’t you dare.”
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As his hands went to her waist, tugging at her shorts, she screamed in frustration.

“I’m going to kick your butt, and I’m big enough to do it,” she threatened to no avail, seeing her black shorts float away seconds later.

His laughter was cut short when she splashed water into his face. Before he could react, she began swimming toward the bank.

“I’m going to see your ass when you get out of the water,” Lucky yelled at her back.

She quit swimming.

“Darn it.” Her fist hit the water angrily, spraying it into her face.

Lucky’s arms circled her waist from behind, pressing his chest against her back. His hand flattened against her stomach. Then she felt it curve around the bulge that several hours on her treadmill wouldn’t get rid of, making her self-conscious.

She felt his lips exploring the side of her neck as he pressed even closer to her backside, and her hands clutched his at the wrists, trying to pull them away.

“Siren … You’re so beautiful.”

Weakly, her head fell back against his shoulder, wondering which was burning her worse—the sun or Lucky. Both were going to burn her alive and leave their mark if she didn’t move away from his touch.

“Lucky…”

The tips of his fingers slid under the band of her swimsuit, not moving farther. The small intimacy made her shake in the shallow water as he tugged her back into the deeper part of the lake before turning her around to face him. His hand glided around to her back, his fingertips brushing at the top of her butt.

Her nails dug into the flesh of his shoulder. “I can’t—”

“Sh … Siren, trust me.” His lips took hers gently, letting her set the pace of the first kiss they’d shared since the night of her bachelorette party.

The peace of the lake made her feel as if they were the only two people in existence as she parted her lips, letting him explore her mouth with the glide of his tongue. Her own traced his bottom lip, nipping it softly, and a groan sounded from deep within his chest.

“Did I hurt you?”