She stared at the beautiful man sitting in front of her as he pulled his shirt back on. He went back to looking out the window.
"You helped me."
He grunted and stood.
“We got the other girls out too. Sent someone back Dev knows to shut it down for good. A fed.”
“Good.” She nodded to herself and said it again. “Good.”
“I didn’t…” He looked at her and then away, clearly struggling with what he was trying to say. His eyes met hers again as he continued. “Nothing happened with that girl. At the club.”
Janet’s mouth opened.
“Oh.”
That’s all he said about it. But she believed him. He ran his hands through his hair.
"Are you finished eating? I want to show you something."
He walked out of the kitchen door without waiting for an answer. Janet stood up and followed him onto the deck.
The house sat above a small mountain lake. There weren't any other houses out here. They were completely alone.
It was beautiful.
She felt Jack's hands on her shoulders and stared up at him as he slowly turned her around to face him. He was staring at her lips. He was going to kiss her!
He leaned down and whispered into her ear.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
She nodded.
He put his arms around her and smiled sweetly. His smile was gorgeous. He’d only ever smirked at her before, and his face had barely moved.
This was a bright, shining thing in the middle of his chiseled face. Jack wasn’t just sexy and hard. He was freaking beautiful.
"Good."
And then he chucked her into the lake.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Jack
Jack watched as Janet came up sputtering. He was ready to jump in at a moments notice if she needed help of course but she looked fine.
Pissed off, but fine.
He smiled to himself. He liked getting her riled up. And it meant that she was okay. Even if she’d been scared, even if her own family had treated her like an animal, she was okay.
"What the hell, Jack!"
He shrugged, liking the way the wet t-shirt clung to her curves as she bobbed up and down in the water. Hmmm… he'd have to get her out of that soon.
Very soon.
"Sorry. You smelled."
Her mouth opened and shut like a fish. He sure did get a kick out of shocking her. He grinned and started taking his clothes off. She shut her mouth abruptly and looked at him with a very different look on her face.
A very warm look.
He shimmied his jeans down over his hips, kicking off his boots with them. She was trying to look anywhere but at him. He glanced down and saw his cock was already rising.
He was hard just like that.
And he hadn't even touched her.
He took a running leap into the water five feet from Janet. Just close enough to splash her.
He came up to catch her reaction but she was gone.
SPLASH
Water came flying at his head. She'd swum around him somehow and was pushing water at him with her forearms. Damn, she was really getting some good waves with that technique.
He was on her in an instant, grabbing her arms and holding them in the air while they both kicked their legs to stay afloat.
"Don't start something you can't finish, Red.”
She was laughing until she finally caught the look in his eyes. He stared down at this beautiful girl and watched as her eyes changed from laughter to desire.
Just like his were doing.
For some mysterious reason she wanted him as badly as he wanted her. It probably wouldn't last. She was a rich girl after all. A good girl. Well, mostly good.
But he didn't care. If he could only have her for a little while, that would have to do. He would take what he could get.
He knew he'd want her forever.
He moaned and pulled her against him, crashing his lips into hers. He released her arms and held her head, angling it so he could kiss her deeper, harder. She made a sexy little sound of surrender as he plundered her mouth with everything he'd been holding back.
Then they started sinking.
She was laughing when she came up. But he didn't smile. He couldn't. All he could do was feel and want.
He propelled her backward through the water until her back was against the corner of the dock. He used one hand to hold her hips against his, pulling one leg up and around his waist.
"Unfff…"
He held them up with one hand on the edge of the dock and began again. He kissed her endlessly, nibbling her lips in between long bouts of deeply tonguing her sweet mouth. He finally lifted his head and pulled at her wet t-shirt.
"Take this off."
She shook her head.
"What if someone sees me?"
"I want to see you."
She ducked out from under his arms and swam toward the ladder.
"Come back here. Now."
He hardly recognized his own voice. He was practically growling at her. She shook her head and clambered up the ladder to the deck. He hoisted himself onto the dock and stood at the end, ten feet away from her.