Stephan(12)

“Ah, Jade. No it’s me. I’m sorry. I’m just being horny. I only wanted to have some fun.” She wiggled her eyebrows. “You know, live a little.”

I laughed and glanced back at the shore to see the Uni guys getting into the water. They looked harmless enough. I was a teenager. I should be like Cassie and want to have fun. Rolling my shoulders, I winked at Cassie. “You’re right. Let’s go live a little.”

*****

Stephan





I followed Scott, Brad, and Derick onto the beach. Scott had rung and said to meet him at the beach so Derick and I now followed him and Brad toward the water. The beach was busy and the sand between my toes was nice and warm.

I needed to get out of the house. I’d been in the gym all morning letting off steam to keep myself calm. I wanted so badly to go find all three men Jade had restraining orders on and strangle them.

“Oh fuck. Scott, you’re an idiot.”

I glanced up to see why my brother was talking to Scott like that, only to still, my whole body hardened at the sight. My Jade was in an itty-bitty bikini and running in the water. Her breasts bounced and threatened to flee their confinement. When arms wrapped around her and she squealed then giggled, I saw red.

“Holy shit, grab him, Brad.” I hadn’t realized I’d been storming forward until I was tackled.

“Scott, go help Brad while I get Jade, otherwise we’ll have bloodshed.”

I fought to get my two dead friends off me. Well they would be if they didn’t get off me. I took Brad down and stood as Scott came at me. I dodged and kicked and had him face planting into the sand. I gazed at my prey in time to see my brother arguing with the guy I was going to kill. The guy let Jade go and Derick placed her behind him. I marched down to the water yanking my shirt off.

Jade’s eyes widened as soon as she saw me. “Stephan.” Even her breathless voice didn’t squash my burning anger. I’d been so angry about what happened in her life that I’d spent my morning working it off. Now I see her playing with a man in a barely there bikini and all my morning’s hard work vanished. Pulling her to me, I lifted her arms and placed my shirt over her body covering her up.

“What the hell are you wearing?”

“I was wearing a bikini, but now I’m wearing your shirt. What are you doing here, wanker?”

“Looking out for you.”

Jade placed her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowed on me. “Well I didn’t ask you to.”

She looked hot standing there at the shoreline with her eyes flaring with annoyance. She came to just above my nipple. She was a little thing, but full of fire. My anger slipped away and filled with a fluttering of something new. Something I hadn’t felt for a woman outside of my family. I reached out and stroked her cheek. “Someone has to, little bit.” I gathered her hand in mine and walked to the towels, she had to run to keep up. I saw my brother fixing the towels away from the guys. Derick held out a towel and I wrapped it around Jade, rubbing her arms to get her warm. I was surprised that she didn’t say anything; she just stared at me.

I sat down on a towel and pulled her down onto my lap. I took deep breaths to calm myself as I held her, trying to ignore my body as heated up with need. I needed to slow down.

“You’re crazy. You know that right? I don’t know you and you’re acting all caveman.” Jade wiggled back and gazed up at me. “Are you on something?”

I rested my forehead on hers, needing more contact. “I’m not on anything. This is all what you do to me. Only you can do this to me.”

“I didn’t do anything to you. This isn’t why you’re crazy. I don’t understand why you’re being like this with me. We have only just met. I haven’t encouraged you in any way.”

I debated for a moment what to say. She already thought me crazy, so if I told her the truth I think I would just double her belief. Easing away, I cupped her face then stroked her smooth skin. “I know what I want, and from the moment I laid eyes on you, I wanted you.”

“So you want to have sex with me?” Jade shook her head. “You can’t have me. I won’t have sex with you.” She backed off my lap and kneeled on the sand. “Ever.” She looked me up and down. “Besides, you’re not my type.”

I laughed; I couldn’t help it. She was the worst liar. “Is that right?” I gathered her back to me and sat her so she straddled me. “So if I did this—” I captured her mouth to mine and wrapped my arms around her back holding her closer to my body. My whole body came awake as soon as I kissed her lips. When her body came against mine, tension like I’d never felt before made my entire body stiffen with aching need.