Page 42 (1/2)

The tears she’d been hoping she wouldn’t cry spilled out "I was the bigger idiot for believing his lies"

"No, Nicola," he said as he gently wiped away her tears with the pads of his thuht and beautiful and absolutely perfect just the way you are"

Hisher forget everything but how good it felt to be in his arlad she’d been there at the night club to help him over his bad breakup, a little bit at least

"Help ainst his lips

His eyes glittered as he covered her hands with his and they pulled off her T-shirt together Her bra came off next and he tossed both up onto the dry sand Her jean skirt and panties ca before him, completely naked

And senselessly aroused

Chapter Sixteen

"Do you have any idea how beautiful you are?"

The biggest,eyes in the world looked up at hi at me like this"

Marcus put his hands on her hips and pulled her against him as his mouth covered hers without any restraint at all Nicola kissed hi at his clothes Only breaking their kiss long enough to pull his shirt over his head, they were right back at it as they got his pants and boxers off

His ain and walked into the surf

A wave crashed up onto theasped at the cold "Are you crazy?"

"When you’re with me like this," he answered, "I think Ikisses all over his face, his neck, his shoulders He’d never been with soive in to her joyand so willing to share it with him The hours he’d spent with Nicola had been happier than any he could re her the truth when he said he didn’t regret any of the tradeoffs he’d had to lad he didn’t have to make any of those tradeoffs now so that he could put Nicola--and his feelings for her--first these past few days

"I want so badly to make love to you out here," she told him as she licked at his earlobe, "but we don’t have any protection"