Page 16 (1/2)

Everything we had was destroyed"

"Is that why you moved to Savannah?" she asked

"Yep"

"What were you doing overseas?"

He shrugged, his shoulders tense It was obvious he didn’t like talking about hi to let that stop her "That last trip I was in Iraq"

"In the Marines?"

He shook his head "No, not that tiood bit of tiht years--Force Recon for ot out I did private security work for a couple years Spent practically two solid years overseas The pay was good and all the guys I worked ere foruys you want to have your back in a firefight"

It didn’t surprise her that Adam had been Special Forces It did surprise her that he was talking soto let this opportunity to learn o to waste

"Why did you get out of theabout the Corps but I wasn’t a lifer Some families make it but a lot don’t I wanted…" he paused and she wasn’t sure he’d continue Finally he did "I wanted roots and a noret that if I stayed in"

"Do you ever miss it?" His voice had been so full of pride and patriotislance, his gaze hooded and his words heated "So that remotely compares to it until I met you"

She sed at his words Holy shit It was an odd co any man had ever said to her And she had no clue how to respond

The water lapped against their bare feet as they walked along the shore The salty air enveloped the her thankful she’d decided to co the scattered shells In a couple months it would be too hot to truly enjoy the beach And Ada her feet into the cool sand, Adam took her hand in his He’d never struck her as the hand-holding kind of guy, but a lot of things about hiht the crazed butterflies dancing in her stomach when he returned it Well, his version of one anyway

Eventually he tugged on her hand "You ready to go back?"

She shook her head and took a couple steps into the water Contrary to what he’d said earlier the water was incredibly war theuess, they had at least an hour and a half before dusk Plenty of tilanced around The stretch of beach was completely deserted No homes, just palm trees, sand dunes and clear water It was like their own private oasis When her feet touched the ater she inwardly s?"

In response, she lifted her dress by the he it onto the sand

"Shit, Izzy!" He glanced around

"Coainst her calves as she took a couple steps back

"You go skinny-dipping all the time?" His eyes narrowed on her body and she couldn’t help her response She hadn’t worn a bra with the dress since it had one built in Her nipples peaked painfully under his scrutiny

A couple hs The ater lapped around her skin She shivered at the erotic sensation of being practically naked and in the ocean

"Izzy, this is the last thing we should be doing right now"

"Loosen up, Ada too low for her to understand, but after one last glance around, he quickly stripped to his boxers When he stalked toward her in the water, she felt like she was his prey Not that she ht he had her figured out, Izzy surprised hio skinny-dipping at the beach

The water splashed as he pushed through the waves When he was barely a foot from her, she turned and dove under

She popped up a couple feet away, her curly hair slicked back

"Izzy--"

She dove under again Seconds later, he felt a sharp tug on his boxers When she carabbed her by the hips and pulled her flush against his body "You’re insane," he rasped

She shrugged, reached under the water and grasped his cock "No one is going to see us If someone walks by--which I doubt--we’re co?"

His stomach muscles clenched as she slowly stroked him It seemed all she had to do was touch him and he was ready to coainst his, causing hi her panties, she stroked the covered folds of her sex against his cock When she started rubbing her breasts against his chest in an erotic ht there