the way off, then when they float to the top I toss them over to my dress.
“Fuck, you drive me crazy,” he grunts.
He pushes my back against the edge of the pool, and nudges my legs apart, kissing me, while running a single finger along the opening of my pussy. I whimper into his mouth, my toes curling as his finger moves over my clit.
“This wasn’t part of the dare,” I say in a hoarse voice.
“Do you want me to stop?”
I shake my head with such ferocity it makes me laugh. “God, no.”
He eases my leg higher around his waist while he works his finger inside me. I hold in a moan and then bury my face in his neck to stifle my screams as the occasional couple walk past, oblivious to what we’re up to.
With one arm supporting me, he uses the other to slide down his shorts, exposing his stiff cock. I curl my fingers around it, the feel of him throbbing in my hand an incredible turn on. I want nothing more than for him to fuck me here and now, but without a condom, I can’t risk it.
“We can’t,” I whisper, even though I so badly want him to.
Not without protection.
“I know,” he groans, burying his face in my neck.
I cling to him, my fingers stroking his cock while his fingers explore my pussy. My legs clench around me as I gasp. I rock back and forth, riding his hand.
Oh God, I—
“Look at you two lovebirds, cuddling over there.”
Alarmed, my head shoots up. We both freeze as an older woman wearing a colorful one piece wanders over to the edge of the pool. She slides the towel from over her shoulder and places it neatly on the seat.
“Claudia,” Ben calls out. His body shakes against me, like he’s trying not to laugh, but failing. “Lovely to see you again.”
“Ben.” She narrows her eyes over her thin rimmed glasses. “I see the young lass finally fell for your bullshit.”
“You two know each other?” My voice comes out a few notes higher as I join in on the most awkward conversation I’ve had in a long time.
Ben nods. “I might’ve proposed to Claudia before you.”
“And you turned him down?” I look at Claudia in mock horror.
She nods at the pool. “Judging from what I can see is going on in there, I’m glad I did.” With a shake of her head, she picks up her towel and wanders off. “You’re lucky there’s more than one pool on this ship. And you owe me a whiskey for wasting my precious time,” she calls out.
“I’ll come find you later,” Ben promises.
Once she’s gone, he turns his attention back to me, but the mood is well and truly broken.
“That was… interesting,” he says.
“To say the least,” I giggle. “Too bad we were interrupted,” I add, my hands around his neck, playing with his hair.
“We can continue this back in my room.” He leans in and kisses me. “I’ll make sure you’re more than satisfied.”
I sigh, about to agree when I remember I made lunch plans with Mom.
“Shit,” I mutter.
Pushing away from him, I swim over to the edge of the pool closest to my clothes, then I check to make sure nobody is coming before I slide out.
“Not quite the reaction I was expecting, but I’m enjoying the show,” Ben comments, watching me as I get dressed.
“I was supposed to meet Mom for lunch,” I hurriedly explain. “She’s probably going to walk past any moment looking for me.”
“Come over after then?” he suggests.
He swims over to me and lifts himself partially out of the water so that I can kiss him.
“Okay, I’d love that.”
I slip on my sandals and race off, waving back to him over my shoulder.
I head back to my room to change into dry clothes. My phone is flat, so I put in on charge and then go to find Mom. She’s not in her room, so I look around, but eventually go back to check if she’s called me. There’s a message from her.
Mom: Sorry, got caught up. We’ll catch up tomorrow x
She’s the one who insisted I come on this trip so we could bond. So far, we’ve barely spent five minutes together, and now she’s stood me up for our lunch date? I frown, annoyed, even though I have no right to be since I stood her up too.
I head down to Ben’s room, excited to surprise him. Just as I’m about to knock on