with whatever report or document he’d been reviewing.
Dimitri didn’t bother to respond to her question but his eyes looked mysteriously down at her own. “Trust me?” he asked.
Helen laughed and contemplated her situation. “Let me see. I’m out here in an isolated cove with a man who probably wants to ravish me, I have no idea if there are other inhabitants of this island or, if there are, if they are close enough to help if I called out. So do you think I should trust you?”
“Yes,” he said, but his eyes contradicted that assertion. She could see the mischief he was planning in his eyes but this time, it didn’t scare her. Now she wanted more and she was his willing pupil.
Helen laughed, her stomach hurting from the amount of laughter she’d experienced already today. “You’re horrible,” she said.
He pulled her closer as she laughed. “You’re right, I am. And just to clarify, I definitely do want to ravish you. Have no doubts about that.”
Helen swallowed hard but she didn’t pull away. He put a hand behind her back and led her slightly inside the jungle line where the vegetation started to grow but still wasn’t too thick.
As soon as they were out of sight from the others, he turned her around and captured her lips with his, pulling her into his arms and kissing her with a passion she had never known before. Helen was unable to pull away, the flames of his desire instantly burning into an overwhelming fire that took over her being, transforming her fear into need.
Over and over again, his mouth slanted across hers, covering her lips, tasting, intruding, coaxing her to kiss him back. And once the shock of that initial touch left her, she was more than willing to kiss him back. After her mind stopped being surprised, her body arched into his, her arms reaching up to go around his neck and her heels rising up so she was standing on her tip toes in order to get closer to him.
Her mind spun slightly when he lifted her higher, his hands lifting her and holding her against him while he spun around, leaning her gently against the trunk of a tree, giving him greater access to her while his hands positioned her legs so they were wrapped around his waist. Helen didn’t need to be asked twice. Moaning and almost sobbing in her need to get closer to him, she gladly held onto him with both her arms and legs, her body shivering as his erection pushed into her softness through the fabric of their bathing suits.
Helen gasped when she felt his hand against her breast, his thumb sneaking inside to flick against the hard nipple. Her nails were digging into his shoulders and her head lolled back so it was leaning against the tree behind her. “Dimitri!” she cried out. When she felt his mouth against her breast, she jumped and wasn’t sure if she was pulling him closer or pushing him away. Probably both.
“I can’t take it,” she gasped when his mouth suckled against her.
He pulled away, leaning his forehead against hers. “I know. I don’t think I can take much more either.”
Helen’s breathing was hard and she noticed that his chest was rising and falling rapidly as well. “So what do we do?” she asked.
“We go snorkeling again. And we stop touching each other until we get back to the ship,” he growled but he didn’t move. His hands were still on her waist although he’d lowered her so her feet were back on the ground.
She looked up at him with hunger burning in her eyes. “What happens when we get back to the ship?” She thought she knew the answer, hoped she knew it. But wanted him to confirm it.
His hands convulsed around her waist but he was still gentle. “We continue this in my room, with privacy and a bed.” He looked at her, his eyes daring her to argue but she simply smiled and nodded her head. “Yes,” was all she could say, her tongue thick and dry.
He continued to watch her. “You understand what that means, don’t you Helen?”
“Yes. I hope I do.”
“Tell me.”
“We make love.”
He groaned and pulled her against him. “Yes. Exactly.”
Her breasts were tender against his hard chest but she didn’t want the feeling to end. But she sensed he was hanging on by a thread of control already and didn’t want to push him beyond what he was capable of