enduring. “Let’s go back into the water.”
“Yes. Good idea,” he replied and took her hand in his but he didn’t move for a long moment. “Give me a moment to get my body under control,” he explained when she raised questioning eyes to him, asking without words why they weren’t walking towards the shoreline.
The six of them all seemed to have come to the same idea of going back into the water for one last trip with the fish. They spent only an hour in the underwater world before climbing back into the boat launch and heading back to the yacht.
Helen’s heart was beating wildly the whole trip back. The four others were arguing about politics but Helen couldn’t even hear what they were saying. All she could think about was the man sitting beside her, his hand rubbing against her bare shoulder, tingles of awareness and anticipation rippling through her body.
The other two couples disappeared quickly and Dimitri took her hand as they slowly walked down the hallway towards his room. Outside, he stopped and turned her so she was facing him.
“Are you sure about this? I don’t want to pressure you into something too soon. I don’t want you to regret anything we share together.”
She looked up at him and her heart swelled with the love she was feeling for him. She kept the words deep inside, knowing that he wouldn’t want to hear those feelings. This wasn’t about love. It was about attraction. She understood that. She also knew it could be nothing more than that. At least on his part.
“Yes. I’m sure,” she replied.
He tangled his fingers with hers and smiled, his eyes lighting with the fire she’d seen earlier that day. It sent a tremor down her body but she wasn’t afraid.
“Good.” Without another word, he led her down the hallway to his room, pulling her inside and then closing the door with his foot. As soon as the door was closed, he pulled her into his arms. Helen didn’t hesitate. She was so hungry for him she immediately wrapped her arms around his, her body aching for his touch and exploration.
She groaned when she felt his hand on her breast, gasping at the heated touch. She felt his fingers against her neck but didn’t realize that he was untying the strings of her bathing suit. She didn’t care either. She just wanted to feel more and to find out what came next. She trusted him completely, knowing he wouldn’t hurt her.
Dimitri tossed the bathing suit top to the floor and pulled back slightly to look at her. Helen looked into his eyes, wondering if he would be disappointed but the fire claiming him only intensified and she felt proud for the first time of her breasts. “Please don’t stop,” she whispered, unable to raise her voice louder with all the emotions and feelings storming inside her.
His mouth moved from her lips to her ear lobe, his hand tangling in her hair to pull her head back and give him better access. She shivered when his mouth closed over a sensitive spot and his teeth nibbled. She couldn’t hold back the sounds and her hands wanted to touch him everywhere but his free hand held hers behind her back.
“Please Dimitri, I’d like to touch you as well,” she said, then gasped when his mouth moved to her other ear lobe.
“You can’t,” he groaned into her mouth before capturing her lips in another mind-searing kiss.
“Why?” she asked when he lifted his head and she found herself beside his bed, not sure how she got there.
“Because I’ve wanted you for so long, I don’t think I’ll make it to the end of this satisfactorily if you touch me.”
So she couldn’t argue with him, he covered her mouth again, distracting her while he pulled her bikini bottoms off, then tossed his own bathing suit to the side. When they were completely naked, he lifted her gently into his arms and laid her down against the bed covers, his eyes taking in her glory. “You’re beautiful,” he said, his voice husky.
Helen couldn’t take his intense gaze for too long before her hands reached up and tried to cover herself.
“Don’t do that,” he said softly, holding her hands by her side. “Let me look at you. I’ve imagined you this way so many times I can’t believe I finally have you here,” he said, then slowly, ever so slowly, he lowered his head to her breast, his hot mouth covering