he reached for her hand and she tucked it inside his. As he led her toward the entrance, he thought how right her hand felt in his.
Framed by the opening of the cave, the sun touched the top of the ocean on the horizon.
“Wait,” she whispered. He looked down at her and saw her skin softened to a pale pink by the glowing sun. Her face was filled with wonder, as if she’d never seen a more beautiful sunset. Well, neither had he. Watching it on her face.
When the glowing globe was but a memory, he turned her toward him. Tears again? Savannah broke his heart. He brushed the tears away with his thumbs, then cupped her face and lowered his mouth to meet hers. Feeling the quiver in her lips sent his dick throbbing again.
He kissed her sweetly, knowing they couldn’t stay. The tide would begin to roll in soon. When he pulled away, she smiled up at him. “Thank you for showing me your special place Damián.”
Uncomfortable, he grinned. “I have a new special place now. Wherever you are.”
She smiled back, a bittersweet smile. Somehow Damián knew this was goodbye. He lowered his lips to hers, needing one more taste of her before he took her back to her safe gated world.
Then he lifted her and carried her across the rocks to the beach. When he got to the steps, she protested his continuing to carry her, but she didn’t realize how often he had used these steps as his own personal gym. He could have carried her up and down them all day, especially the way he felt after their lovemaking.
“We should stop and get something to eat.” Some date he was! Hadn’t even thought about food all day.
“I’m fine.”
“Well, I’m not.” She was way too thin anyway.
Soon they sat over platters of enchiladas, rice, and beans. Savannah remained silent and barely made a dent in the food. She’d already begun to pull away from him. But he couldn’t take her back to a life as an escort, especially one who had so little regard for her own safety.
“You going to be okay at home?”
She looked up from her plate and smiled. The smile didn’t reach her eyes. “I’ll be fine.”
Why did he doubt that?
“That Jerk-off from the hotel doesn’t live with you, does he?”
She glanced back down at her plate. “No. He’s just a…business partner.”
“You need a new partner.”
A tear slid down her cheek and onto the table. Mierda. He’d made her cry again. He reached out and squeezed the hand holding her fork. “I’m sorry. Just tell me that you’re going to be okay when I drop you off.”
She nodded, but didn’t make eye contact.
“Convince me or I won’t take you home.”
Her head came up again. A mixture of fear and excitement flickered in her expressive eyes. “I have to go back. But everything’s going to be fine. Things have…changed.”
Things sure had changed for him, but he didn’t understand what she meant. Then she smiled, pulled her hand out of his grasp, and took a forkful of her Spanish rice and ate it.
They left the restaurant in Laguna nearly an hour later, when he’d given up on her eating any more. He’d prolonged their time together to its limit. Time to take her home.
Darkness engulfed the 5 as they headed south. He’d put his jacket on her again to keep her from getting cold. When they passed the San Onofre power plant, with its pair of red glowing nipples, he couldn’t help but thinking about her breasts pressing against his back, or taking each of her nips in his mouth once more. His still erect dick throbbed.
Not this time, chico.
Once in Rancho, she gave him directions to her particular gate. Taking the remote from her purse, she opened the wrought-iron entrance to her fortress. As the gates opened slowly, he never felt more out of his element.. He half expected St. Peter to be waiting on the other side telling him he needed to park his ass right where it was or, better yet, turn around and head back the other way where he belonged.
She started to take the helmet off. “I can walk from here.”
“Like hell you will.” He rolled on the throttle and enjoyed the feel of her hands grabbing him around his waist again as he ascended the winding driveway.
He pulled up in front of the mansion, illuminated by a series of spotlights showing off the monstrosity at the top of the