Page 68 of Releasing the Gods
Twenty minutes later, both of us full and content, we lay back on the Plexiglas floor and looked up at the ceiling.
“I’m beat,” he mumbled, eyes heavy and lidded.
I nodded. “Me too, but I’ll never forgive myself if I don’t take a dip in the ocean.”
His eyes sprang open.
“Join me?” I suggested innocently.#YeahRight
“I don’t have swim shorts.” His voice was husky and low.
I shrugged. “Neither do I.”
I popped up into a standing position and peeled off my crop top. Ahh, it felt good to be free of the clothes I’d worn to fight Sickness.
“Maisey…” Cronus rumbled behind me.
I shrugged out of my jeans next, exposing my thonged ass right in his face.
“What?” I spun around to face him.
#InnocentAF
His eyes were practically glowing. “We need to focus.”
I shrugged. “I’m focused. I’m focused on swimming and then napping before we save the world.”
I turned then, doing a full-on model catwalk walk, giving him a view of my ass before exiting the cabana and going out onto the porch.#NoShameInMyGame
When I spun to invite him in one last time, he was right there behind me, shirt off and standing there only in his boxer shorts.
Sweet mother…
The muscles on this man's body were like the statue of David. I wanted to reach out and touch him, rip off my underwear and sit on him, but I remembered my promise.Hewould beg for it. Not me.
I took one last look at the Promised Land and then turned around and jumped in.
Warm water crashed around my body and it felt so refreshing. A second later, Cronus jumped in next to me.
He hadn’t said a word, he was just watching me, like an animal watches its prey.
“Have you ever been in love? I saw briefly in your memories but couldn’t get a good feeling for how serious it was.” His question shocked me; I hadn’t expected that.
This mofo knew every man I’d ever been with! I wanted to hide. Then I remembered he was a bajillion years old and had definitely slept with more people than me.
I shrugged. “I thought so, but once it was over, I think not.” Jonathon Waters was kind of just a douchebag who took my virginity.
“Love can be destructive. I’ve seen it ruin many humans,” he mused. “Gods and Titans too.”
I whistled low. “Rhea really did a number on you.”
He shook his head. “Maybe at the start, but really Rhea was a marriage born of duty. My duty to bear gods. I simply don’t like sharing, but I never truly loved her.”
That declaration shocked me a little. He seemed to care for her even now, but … I guess it was clear that he cared about everyone in his inner circle. It wasn’t the same as loving someone like that though, and I was strangely happy knowing she hadn’t been the love of his life.
That meant it was time for the “make him beg” plan to commence.
I unclipped my bra and let it float to the top of the water.
