Page 36 of Greed

I watch her shapely ass in that bikini as she walks into the water and swims to the other side of the pool, ignoring me. Giovanni runs to me.

“Please throw me in, Daddy,” he says, jumping up and down in front of me.

I chuckle. “Okay, okay. Let me get my stuff off.”

I take off my shirt, and my shoes and socks, and then pick Giovanni up to throw him in with a loud splash.

Giovanni surfaces laughing and swims to the edge, getting out again.

I pick him up a different way and toss him back in. He surfaces and catches his breath before he swims to the side and comes back to me. We do this repeatedly; all the time his laughter fills me with unbridled joy.

Giovanni roars at me like a dinosaur and tries to tackle me, but I scoop him up and toss him in easily. Poor kid doesn’t stand a chance against his old man, not yet at least.

Giovanni gets out again and goes to drink some juice and catch his breath. “Daddy, do you know that great white sharks are being attacked by giant squid in the squid territory in the ocean?”

“No, I didn’t,” I say. “Is that not normal? They’re both predators.”

“No, it isn’t. Great white sharks don’t normally dive that deep, and giant squids don’t normally attack unless for food.”

I nod, and as he comes to me, I scoop him up. “Well, maybe you’re a giant squid, and I’m a great white shark,” I say, tossing him back into the pool.

Giovanni laughs as he surfaces. “I think so, Daddy, cause I can swim real deep now. Want to see?”

“Sure,” I say, standing at the edge of the pool.

Giovanni kicks his legs and dives under the water right to the bottom, which makes me a bit nervous, but then he comes up again quickly.

I smile proudly. “Well done, those swimming lessons are really paying off.”

“The other kids need goggles and hold their noses,” he says between breaths. “I don’t have to anymore.”

I nod. “That’s because you’re a champion, and champions progress.”

While I continue to play with Giovanni, I sneak glances at Gia, who still swims on the other side of the pool. Now and then our eyes meet, and every time they do, my heart beats faster in my chest.

God, this woman is going to give me a heart attack. I thought she was sexy before, but seeing her in a bikini, wet and tan, is making me seriously reconsider my life choices.

Giovanni runs to tackle me, but I’m looking at Gia and give an ‘oomph’ when he grabs me around the middle.

“Why you…” I joke as I pick him up, kiss him on the cheek, and toss him into the pool.

This time, when he surfaces, he turns to Gia and swims toward her. I take the moment to have a break. I pour some juice and sip it, watching them together. Giovanni reaches her and puts his arms around her neck.

“Gia, please come play with us?” he begs. “We’ll have so much fun.”

Gia tickles Giovanni, and he bursts into a fit of giggles. She keeps it up for a little while, but then lifts him and makes him sit on the edge of the pool.

“I need to get back to work, Gio. You play with your father for a while and come find me later.”

“Okay,” he says, disappointed. But then he smiles at her, scrambles to his feet, and runs toward me. “Daddy, can we play with the water guns?”

“Sure, I don’t mind. Go fetch them from the changing room.”

Giovanni runs off, and Gia goes to the steps to exit the pool. I don’t know where to look first. Her wet hair clings to her, her wet breasts sway as she climbs up the steps, and the muscles in those long legs tighten with every step. How I wish she’d wrap those legs around my head. Jesus, this woman is hot.

Gia ignores me and goes into the other side of the changing room. Giovanni comes out with the water pistols and brings me one. They’re those silly foam gun ones. He loves them.

He fills his up and runs away. I start to fill mine up, keeping an eye out for Gia. When she comes out, she walks past me without a word and goes back inside with Roberto.