He cut her off, pulling her in close and kissing her. The moment his lips met hers, she let out a little whimper. He slowly moved his lips with hers, letting his tongue dip into her mouth, lightly licking the inside of her lower lip. She greeted his tongue with hers, letting them play inside her mouth for a moment, before he pulled back slightly, capturing her bottom lip with his teeth and nibbling lightly before letting go. When he finally pulled away fully, the look of sadness in her eyes was gone, this time replaced with what appeared to be a little glimmer of hope.
“Dre, if that’s what you think, then no, sweetness, I don’t think you do get it.”
She stood there, quietly searching his eyes with hers, her fingers lightly sweeping back and forth on her bottom lip. He took in a slow, deep breath waiting for her to say something. He silently hoped that he had done the right thing, that he’d expressed to her exactly what they both had been feeling. She looked down again and then out over the ocean.
“Dre, please say something.”
She slowly shifted from foot to foot as she turned her head back toward him. Just as he was letting out another long, slow breath, she forcefully grabbed his face and pushed their lips together for another kiss. She kissed him hard and fast, as if she only had so much time until they were ripped apart. He slowed down her movements with his lips, taking control and enjoying each second their lips were touching.
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r so slowly, she stepped back again. Breathing heavy, she opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
“I have wanted to do that for so long,” she finally said.
“Me too, sweetness, me too,” he whispered. He could feel her body relax as she leaned into him fully and rested her head on his shoulder. “And last night was anything but a mistake. The only mistake was how I handled it.”
“Why did you run away?”
“Because I’m an idiot.” She pulled back and looked at him. “Can we just go with ‘guys are dumb’?”
“No.”
“Ok, well, I tried,” he shrugged. “Drea, you mean so fucking much to me and I have wanted to kiss you for what feels like forever. But I held back because I came down here for a reason, and a relationship just wasn’t on the to-do list. Especially a relationship with the bosses’ niece. I’ve had it in my head that I couldn’t do both. I couldn’t work and save money and be the man you needed me to be.”
“So what changed?”
“Grayson called me a chickenshit.”
“What?! You talked to Uncle Gray about me?”
“No, no! His advice was out of the blue, and I don’t think it was really about you, but he just told me I had to stop being a chickenshit. And then I saw you with the meathead and I wanted to deck him. Last night when you were upset about that dumb blonde, I realized that you, at least on some level, felt the same way I did. I just couldn’t hold back anymore.”
“So, now what?”
“You tell me, baby, you tell me. I want you. I want you so, so bad. And by that I mean you, not just your body, please know that. Although you have to stop wearing that suit into work if you think I’m going to function.” She giggled, and that sound went straight to his groin, making him instantly hard. “And the giggles, we might need to cut back on those at work too.” He smiled. “But seriously Dre, if you want to tell me to take a hike, I get it. You have every reason to after the way I acted last night.”
“And this morning.”
“I thought we agreed that never happened,” he smiled guiltily.
“I agreed to no such thing. Plus, even if I did, there were witnesses.”
Kyle groaned. “Touché.”
“But I’m willing to let you off the hook if you continue to kiss me like you did a couple of minutes ago.”
“Oh yeah?” he asked. He leaned in and gave her a quick little kiss. “I think that can be arranged.”
She giggled again and reached down to grab the cups she had brought up. She handed one to Kyle. “To a new start?”
“To a new us,” he corrected. “Now, let’s finish watching this sunset, so that when we get back, we can steal some food from the kitchen and I can take you on a picnic on the beach. Sound good to you, sweetness?”
“Sounds perfect.”
Chapter Thirteen
The older couple had made for a pretty easy charter, leaving them with little to no cleanup from the day. Kyle was still buzzing from their moment up on top of the boat and watching the sunset with Drea in his arms. He enjoyed feeling her body against his, her soft curves underneath his hands, being able to kiss her neck if he desired. He really enjoyed not having to shift his hips and try to hide his blatant arousal from her. The way she snuggled into him and wiggled her hips against his made it seem like she appreciated that as well.
