Page 59 of Poison Evidence

She pursed her lips and canted her head. “I suppose I could put on a suit.”

“No.” His cock thickened in the cool water just thinking about getting a naked Ivy in the pool. “No suits,” he said.

As was her custom, she surprised him by stripping down right there in full view. She never did what he expected.

He couldn’t read this woman. Not at all. Which left him at a loss half the time, missing his greatest skill at a time when he needed it most.

She slipped into the water and swam directly toward him. Surprise again. He’d be better off if he considered the opposite of what he imagined she’d do, and work from there.

She slipped her arms round his neck as he treaded water. Her body was soft and slick against his, and his hands found places to grab to support her. He’d be lying if he claimed he hadn’t fantasized about making love to Ivy in this pool. The thought only occurred to him every thirty seconds or so.

“Did you call Curt Dominick?” he asked.

She stiffened in his arms. She’d been kicking and bobbing before, but now she was a weight in his hands, and he kicked to bring them both to the rocky edge, shallow enough for her to sit, with the globes of her breasts breaking the surface, glistening. Beautiful. He wanted to cup them with his hands as he sucked on her nipples and rolled them against his tongue.

But first things first. “Did you call the AG? Do we need to abandon this cave?”

She cradled his face. “No. I was going to…but I couldn’t. I’m afraid for you, Dimitri. If SEALs come at the wrong time, I’m scared they’ll kill you.”

“Any time will be the wrong time, sweetheart. If a team comes to your rescue, I’m a dead man.”

She pressed her mouth to his and slipped her tongue inside. Trying to give him a reason to live again?

He kissed her back.Damn. She might win with this. Right now, he very much wanted to live. To explore. To have. To bury himself deep inside and stay there. To watch her face as he made her come again and again.

He ended the kiss before he could be pulled in too deep by the promise of it.

He pushed back so a few feet of water separated them. “Why didn’t you shoot me when you had the chance?”

She held his gaze. Finally, she said, “Because I want to help you find a way out of this. Because I believe you care about my safety more than the DIA, who sent me here blind to the danger. And maybe even more than Curt Dominick, who told me to cooperate with you so you’ll help me find the AUUV.”

So she had reached Dominick. And he’d done his job, pushing her to cooperate with Dimitri. And now, that very order had her trusting Dimitri more than the US attorney general.

Irony.

He swam back to her side and climbed up on the rocks, his body sliding over hers. She opened her legs, and his hips settled between her thighs, his erection pressed to her clit.

She let out a soft groan as he rocked his hips, sliding over her as she thrust her pelvis into his. His mouth hovered above her lips. “There will be no happy ending for me, Ivy. You understand that, right?”

She nodded.

“There is only now. This moment. This is all the happiness I get.” He rocked his hips again.

She whimpered.

“I want to fuck you. To bury myself deep inside you and grab every inch of happiness from this moment that I can have.”

“Yes.”

His penis was at her opening. One thrust of his hips and he’d be home, but the condoms were over with the supplies. Control. He was a master of control. Time to exercise some.

He kissed her deeply, all while rocking his hips against hers. The rock had to be hard and jagged in places, hurting her back. Control. He’d do this right.

He lifted her up and set her on the gradual ledge of the pool. Her ass remained in an inch of water, her thighs in two inches. Her knees were submerged.

He nudged her thighs wide and kissed along her soft skin, moving toward her center. This he could do without putting his weight on her and hurting her. Without a condom. He licked her clit, then slid his tongue inside her vagina. She groaned and sighed and might’ve even purred. He planted his hands under her ass, lifting her from the salt water so he could better taste her.

Salty, tangy, Ivy.

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