Page 84 of Broken Grump

Oh, shit.It’s around then that I remember about her crippling fear.You’re such an idiot, Hayden.Since she’d dared me to get in, I managed to forget about that phobia.

I rush to help her get out, but she surprisingly resists me.

“No, no. I’m okay.”

“Really?” I take a few steps back.

She nods. “I like it. I mean, if Luna can do it, I can too.”

I let her swim around on her own for a bit, but once a rushing wave comes in, she rushes to put her arms around my neck.

Thank you, mother nature.I’m not happy she’s afraid, but I am grateful for the nearness of her.

“Um.” While she’s only a few inches away from me, she bites down on her lips and blinks slowly.

Fuck it.I can’t resist it anymore, and I kiss her.

She doesn’t fight me now, and she even grips my shoulders tightly.

Our mouths continue their attach to each other, and I’m soon pawing at her drenched clothes.

Once I realize what I’m doing, I pull back momentarily. She’s breathing heavily, and I’m doing the same.

I want nothing more than to ravage her. But I’m now acutely aware that we’re in public, and that there are other people on the same beach.

“Should I call my driver?”

“God, yes.”

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As if an almighty power answered my prayers, I soon learned that my Lionel had privacy screens installed, and he raised them up as soon as we got in the backseat and continued our rendezvous.

Her tight dress clung to her even tighter due to the moisture, but we did our best to get it all off.

Mine weren’t much easier to remove, but again, we got there.

“Is this really happening?” she asks, leaning against the door.

“I sure to God hope so.”

Next thing I know, I’m kissing her neck and trying to angle myself to enter her.

I never thought the first place I’d have her again would be in the back of a car, but it feels oddly right. It’s like we’re just the same bone-headed twenty-somethings that we used to be.

“Oh, Hayden,” she purrs as I slide in. But after only two or three thrusts, she wriggles her arms free and grabs either side of my face.

“What?” My eyes dart from one pupil of hers to the next, and I thought I was gasping for air before, but now I feel as though I’d benefit from an oxygen mask.

“Before we go any further . . . It’s Luna. You’re—”

Oh.I let out a sharp exhale from my nose and let one side of my mouth curl up.

“I know.”

Her brows scrunch. “What do you know?”

“I just know.”

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