Page 134 of Five Fingers of Death

“And shit is right.” I sighed heavily and looked back at Carli, who was sitting on the ground of the shallow pool area under a giant bucket that looked like it was about to spill over at any second. “She’s gonna get drowned,” I muttered, tensing up.

“What the fuck is she doing?”

I shook my head and took off, busting my ass to get over to her before the damn thing tipped over and drowned my kid. “Carli!” I shouted, but she didn’t hear me. Fear crashed through me as I saw the thing about to tip over. I was too far away and she couldn’t hear me. “Carli!”

My legs ate up the space between us, but I wasn’t fast enough. I shouldn’t have let her go off alone. This whole fucking park was a danger zone. I should have seen it from the moment we walked through the gates.

I shouted for her again as I entered the pool, my feet splashing water everywhere as I dashed between kids. My gaze locked on the bin as it started to tip, and then I spotted Carli, only this time she wasn’t alone. She was standing next to Izzy, holding her hand as they looked up with grins on their faces. I got to Carli just as the water spilled over, cascading over us at a deadly rate. I did everything I could to block my little girl from being crushed by the force of the rushing water.

It poured over me—not nearly as forcefully as I thought it would— and hit Carli and Izzy, making them squeal with laughter.

“Again, again!” Carli cried out, jumping up and down. “Izzy, let’s do the slides!”

I was confused as hell, wondering why they were so happy. Was this normal? “Why would you stand under that, Carli? You could have been hurt!” I scolded.

She covered her mouth, giggling at me as she took Izzy’s hand in hers. “Daddy, you’re all wet!”

“Well, yeah. I just saved you from being crushed by a waterfall.”

“That’s what it’s supposed to do,” Izzy laughed. “That’s why it’s so fun!”

I didn’t get it. “It’s fun to have water dumped on you?”

Carli laughed again. “Daddy, you’re so silly.”

I was about to ask Carli what the hell made me so silly, but never got the chance. My eyes locked on the water dripping down Izzy’s body, sliding over her smooth stomach and soaking her barely-there swimsuit. Her pink bikini top barely covered her tits, and her nipples were pebbled and hard, nearly poking through the thin material.

“Fucking hell,” I muttered, unable to take my attention off her breasts.

Carli gasped, tugging on my hand. “Daddy, you said a bad word!”

I did, and there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it right now. Hell, I couldn’t even take my eyes off Izzy’s body. Coming here today was a fucking terrible idea. We needed to leave now.

“Carli, get your stuff. We’re going home.”

Izzy’s face dropped and Carli instantly started whining. “But Daddy! We just got here!”

“Did I do something?” Izzy asked quietly.

Fuck, I was making a mess out of everything. Stepping closer, I slid my hand around her waist and pulled her against my hip so I could whisper in her ear. “Baby, there isn’t a single fucking thing you did wrong. But how the fuck am I supposed to behave myself in front of all these kids when you’re wearing that fucking scrap of material you call a swimsuit?”

Her hand gripped my forearm, holding tight as she sucked in a breath. “Should I have worn something else?”

“Wouldn’t fucking matter,” I grumbled. “You look so fucking tempting.”

Despite being surrounded by little kids and other parents, I couldn’t hold back. She had to know what she was doing to me.

“What I wouldn’t give to take you somewhere private and tear off that thing you call a top, and suck those pretty nipples into my mouth.”

Her nails dug into my arm as I slid my hand up her collarbone, cupping the back of her neck. With a brush of my thumb over her pulse point, I knew she was either fucking turned on or scared as hell, but based on how she was breathing, I was going with turned on. I’d seen the lust in her eyes already. I knew there wasn’t much holding her back.

“I’m trying to be good, Izzy, but you’re fucking testing me. You’d better decide real fucking fast if you’re ready for more, because if not, I have to take you home right after the water park so I don’t take you to bed and have my way with you.”

I stepped back, my gaze roaming over her gorgeous body again. “Tonight, Izzy.”

She gave a slight jerk of her head and swallowed hard. “Tonight.”

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