Page 129 of Celestial Combat

She smirked faintly. “Zane…”

“How’d you even get in here?”

She gave a shrug. When I raised my brow further, she rolled her eyes. “I may have picked up one of those all-access security cards off your desk last month. For security reasons.Of course.”

I huffed a laugh and leaned back again, trying not to look at the way her skin caught the light or how her tattoo shifted every time she moved. “You know this is aprivatespa.”

“Exactly why I came,” she said, drifting slowly closer. The water rippled around her shoulders. “No one will bother us here.”

I glanced at her, trying to keep my expression unreadable. “You here to make fun of me for relaxing?”

“I’d never.” Her tone was light. “You look very…” she paused, eyes raking over me just enough to make heat stir in my chest, “...Zen.”

I gave her a look. “You’re not supposed to be here.”

She moved in deeper, until the water brushed just under her chin. Her collarbone disappeared beneath the milky surface. “Neither are you, technically. You’ve got meetings all day, don’t you?”

“Needed a break,” I muttered.

“I can tell.” She tilted her head, eyes full of mischief. “Especially after that shower.”

My eyes snapped back to hers. She smirked, unapologetically obvious over the fact she’d violated my privacy and caught me getting off to her. The one thing a bodyguard wasnotsupposed to do.

I shook my head slowly. “Kali…”

She didn’t stop moving toward me. Just slow enough not to scare me off. Just close enough to blur the line between professional and personal.

“Not very disciplined of you…”

Steam ghosted between us, trailing off her skin like smoke. The distance between us shrank to almost nothing.

“I’m serious.”

“Always so serious…” she teased, voice quiet.

The way she was looking at me…

God, give me strength.

Leaning forward and switching her weight, she dipped into the water all the way up to her jaw, while her–

I swallowed.

While her back remained submerged, her ass came up over the level of the water. Just a second before disappearing again.

And I finally realized,she was naked.

My eyes shot towards the exit, where a towel laid by the edge of the pool along with some clothes. Tension curled in my muscles.

The water rippled softly around me, warm and scented, and suddenly it wasn’t relaxing anymore. Not with her moving through it like a viper. I clenched my hands into fists.

Kali drifted closer, slow like she had all the time in the world, steam curling around her shoulders. I should’ve told her to stop. I should’ve said something. But my voice – my will – were caught somewhere in my throat, heavy with want and warning.

She didn’t stop until she was right in front of me. And then, like it was nothing at all, she moved onto my lap – lowering her weight and pressing down into me. Until we both felt my rock-hard erection through my swimsuit trunks.

The water rose with her, lapping at her collarbones and chest, nearly hiding the way her body curved against mine. Barely covering her gorgeous breasts as they pressed against my toned chest, her hard nipples brushing against my pecs, begging me to bite them.

My muscles tensed beneath her weight, and still I didn’t move. Her skin was hot from the water, soft where it pressed against mine.

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