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"I can't do that halfway."
"I know."
"I don't want to hurt you. That's the last thing I want." I shudder from her touch. "But, Ariel, this—"
"It's supposed to be intimate." She presses her lips to my neck. "I like it that way."
"Fuck." I need to stay something. To stay in control. "Your brothers are downstairs."
"The music is loud enough."
"I don't want you to stay quiet."
"Me either." She drags her lips over my skin. Watches as my eyes close and my chest shudders. "I like when you're under my thumb."
"Princess, you have no idea."
She arches her hips, so her stomach hits my crotch. "Fuck." Her sigh is needy. "Already?"
"Yeah."
She rocks against me again. "I love the way you feel." Her slick skirt slides off my cotton pants. "I'm not trying… so we… We can do whatever we want." Her eyes light up. "I can suck you off."
Fuck. Where did she learn to talk like this? "No."
"No?" She pouts. "But I—"
"I need to feel you." I bring my hands to her lower back. "I miss you so fucking badly."
"Chase—"
"Top off." I release her. To give her room. "Now."
Her pupils dilate. She stares back at me, equal parts defiant and eager.
I need both. "Don't make me ask twice."
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chase
Ariel reaches behind her back and undoes the clasp of her bikini top.
The shiny purple fabric falls to the ground.
She's only wearing that tight green skirt.
Fuck, she looks like an actual mermaid. A mermaid who spends all her time in the ocean library, torturing every merman who looks her way.
She steps forward. So our bodies connect.
Her hands find my lower back.
Her lips find my lips.
She kisses me hard. Like she needs everything I've got.
Maybe she does. I sure as hell need to give it to her.
