Page 89 of Taken By the Convicts
Jayce stripped. “It’s hot, but not too hot.”
“How often do you come here?”
“Enough. It’s my favorite place. I don’t think anyone else knows about it.”
His favorite place. . . and he was sharing it with her.
Water splashed near her feet as Jayce entered the steaming pool. She hadn’t been in a pool or a bathtub in years and with the steam rising off the water, she couldn’t wait to sink into the water.
As Melina stripped, she felt Jayce’s eyes following her every move. “You said no sex, remember?”
“I said no sex unless you want it.”
Melina tied her hair in a loose bun to keep it out of the water.
“I like your hair up,” Jayce said. “Turn around so I can see all of you, fully naked.”
She hesitated, even though he’d see her tattoo and her scars.
“Show me that sexy back, Melina. Not having sex is one thing, but you can’t deny me the chance to look at your beautiful backside, so I have something to jerk off to in bed tonight when I’m alone because you’re off screwing Ivan or Reece.”
Jayce could be crude and so very honest when he wanted. Melina turned, baring her backside and all her shame. She listened to the sound of him getting out of the water, and the water striking stone as he approached.
A kiss fell upon her tattoo and then more kisses over her scars. “This isn’t sex,” he said as his mouth moved lower, kissing her, loving her as if she hadn’t been branded by Namir. More kisses landed above her ass, sending little jolts of pleasure through her entire body. Her legs separated, responding to him before she could overthink what was happening.
His hands caressed her thighs and then pulled her lower lips apart. Warm and soft, his tongue moved over her folds, awakening her desire. She placed her palms against the rough cave wall as Jayce’s tongue glided up and down, licking every part of her pussy.
As he pulled her clit between his lips and sucked on her, her legs trembled. White-hot pleasure shot through her. She tried to contain her moans, but Jayce didn’t give up. The man was determined to make her scream, increasing his pace as her moans filled the cavern. Her entire body tensed, exploded, and then she was being lifted.
Her head fell against Jayce’s hard chest. “I think that counts as sex,” she said, looping her hands around his neck.
“Really?” He sounded surprised. The man was an excellent liar. “That was simply a warm-up exercise to get your body ready for the hot water. I wouldn’t want to shock you.”
“No, of course, not,” she said as he sat on the edge of the rock shelf with her still in his arms before lowering her into the steaming water. “Oh, that feels so good.”
She swam away from him, paying close attention to the stalagmites under the water. She found a spot on the other edge of the pool where the stone was smooth enough to hold on to without cutting herself. While holding the side, she floated on her back.
The ceiling above, lit by the verluz, glowed in a way that reminded her of the dancing lights she could see at night from her childhood home. Her father had explained the science of how the sun reacted with gasses in the atmosphere. And Evan’s father had a knack for devising experiments that demonstrated her father’s explanations. Her fathers had made a great team and they never seemed to fight over her mother either. They were the reason she loved science.
She’d thought the med-center would be her saving grace here as it had been when she’d been with Namir, but she was starting to realize she needed more than a chance to explore the world through science. She needed the men in her unit. All of them.
“What’s bothering you, Lina?”
She swam over to where Jayce sat on the rock ledge, his legs dangling in the water, his cock standing proud.
His green eyes glowed unusually brilliant with the light from the verluz, and the way he watched her with such desire made her insides twist. He’d given her pleasure just a few minutes ago, without taking anything from her. That elated and confused her. He wanted her, and damn him, she wanted him too. Why hadn’t he pushed her further until he was inside of her?
“This unit confuses me,” she said, letting her finger glide from the base of his cock to the tip. The skin felt so incredibly soft. “All the secrets, the lack of trust. Someone’s going to get hurt.”
“What secrets?”
She gnawed on her lip until he leaned over and kissed her, rescuing the abused flesh. When he broke the kiss, he held her chin in his hand, dark hopeful eyes demanding an answer. At times, he reminded her of Ivan.
“There’s a division in this unit, and I’m caught in the middle. Zev and Reece trust one another and you and Ivan trust one another. But Ivan doesn’t trust Zev, and I think Reece has issues with Ivan.”
“You left me off the troublemaker list. Does that mean you don’t think I’m part of the problem?”
“You’re part of the solution.”
