“I need more.”

“More what?” he asks, still smiling.

“You,” I growl and grind against him shamelessly.

His pulls my bottoms to side and slides his fingers inside me. I keep one arm anchored around neck but glide the other down his chest, over his abs, and into his speedo. It’s my turn to smile against his lips when he moans. I wrap my hand around his hard length and use my thumb to tease the tip.

I gasp when his fingers find my g-spot. My orgasm hits me out of nowhere, my head falling back against the rock behind me as I spasm around his fingers. I don’t have time to recover though, as he withdraws his fingers and plunges his cock inside me in one hard deep thrust.

I cling to him as he pumps in and out of me, our groans and pants echoing around us. I open my eyes to find him staring at me, the blue of eyes a deep ocean blue. The emotion of the connection sears through me, permanently binding me to him if I wasn’t already. Every feeling I have for him is reflected back at me tenfold.

“I love you so fucking much,” he growls as he comes deep inside me. “So much, Ives, I couldn’t let you go if I tried. I will follow wherever you lead, relentlessly, as long I live.” He reaches down and rubs circles around my clit until I’m coming again, my pussy fluttering around his softening cock.

We stay there, pressed against the rocks as our heart rates return to normal. He reaches down and fixes my bikini top and bottoms before. We both groan as he pulls out of me and tucks himself back into his speedo.

“We should probably head back,” I say as I cling to him.

“Probably,” he agrees. “But you’ll have to let go of me first.”

“Oh,” I drop my legs. “Such a wuss, you can’t swim back with me attached to you,” I tease.

“We’re not all Olympic caliber swimmers, now are we?”

“You definitely aren’t,” I sass. We fix our goggles and snorkels before pushing off the wall. I’m amazed our equipment didn’t fall off during out tryst.

We swim back to the tender, and everyone is already back on board. I blush as Con pulls me up and gives me a knowing smirk. He playfully punches Levi’s shoulder.

“We were about to send a search party for you two,” Lilith teases. “Although if anyone was going to be okay swimming around it’d be Ivy.”

“We were just talking, found a little ledge to hang out on for a bit,” I say.

“Talking? That’s a new word for f-” Con’s interrupted by a playful punch to the gut from Levi.

“Leave us alone. You owe Griff and me for so many times of walking in on or hearing you two.” He sits and pulls me into his lap for the ride back to yacht.

24

IVY

“What are you doing?”I mumble from the bed. I pop one eye open and smile at Levi. “Are you spying on Con and Lilith?”

“Hell yes I am. It’s not every day my baby cousin gets engaged to my best friend. Honestly, it’s taking every ounce of willpower I contain to not follow them out like a creepy gawker,” he says with his head against the door.

“Well, since you’re up and wide awake, shall we wait for them to take off and then watch the sunrise together from the top deck?” I ask as I sit up.

“Let’s do it.”

I get up to take a quick shower while he pulls on a pair of basketball shorts. I finish and come out a few minutes later in a pink sundress that reminds me of the chucks I used to wear when we were kids.

We go up to the top deck, grabbing a blanket from the living room because it’s a little chilly. The sky is just beginning to lighten with initial grayish blue light on the horizon. A stewardess comes to offer us fresh squeezed juice or coffee. I order my usual, creamer with a splash of coffee, and Levi gets his black.

He makes himself comfortable on the couch, and I stretch out beside him, resting my head on his chest. From this spot, we have a perfect view of the easterly horizon to witness the sunrise that will forever mark our memories. Pinks, oranges, and purples streak against the horizon. It looks so gorgeous it’s unreal.

“I kind of wish we could see the proposal,” I say quietly. The rising sun paints the clouds in pink hues.

“I know. I hope the boat crew is filming it.” He wraps his arms around me, breathing me and this quiet moment in.

“Con said they were. It’s all part of his plan.”