Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 74005 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 370(@200wpm)___ 296(@250wpm)___ 247(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 74005 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 370(@200wpm)___ 296(@250wpm)___ 247(@300wpm)
I press her back against a tree and trail kisses down her neck, nip lightly at her collarbone.
“Hawk,” she whispers, her voice breathless.
I pull away to look at her, her flushed face, her eyes heavy with desire. It’s then I remember where we are—in a park, hidden in the bushes. The thrill of possibly being caught makes my heart pound harder.
“We should stop,” I say, the words feeling foreign on my lips.
“I don’t want to,” she whispers back.
I can’t resist. I lean in to kiss her again.
“It’s far away,” she says. “No one can see us.”
I simply growl.
“I can’t get enough of you.” She murmurs between kisses.
“I feel the same way.” I pull back just a fraction so I can see her face. “God, I wish we had time. I want to lay you down, worship your gorgeous body.”
“For God’s sake, just fuck me, Hawk. Please.” She shimmies out of her white bikini bottoms.
Her boldness takes me by surprise, but it only fuels my desire. I tug my trunks down.
It isn’t gentle or slow, but desperate and raw. She digs her fingers into my back, her legs wrapping tighter around me, her gasps and moans filling the air. I can’t think, can’t breathe. There’s only Daniela, the taste of her lips, the feel of her skin against mine, the intoxicating scent of her perfume mixing with the earthy aroma of the trees around us.
With every thrust, every touch, every whispered word, I fall deeper and deeper. Her breathless whispers of my name become my lifeline.
With a final desperate thrust, I lose myself completely in her. A guttural growl rips from my throat, my body going rigid as I surrender. She shatters around me, the pulsing of her pussy adding to my own pleasure.
As we slowly come down from our high, our breathing ragged and uneven, I press my forehead against hers.
We stay hidden in our secret spot for a few more minutes, our bodies entwined, our breathing gradually returning to normal.
We reluctantly pull apart. I help her back into her bikini bottoms, and she helps me with my shorts.
Once we’re clothed and walking back, a voice grates into me.
“Where the hell have you guys been?”
16
DANIELA
I gulp, my cheeks growing red hot.
Jordan.
Did he see us?
Did he follow us?
“Uh…” Words falter on my tongue.
Hawk wraps his arm around my waist.
“Seems you got lost on the way to get waters,” Jordan says.
Hawk’s arm tightens around me. His jaw goes rigid. “We’re getting them now.”
“Where’ve you been?”
“We—”
Hawk interrupts me. “We don’t owe you any explanation. Come on, Daniela.”
“Right, you don’t.” Jordan turns but then looks over his shoulder. “You’ve got a leaf in your hair, Daniela.”
My hands get to my hair quickly. It’s up in a ponytail, and it’s soaking wet of course. Sure enough, I pull a leaf off my scalp.
“He knows,” I whisper to Hawk.
“Of course he knows.” He chuckles. “But who cares?”
I smile despite myself. If Hawk’s not worried, why should I be?
“No one could have found us back there,” Hawk continues. “It was off the beaten path. He was looking. Plain and simple.”
“Maybe he was just worried that we were taking so long.”
Hawk scoffs. “Right. The guy is after you, Dani.”
“Well, he won’t get me.”
“Damned right he won’t.” Hawk turns me toward him and crushes his lips to mine.
The kiss is hard and possessive, Hawk marking his territory with Jordan only a few steps away. When he pulls away, I’m breathless, my chest heaving. He doesn’t give me a chance to recover before he’s pulling me toward the refreshment stand.
When we join the others, the tension dissipates in the air. Gina and Lavender are obliviously chatting away.
Jordan sits across from us, a sour look on his face that he attempts to hide whenever Gina or Lavender look his way. But Hawk is right. We don’t owe him an explanation.
“Where were you guys? We were waiting for a while,” Lavender finally says, her gaze flitting between me and Hawk.
“Just got a bit lost,” Hawk shrugs. “This place is bigger than it looks.”
“Yeah, it is,” Gina agrees, shifting her gaze toward Lavender.
They don’t believe us, and I don’t care.
“Which ride is next?” Lavender asks.
“You three have a good time,” Hawk says. “I should get Daniela home. Her family will worry about her.”
“You mean they don’t worry about her when she’s with you?” Jordan asks.
I go cold.
What is Jordan talking about?
“Why would they?” Hawk asks.
“Oh, I don’t know. I mean, one of your brothers is an ex-con, and the other is in the hospital after overdosing on drugs. I believe one of your sisters is engaged to a mobster—”
I can’t take it anymore. “Shut up,” I interrupt him. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Don’t I?” Jordan retorts. “Everyone in this town is skeptical about your father’s business. There’s no way he got all his billions from his father’s ranch and his mother’s inheritance.”