Save the Date (Modern Arrangements, #1)

Thank you, Phoebe!

Lilli’s ‘one piece’ was navy blue. The top wrapped around her neck and then two strips came down over her breasts in a deep V almost to her belly button. Her abdomen was fully covered, though her sides and back were completely bare. The material continued in a bikini type fashion between her legs and up around her ass, tying very low on her hips. She looked delicious and her anger flushed face made her even more tempting.

"I’m going to kill her when we get back!" She shouted, walked over and pulled out a thin strapless dress. You could still see the outline of her bathing suit and it was difficult not to feel my balls tighten.

Noticing my long silence, she turned around and looked at me. I cleared my throat, knowing I had to recover quickly.

"You finally ready?" Sarcasm would work as a cover up. I hope.

"Oh, shut up! You don’t have to wear dental floss to swim." She groaned and headed out the door.

"I could, if that’s what you would prefer to see me in." I grinned and wiggled my eyebrows as she looked over her shoulder at me.

"Loser," she said quickly, trying not to smile.

We got to the beach and I watched her bury her little feet in the sand and look out at the water.

"It’s so clear but so blue at the same time." She was completely in awe of the color of the water. Watching closely, she pulled her hair up on top of her head in a makeshift bun and secured it with a band.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" I kicked off my sandals and yanked my t-shirt over my head. When I looked over at her she was staring at me. I grinned smugly. She was checking me out.

"Shut up." She growled like an angry kitten. She kicked off her flip flops and slid the dress off of her body, finally allowing me to ogle her body properly.

She walked to the water and hesitated at the edge. Running up behind her, I lifted her up bridal style.

"Damn it, Aidan! Stop," She shrieked. The plan was to throw her into the water but my hands were touching so much bare skin, my body lit on fire and no longer wanted to let her go.

"Don’t you dare." She warned, clinging to my shoulders and burying her face in my neck. The warmth of her breath on my neck nearly set me back a few thousand years to caveman. I wanted to rip the barely there bathing suit off of her body and claim the hidden skin.

"Don’t what?" Standing mid-thigh in the water, I teasingly rocked her in my arms like I would throw her.

"Is the water –"

"It’s like damn bath water. Here find out for yourself!" Motioning to throw her, she clung to me tighter. Okay, I was a sick bastard. I was only doing it so she would press herself against me.

"Stop!" she yelled in between laughs.

Once I stood still again she moved away from my body. Her leg muscle flexed as she put her foot down to the water.

"Wow, it is really –"

I took her under the water with me before she could finish. Since the thought of throwing her away from me was unappealing, I compromised to take her under with me.

Laughing as we resurfaced, she splashed me.

"You jerk!" she laughed. I splashed back.

"You loved it!" I argued with a large smile on my face.

We battled and wrestled in the water for a little while longer before calming down. Lilli seemed to get lost inside her head as she floated on the water and swam around. I decided to swim out further.

Returning to the shallow waters close to the beach, I looked around for Lilli and got nervous until I spotted her lying on the sand. The small waves were breaking against her body. She was leaning back on her elbows, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles with her head tossed back.

Standing waist deep for a few moments, I just took in the sight of her. This was not helping my physical desire for her. As I walked closer I knew I would never be able to remove this image from my mind. Sitting down next to her, she shifted her weight to one elbow and put her hand over her eyes, blocking the sun to look at me.

"You done practicing for the Olympics?"

I flexed.

"Who needs practice?" God I sounded like Dixon.

"You sound like Dixon." I laughed a little too loudly and she raised an eyebrow at me. She resumed her previous position and I couldn’t help but lick my lips, looking over her body.

"You hungry?"

My eyes snapped up to her face, to see if she caught me eye-fucking her. Phew…eyes still closed.

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I am. Did you want to go to the main land –?"

"I’m starving." She stood up. "I can cook. You had groceries brought here, right?" She stopped and looked down at me.

Just when I thought looking down over her body was hot, staring up at her with the sun behind her body made my mouth dry. All of her curves taunting me from above. Shaking it off quickly, I stood up next to her.

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