“You feel so good!” MacKenzie gasped.
That she so readily admitted her thoughts pleased him more than he could say. Instead of words he again took her lips with stroke after stroke of deep penetrating thrusts. The sounds of their moans a sensual echo heard only by the birds and small animals whose habitat they had invaded. The kiss grew darker and more intense as they devoured each other.
“Do you want me, MacKenzie?” Jake whispered, against her mouth.
“Yes!”
Jake settled against her, and her body welcomed him as her legs fell apart. Running his fingers up her thigh, he slid a hand under her bottom and bore down as he pulled her flush against him. When she was in the position he wanted, he began a sensual rotation of his hips, his fully engorged cock rubbing against her opening. There was no doubt that she wanted him; he could smell her arousal.
“How much do you want me, MacKenzie?” Jake purred, watching her with eyes that had turned nearly black with his arousal. When she made no response, Jake didn’t know if it was due to her stubbornness, shyness or sensual lethargy.
Her eyes remained closed as they moved from side to side beneath their lids. That was how he realized MacKenzie was attempting to think up the right answer to his question.
“A lot!”
Her near shout startled him, and she had given the wrong answer. Jake decided to try again. “Do you want me, MacKenzie?”
Her eyes snapped open. “You know I do.”
Better, Jake thought, but her admission still wasn’t enough for him. “Then you’re going to have to come and get me,” MacKenzie gasped, but he wasn’t finished. “For the record, you better bring your A game, because I’m hard to get!”
Jake held back laughter as she punched him. When she grimaced in pain and shook her hand, he laughed out loud. “Come on now, you know I have abs of steel,” he said puffing out his chest.
“Whatever, get off me, you e–”
“Egotistical bastard,” Jake finished for her.
“Oh, you are so funny, well let’s see if you can laugh this off!”
Jake only just managed to roll away before; MacKenzie’s knee made contact with his balls. Still enjoying himself, he swooped her up and marched over to the water’s edge. “I think you need to cool down,” he said with a mock glare.
Jake had no intention of dropping her in the water. His intention was to release and catch her before any damage was done. As he let go of a struggling MacKenzie, he was momentarily distracted by the loud rustle of a shrub. The next thing he knew was the feel of arms and legs wrapped around his body. Then there was a mighty splash as they both hit the water.
Chapter 25
Diana was furious. All her plans were going up in smoke. That those boys continued to thwart her was a constant reminder that she had been right. She should have killed them both at birth. If that had happened, she wouldn’t be in her current situation.
That she refused to admit culpability in the direction her life had taken was a testament to her mental state. Her face contorted in fury each and every time she thought about what she had lost because of her offspring. But for them, she would still be Mrs. Jackson Kingdom, and he would still love her. Not for the first time, Diana acknowledged that if she were to reclaim her life, her sons had to go.
In a moment of weakness, she had fooled herself into believing that Aviva’s dice with death, and her protracted acts of humiliation would be enough. That by embroiling them in controversy and tarnishing the Kingdom name, they would feel a modicum of the degradation they had seen fit to put her through. She was wrong. Diana had no doubt that by now the Kingdom family knew she was behind their troubles.
Since her last encounter with them, she had made it her mission to know their every move. Jason’s marriage had come as something of a shock as well as a blessing. From all reports, his wife was his world; so it had been extremely amusing to set up her little accident. She had wanted to send a message that none of them were safe. That on one stretch of road in the middle of an unremarkable day, one could lose everything one held dear.
It had been a little more difficult to find Jacob’s Achilles heel. MacKenzie hadn’t come onto her radar until Christmas. When Jake had been the only member of the family to remain with her after the birth of her child, she had begun to pay attention.
They hadn’t spent enough time together for her to be sure, but never one to leave anything to chance, she had started digging into everyone that had anything to do with MacKenzie. That was how she had found the Ernestos’. Diana had been pleased beyond belief when their most closely guarded secret had been uncovered.
A knock on the door pulled Diana from her musing. Taking a few moments to wipe the imprint of fury from her face, she reclined in her chair and gave permission for entry.