The house is quiet, and I know my family are all heavy sleepers. Anything could happen. The air is hot, and I wonder if he feels it too.
“Are you ready for bed?” he asks. We’re opposite one another — I’m on the couch, he’s in a leather chair. He’s wearing sweats and a hoodie, his hair messy, but his eyes are alert, trained on me. The fire roars beside him.
I shake my head. “I feel like I got a second wind.”
“I feel like I was talking a lot all night.”
I smile. “My parents were grilling you.”
“I don’t mind. I love your family.”
I reach for a glass of water and take a sip. “I love that you are still giving ski lessons. I really admire that about you, Cole.”
His eyebrows lift and he takes a final drink of his beer. “Yeah? Well, my lessons are pretty basic, I’m sure you’d give those kids a run for it.”
“I wish I had more time. Sometimes I feel so selfish, my choices demand so much devotion. I don’t have time for much else.”
Cole leans forward, his elbows on his knees. “But it’s incredible, your passion. Your drive.” He shakes his head, looking at me. “You are incredible, Aspyn.”
I feel my cheeks turn pink and suddenly the room feels like a furnace. “Are you hot? This fire’s blazing.”
“Agreed. I’m roasting.” He turns down the gas fire, then looks to me. “How about some fresh air?” he asks, lifting his eyebrows.
I nod, following him to the sliding glass door. He lets me pass first and I swear his eyes are on my butt. “Our feet are going to freeze.” I say, standing on the covered deck.
“There’s a hot tub,” he says, pointing to the corner. I look, noticing it for the first time. “Want to take a dip?”
Do I want to take a dip? It’s only one of the hottest things we could do in this very moment.
“Sure,” I say, swallowing my excitement. My pussy already wet. Oh god, this is everything. Stay cool, Aspyn. “Should we get suits?”
He shrugs, walking to the tub, lifting the cover. The water is heated, bubbling and steamy. “I have on boxers.”
I nod, watching as he pulls off his hoodie and sweats, then climbs in. He is ripped, with a six-pack that I could certainly get used to, and biceps that could lift me off the ground and toss me to the bed. Our bed.
Which, okay, sure, I may be jumping the gun a tad… but I can’t help it. The man of my dreams in nearly naked in a hot tub, waiting for me to join him.
This is the time to get excited if there ever was one.
I unbutton my jeans, shimming them past my hips, and then lift my sweater off. Thank the heavens I put on the red-hot bra and panties.
“Aspyn,” he says ever so slowly as I step into the tub. I feel his eyes on me. He takes me in and instead of shrinking away from his gaze like I do all other men… I pull my shoulders back and intentionally turn around before sinking into the hot water. I know my booty looks good in this thong, and I want him to know.
Chapter Six
Cole
I should not have invited her into this hot tub. Because now we are both practically naked, and I am seeing all those curves of hers I’ve been dreaming about, and I don’t know how in the hell I’m supposed to recover from this night.
Douglas thinks she is too good for me, and he is probably right. Seeing her now, like this, her huge tits pushed up in that red lace bra, her round ass so lush, my cock aches with need. I want to squeeze her ass, I want to do all sorts of things to her tits. Kiss, suck, tease — devour. I want her. All of her.
I run a hand over my jaw, thinking of how innocent she is. And after the dinner conversation where she told her family about shows she’s been binging, the female roommates she spends the weekends with, the baking hobby she’s taken up after binging The Great British Bake Off, I know she’s a sweetheart who truly is playing by the three Ds.
And if she isn’t dating — has never dated — that means she may be as pure as everyone thinks.
Which makes me want her even more.
“What?” she asks.
“You look…” I shake my head. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“That’s what you were thinking? About time?”
I smile. “Maybe.”
She rolls her eyes playfully. “I shouldn’t have worn this bra in here. It might get ruined.”
I clench my jaw. “Maybe you should take it off.”
“Do you want me to take it off?” she asks coyly. Is she playing innocent, does she know how fucking sexy she sounds right now?
I suppress a smile. “I’d hate to see something so nice get wasted.”
“That’s what I was thinking.” She stands, stepping toward me, then turns, offering me her ass. “Can you help me take it off?”
She pulls her hair over her shoulder, and I take in her spine, her hips, her ass. I don’t want to take advantage of this… Is she even aware of what she is doing?
But I also don’t want to offend her. Because fuck, I want to see her tits bare.
I unclasp the bra, and she places it on the side of the tub. Then she sinks back into the water, sitting next to me now. Her tits bob on the water, and I see the hint of her nipples with the light of the moon.
It’s impossible to hold a conversation because I’m thinking about how good she looks, how I’ve been waiting years to make a move, how the chance is mine for the taking — but I can’t come right out and ask if she wants what I want… because if she doesn’t it will change things for us all. Me and Douglas and her… fuck, her parents would think I’m a goddamn creep.
Fuck. I got to get out of this hot tub before I pull her into my lap and tell her she is everything I want, crave, need. Before I take that ripe innocence of hers and take a big fucking bite.
“I’m burning up,” I say. “I’m gonna go back inside.”
I stand, moving to the edge of the tub quickly, before she can see my raging hard on.
Maybe this will upset her, but she’d be more upset if I came onto her and she didn’t want me to.
I grab my clothes, rushing to the house, then I jump in the first cold shower I can find. Ice cold, to be exact.
Chapter Seven
Aspyn
Tears sting my eyes as I look around the empty hot tub. What in the world was I thinking? I took off my bra! Talk about forward… and if I thought I might have a chance, I clearly read the situation very, very wrong because the moment I sidled up next to him, Cole bolted for the house.
Cringing at my mortifying move, I get out of the tub, taking off my panties, then pulling on my clothes. I pull the cover back over the tub, then make a dash for the house, my toes icy cold as I slide the door shut and lock it. I flip the lights off before walking down the hall to my bedroom.
As I’m walking, I see the hall bathroom light is on, and I reach to turn it off, only to realize the shower’s on. Cole is in the shower, the glass door not giving him very much privacy because I can see all of him.
And I can see that he is naked. So very naked.