Bad Seed

I felt my eyes growing heavy with sleep.

My head fell off to the side as my arms slid out from my body. I was trying to capture as much of the sun as I could. My skin was prickling, and the creek was rushing, and my heart was pounding. I’d never felt so alive. I debated on whether to take off my shorts. To lie there naked underneath the sun and commune with the earth around me.

But before I could drink enough wine to aid in that decision, I heard footsteps.

I grabbed my tank top and threw it over my body. Shit. Hollis must’ve seen me walking back here. I scrambled to try and cover up my prominent bosom as I tried to wake myself up enough to address what was going on. I could already feel the flush of embarrassment coating my skin.

“It’s not like I haven’t seen it all before.”

That voice. His voice. It sent shivers down my spine. My shirt was haphazardly slung over my body, and I was propped up on my forearms. His voice, like melted butter running over a hot biscuit, hit my ears as the footsteps grew closer. I could feel his presence closing the distance slowly stalking up toward me like the prey I was.

“You don’t have to cover up,” Grant said. “Nature’s beauty should be cherished, after all.”

I could feel him standing behind me. I could see his choppy reflection in the creek. He was standing over me. His tall form was casting a shadow along my legs. I watched him crouch down, his massive body shifting in the rippling reflection of the creek my feet were stuck in.

I sat up, and he settled behind me. I felt his hands sliding along my arms. Goosebumps prickled along my skin as my nipples began to pucker with want.

His touch was electric.

I eased myself back into his lap as my head fell off to the side. He slid the tank top from my body, revealing my bare

breasts. The sun felt so good, and his legs were so strong around my body, and his hands were delicate in the way they stroked my arms. I leaned my head against his chest, allowing my neck to fall open to him.

I’d wanted to be reckless, so this was my chance.

Lying half-naked in the heated sun with a man whose mere presence soaked my panties.

I closed my eyes and took in the way his fingertips danced along my skin. Up and down my arms. All along my neck. Running through my hair. The breeze picked up and blew my tendrils about, causing me to giggle as they tickled my nose.

Then his hands smoothed along my face, brushing my hair out of the way before his thumb traced my bottom lip.

And I parted them to receive his thumb, biting it gently between my teeth.

CHAPTER 12

GRANT

Fuck. This woman was going to be the death of me. I’d seen her out of the back window crossing the edge of the property. I’d seen her in those tight little shorts and her thin tank top, carrying that damn bottle of wine in her hand. If Hollis had seen her, he’d have been furious. But thankfully, I could slip away from him, tell him I was headed out for a walk to clear my head.

All I could focus on now was her silky skin.

Her hair barely covered her breasts, but I knew what they looked like. How good they felt in the palms of my hands, her nipples puckered between my teeth. It took so much willpower to walk up to her slowly. To alert her that I was there instead of retaining the element of surprise. I was sitting behind her, watching her puckered breasts glisten in the sun with her body sprawled out and her head on my chest.

The willpower I had amazed even myself, because I wanted to sink my every inch into her and have my way with her.

I stroked her skin with my fingertips, watching as it heated underneath my touch. The goosebumps that popped up smoothed a grin against my cheeks. I gazed down into her beautiful face before my eyes trailed along her body. Taking in her practically naked form as her legs spread wider to catch the sun on her thighs. Damn it. I wanted to be between those thighs, lapping up her juices and nibbling on the tight little bud that would bring her so much pleasure.

I stroked my thumb along her pouty lower lip and watched her slowly pull it between her lips.

Holy hell, this woman was going to kill me.

“So, what made you come out here and get naked?” I asked.

Her eyes fluttered up to mine, and I could feel my cock jumping to life.

“Just communing with nature,” she said with a grin.

But I didn’t think that was funny. Her lying out here naked and vulnerable to anyone who walked by wasn’t fucking funny to me. Anyone could’ve found her out here. She was lucky it was me who saw her crossing the damn backyard and not Hollis or Ike for that matter.