Shattered (Steel Brothers Saga 7)

“I was looking. I can’t help it. You’re beautiful. Your breasts are beautiful.”

I hugged myself harder, clenching my tank in my fist. How could I get it back on without Ryan seeing my boobs again?

“Would it help if I took my clothes off?” he asked. “All of them?”

Chapter Ten

Ryan

Her eyes were circles. She didn’t answer, so I walked over to a vacant lounge chair, put both our pairs of shoes down, and then pulled my muscle shirt over my head. I looked up at the sun. I hadn’t brought any sunscreen with me, so we wouldn’t be able to stay naked too long. But if I could get Ruby naked, get her out of her shell a little…

And then what? Seduce a virgin? This was new territory for me. But God, I wanted her.

I turned around and looked at her. She was still standing there, covering her chest. I met her gaze as I slid my shorts and boxer briefs over my hips.

My cock was at half-mast. I couldn’t help it, being around her. At least I didn’t have a raging hard-on. Though when I’d seen her nipples harden in front of my eyes, I’d had to will it down.

Her eyebrows rose slightly. Only slightly, as if she were trying to keep them down.

But I noticed.

It put another grin on my face.

“See?” I said, putting my clothes on the chair next to our shoes. “Not so hard, is it?”

And she burst out laughing.

“What?”

“I’m sorry. It’s… You said ‘not so hard.’ And I thought…”

I couldn’t help a laugh myself. “I know what you thought.” I looked down at my half-erect cock. “You, Ruby Lee, have a dirty mind.”

She covered her mouth. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry. Just get naked. If I can do it, you can do it.”

“There’s a world of difference between you and me, Ryan.”

“I think that’s the first time you’ve called me by my name.” And I liked the sound of my name from her red lips.

I liked it a lot.

“Is it?”

“Yeah.” I tapped my foot. “I’m waiting.”

“Oh, no. Not going to happen.”

“Come on. Rip it off like you did the tank top. Like a bandage. Best to get it over with.”

“I can’t.”

“I can’t believe you’d be ashamed of that body.”

She huffed. “I’m not ashamed of anything!”

“Well, then…”