"Help me change that?" He slid his hands over my hips and up my back, surprising me a little. I half assume he would cop-a-feel the minute he got a chance.
"Something tells me I would only add to-”
"There you guys are!" Emily's voice pulled me from the moment, stunning me a little. I moved back and turned from Brody, almost grateful for the break. I was ready to forgo my promises to keep away from the sexy bastard and just dive in deep, if even for a night.
"Now who's being shy?" Derek laughed and moved through the water with the rest of the group in tow.
"I was hoping to show Cora a different side of my personality. That I'm not just all heat and tension, muscle and manliness." Brody moved up beside me, still keeping his hands to himself.
"Yeah right. We've heard all your lines before buddy." Clay moved to my left and pulled Emily to rest against his side as he glanced up at the sky. "It's beautiful out here. How did we get so lucky?"
"I don't know, but someone must be doing something right." Daniel's voice was nothing more than a whisper.
I reached out and brushed my hand down Brody's arm until I found his palm. I wrapped my hand around his and moved closer as I gazed up. I wanted what everyone else had, I just was choosing the wrong man to have it with. On one hand, it was a good thing, seeing that I wouldn't be breaking tradition, but on the other hand... could I survive a guy like him?
He squeezed my hand under the water and cleared his throat. "What's the plan for tomorrow night? Are we going to the big bash in town or doing something together, just the eight of us?"
"Let's do both." Cindy wrapped her arms around Derek's neck and pressed herself to his back. He growled softly, causing all of us too chuckle.
"I agree. Both sounds fun." Dedra turned to Daniel and smiled. "I'll race you to the dock across the lake?"
"I'm a good swimmer. You sure about that?" He smiled, looking incredibly handsome without his glasses.
"Can you see a fucking thing?" Brody asked, smirking.
"Nope, but there's no need to when I'm swimming, you ass." Daniel moved toward Dedra. "Winner gets to choose where we eat tomorrow night."
"You're on." They took off as we all watched in anticipation of Dedra smoking him.
"Why did he offer something like dinner, and you offered-” I started, but Brody cut me off.
"Because he's a really, really nice guy. I'm just a nice guy." He turned to face me and smiled. "Let's find some place we can talk. Just us."
"And, by ‘talk’ he means…” Clay started, but Emily cut him off.
"Alright, you. Let's go back toward the boats and make out. Stop cock-blocking." She pulled him away, and Cindy and Derek followed them.
"She's gotten a little more ballsy since you guys got here, hm?" Brody turned to me and smiled, pulling me closer.
I brushed my hands up his chest and stifled the need to sigh at how fucking good he felt against me.
"She's getting comfortable around you guys, which is always a good thing." I slid my foot down the outside of his leg and brushed my hands up to cup his neck. "I'm not sure them leaving us alone is a good thing, though."
"I agree." He moved closer and touched the side of my face. "But there's no point in not taking full advantage of it."
I couldn't think of anything but how good it would feel to have his mouth on mine again, his body pressed against mine.
His hands tightened on my hips as I leaned in and pressed my lips to his.
A groan left both of us, and I opened myself up, inviting his tongue deep into my mouth. As badly as I wanted to wrap my legs around his waist and grind against him, I held back. Fucking in the lake sounded hot, but it wouldn't at all be the experience I wanted for us—at least for our first time. I could only hope that somewhere in the recess of his thoughts, he imagined more than one time with me.
Pull back. You know he's just like Brandon. He even looks like him. He had some chick on his lap a few hours ago.
"God, you're so damn hot, Cora." He kissed down the side of my neck, his lips soft and tongue warm as he lapped at me.
A million images rushed through my mind, most of them fantasies I wanted to play out in the closest bedroom with the sexy bastard.
"I'm not sleeping with you," I murmured and sucked his earlobe into my mouth.