Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade

Author:Olivia Dade
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945836039
Publisher: Hussies & Harpies Press

Callie eyed the water down below, those tempting lips pursed.

The captain of their vessel had zipped to the side of the island that boasted a sunken ship—sunken via holes strategically placed by the island’s owners, because they’d wanted a snorkeling feature nearby—and tossed a rope around a cushioned wooden pole sticking out of the clear water. The pole implied the water wasn’t too deep in that spot, and there were multiple employees watching out for the safety of all the tourists aboard.

Still, Callie hesitated.

The colorful trim on her goggles almost matched that heart-stopping coral suit she wore, and her flippers fit perfectly. Which Thomas knew, because he’d checked. Her mouthpiece swung from her clenched hand with every restless movement. An inner tube waited for each of them in the rippling waves below, held by another patient crew member, so she wouldn’t need to worry about staying afloat once she ventured in the water.

The single cameraman who’d accompanied them to the boat had braced himself against some sort of fiberglass bulwark and was capturing every moment on film, as Gladys had insisted.

Everything was ready. Everything but Callie.

When he laid his hand on her shoulder, the strengthening sun had turned her silky skin feverish. “Do you want to jump in together?”

She cast a dubious glance at the narrow gap in the rail. “There’s not room for both of us.”

“There is if I hold you.” He’d lowered his voice to a whisper, since maybe the crew wouldn’t love that idea. But he couldn’t come up with another solution that would allow Callie to move past her anxiety and give herself what she wanted. “We’ll just have to make sure we jump far enough out from the boat.”

She nestled into him, front to front, her arms wrapped around his waist, and he almost whimpered as her breath ghosted against his earlobe. “Not to be rude, but maybe potentially-dangerous feats of physical prowess aren’t exactly your greatest gift?”

“I’d never let you get hurt.” He might whack himself against the boat on the way down, but she wouldn’t get a single scratch. Not while he was alive, conscious, and within arm’s reach. “Trust me.”

Silence.

Moisture glinted on her lashes as she stared up at him, and she was biting that lower lip.

Dammit. She was going to be so disappointed and angry at herself if they didn’t do this, but he wouldn’t push her to do anything—anything—that made her uncomfortable.

He frowned. “Sweetheart, we don’t have to jump. We can stay on board, or there’s an inclined ladder toward the back of the boat—”

She nodded toward the gap in the rail. “Are you ready?”

He blinked at her. “Of course, but like I said, we don’t—”

“I trust you.” Her voice was firm. Decisive. “So here we go.”

As it turned out, Callie boasted not only surpassing beauty and softness, but also a startling amount of physical strength. Because the next thing he knew, the two of them were flying off the side of the boat, powered only by the might of those curvy legs.

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