First Time Lucky by Holly Rayner

Author:Holly Rayner [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Matteo

Matteo knew that looking amazing in swimsuits—and anything else, really—was part of what Josie did for a living. Still, he was amazed at just how good she was at it. The bikini fit her perfectly, and he hoped she didn’t mind the hungry way he couldn’t help looking at her. The way she kept smiling, whenever she caught his glam, certainly implied that she didn’t.

He checked the anchor before he joined her, not wanting to become yet another cautionary tale about a billionaire who got lost at sea while trying to impress a woman with dolphins. Still, it would have been worth it for the look on her face as he watched her now.

This had been a good idea, he knew, as they played in the water. Just as it had in the aquarium the day before, Josie’s enthusiasm overflowed, and he got to see a side of her entirely without pretense. Of course he enjoyed it when she looked at him, and he loved being the focus of her attention, but watching her enjoyment was an even better feeling than that.

They played in the warm ocean until the dolphins tired and swam off. Matteo, not used to swimming this much, was beginning to tire, and he could see that Josie was too. They were about fifteen feet from the swimming platform of the sailboat, and Josie was closer to it than he was. Still, she swam over to him instead of back toward the boat.

It felt good to have her so close to him. He could see how exhausted she was, but also how satisfied. As he had so enjoyed doing on the bow of the ship, Matteo wound his arm around her, holding her up in the water with one arm, while keeping them both afloat with the other and his legs.

She wound one of her arms around his shoulder, and with her other hands cleared some of his wet hair from his face. Her attention on his face was intense, and he enjoyed that about it. So much of the mask she wore seemed designed to play down or defuse that intensity, he saw now. He wished he had the words to tell her what a shame that was.

He leaned his face down toward hers and was glad when she raised her own in response.

It was a sweet, salty kiss, matching the gentle warmth of the late afternoon sun out on the ocean, and the little splinters of its light that the wavelets around them reflected onto her perfect face.

They parted after a moment, and only after a long, prescient moment did he speak again.

“Ready for dinner?” he asked, and she nodded wordlessly in response.

He started toward the boat, pulling her along with him. When they reached it, and climbed out, he enjoyed watching her towel off and wrap the towel around her waist. He must have been watching a little too closely because after a bit she laughed, which made him laugh too.

“You said something about dinner?” she said.

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