Off-Limits Fling with the Heiress by Rachael Stewart

Author:Rachael Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-07-13T23:05:21+00:00

Avery

I can’t kill the smile that’s busting my cheeks. Whether it’s because I’ve yet to come down off the high of being here on this yacht, his yacht, or his agreement to spend time with me, I don’t know.

Liar—you know. Just as you should also know that he has absolutely no intention of repeating the kiss you once shared, let alone the imaginings you have going on inside your head.

I ignore the voice of reason and tug my sexiest red bikini from the glossy white chest of drawers. It’s more bondage style than bikini and designed with seduction in mind. Hardly dowdy-esque.

With a sigh, I shove it back and pull out a black one-piece. Its style isn’t exactly sedate but it’s certainly not as risqué. The cross-over front cinches in my waist, enhances my curves, but it feels relatively tame.

I change my mind the moment Gabe spies me—spies me and looks away, the sudden tension that ripples through his body and the sharpness of his evasion telling me he thinks otherwise. I smother the smile that threatens to give me away—I can’t help it if he finds me attractive. I can’t help liking the fact that he finds me attractive either. It’s too new a realisation and gives me a real buzz.

So, head held high, I walk right past him and execute a perfect dive into the water. I don’t, to use his words, parade about in front of him and tease him like my heart desires. I do cop an eyeful on my way though. Of a perfect male physique—tanned, toned, and only partially covered by black swimming trunks that I would happily do away with.

Water rushes against my sensitised skin, cool and stimulating with it, and I stay under until I hear him enter behind me before breaking the surface and turning in one. He emerges just in front of me, flicks his hair out of his eyes and grins.

‘Happy?’

‘Perfectly.’ I could be happier though...the urge to close the gap between us and wrap my arms around his bare shoulders, hook our bodies together, is so great I kick away before I do exactly that. I’m a competent swimmer and the need to burn off the adrenaline his presence has triggered has me striking off at a decent pace.

‘Hey! Where are you heading?’

‘Anywhere and nowhere,’ I call back, loving that he follows. It’s like we’re playing an unspoken game of chase and I’m more than happy to be his target.

I hear an engine start up in the distance, turn to see one of the crew heading out on the rib. ‘What are they doing?’

‘Keeping us safe. It’s getting dark and, though it’s relatively quiet on the water now, it pays to have an escort.’

‘Right.’ I nod though it feels strange being paced by a small boat, not quite the private bit of fun my mind was imagining...

Not that you should be thinking any of it.

I switch from front crawl to breaststroke and we swim side by side for a spell.

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