MERIDIANA

The evening breeze brushed over the skin I was baring.

In front of his intense eyes, I began loosening the loose knots of my dress, feeling it slide down my body and bunch at my feet.

I wore nothing underneath and stood naked before him, resisting the urge to cover myself, but I craved this.

I didn’t have to see him to know he desired me; his breathing quickened as if I’d truly taken his breath away.

He swallowed and wet his lips. He’d gone so still that even the water didn’t ripple.

I stepped out of the folds of the dress tangled at my small feet and moved toward the edge, showing him the body no other man had ever seen.

“Aren’t you… going to help me?” I whispered, heat rising up my neck.

Standing at the entrance of the pool.

The water finally splashed and Rousse’s massive presence moved toward me.

His rough hands took mine and gently placed them on his shoulders. I leaned forward to be touched, shivering when I felt the breath of his mouth against one of my nipples.

Desire