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‘What attention would youparticularlylike?’ Zane rested his hands either side of her and bent over her.
She just wanted all of him. Now. She curled her arms around his neck and tugged him so he toppled down to her.
‘Careful,’ he grunted. ‘I don’t want to crush you.’
She slipped from beneath him, giving him a nudge so he rolled onto his back. In seconds she straddled him and greedily worked the waistband of his shorts down. But he was busy too. He released her hair from its ponytail first—as he so often liked to do. Then he tugged the strings of her bikini top until they became dangerously loose, but didn’t go further.
‘Are you playing with me?’ she asked archly as she teased him every bit as much.
‘Is this a game?’ He batted his lashes wickedly. ‘Or is this arace?’
‘Oh, it’s a game,’ she whispered.
‘No, it’s a race,’ he whispered right back before snatching the bikini from her and cupping her breasts in both hands.
She shuddered as his thumbs teased her sensitive tips. But she shook her head and worked her hands that bit harder.
‘I like watching you come first,’ he growled. ‘Then I like watching you come again.’
‘Comewithme or I’ll turn my back and then you won’t see my face.’
His wicked smile broadened and he swept his hands over her belly and below. ‘Reverse cowgirl is always acceptable,’ he drawled. ‘I can touch you where you like it most. And I love it when you scream and whip your hair in my face.’
She flushed and giggled at the same time. Next second she gasped.‘Zane!’
He felled her. Every time. He rose up and wrapped his arms around her to hold her close, kissing her as he finally filled her and succumbed to the sparks between them. She clung, quivering as she welcomed him back to her heart. They moved fast yet gentle—playful and passionate—until they were out of control and shaking in ecstasy together.
‘I love you,’ he panted.
This was the race he liked to win—to say it first in the mornings, to say it the most. To mean it always.
But it was no game really. Skylar held his handsome face in her hands and gazed right into his eyes. ‘I love you too.’
His smile was stunning—so satisfied and smug and yet full of wonder that she’d said it still. They’d given each other the family they both craved. The security they both needed. All the love they’d secretly longed for. And it all just kept growing.
She kissed him. Fireworks whistled and burst above them, filling the sky with sound and colour before fading all too quickly.
But Zane and Skylar made their own fireworks. And they always would.