The hot water lapped at her body as he lowered her to his lap. She felt the hard length of him pressed against her still-quivering core and the fire inside her jumped into life again. This was the best night ever.
“That was so good,” she said, leaning forward to plant a quick kiss on his mouth. He caught her there and deepened the kiss, dragging it out until her head swam and her blood boiled. The sweep of his tongue against hers, the feel of his breath sliding into her lungs, the touch of his hands at her back, it was all sensation overload.
She was melting against him, folding into that broad, sculpted chest she’d been sneaking peeks of for so long. When he finally released her, he slid his hands to the front clasp of her bikini top. “Only the beginning,” he said.
“I am so glad to hear that,” Nicole whispered and shrugged out of her top. He tossed it over the edge of the tub and she instantly felt more…wicked. Naked in a hot tub with Griffin King. The kind of thing dreams were made of, she thought absently as his hands moved to cup her br**sts.
Then every thought in her head cut off completely. How could she think when Griffin was touching her? She sighed and didn’t bother trying to hide her reaction. “You have magic hands.”
“So I’ve been told.”
“I’ll bet you have,” she said. And if a warning bell sounded in her mind, she ignored it. She had known going in that he was a player. That a lot of women had been where she was now. Oh, all right, not in this particular hot tub, but with him. Feeling what he was doing to her.
But tonight, she didn’t care about how many women he’d been with. The point was, he was with her now. That was all that mattered. One night. One week. She didn’t care how long it lasted. This was her fling and she was going to enjoy every minute of it.
“This was the best idea I’ve ever had,” Nicole said softly, and meant it. No matter what happened after tonight, she wouldn’t regret anything.
“Have to agree,” Griffin told her.
Warm water bubbled and frothed around them. The jets pulsed like a quickening heartbeat in the darkness. Nicole savored the feel of the water caressing her skin even as Griffin’s hands moved up and down her back. He leaned in and kissed the line of her throat and she tipped her head to one side, allowing him more room. His hands fell to her waist and with one smooth move, he lifted her off him.
“Hey—”
“One second—” In what seemed like less than that, he’d stripped off his board shorts, stood up to sheath himself in one of the condoms she’d provided and reached for her again. He positioned her exactly the way she had been and this time when Nicole lowered herself onto his lap, there was no swimsuit between them. All she felt was him. She sucked in a gulp of air and met his gaze squarely.
“Gotta have you,” Griffin said, holding her h*ps in a firm grip.
“Oh, me, too.” Nicole raised up and then, still keeping her eyes on his, lowered herself again, this time taking him inside her. Inch by glorious inch, he filled her, and Nicole’s body stretched to accommodate him. It had been so long since she’d been with anyone, it was as if it was the first time.
Only better.
“Oh, yeah,” he whispered and pushed himself even deeper inside.
Nicole gasped and wriggled her hips, creating a delicious friction that only made the ache she was feeling sweeter, more desperate.
“You’re gonna kill me if you keep that up,” he warned.
“You want me to stop it then,” she asked, tossing her hair back from her face.
“God, no,” he countered quickly. “Never stop. I’ll risk death. It’d be worth it.”
“Just what I was thinking,” she admitted and began to move on him.
His hands at her h*ps guided her and still she couldn’t move fast enough. She needed…needed…
“That’s it,” Griffin muttered and shifted. Keeping their bodies locked together, he twisted around until Nicole was reclined on the narrow bench seat and he was looming over her.
“I need you bad,” he confessed and Nicole read the truth in his eyes. He was as inflamed as she. As lost to the amazing sensations. Need was alive and tearing at them both. Hunger roared around them and they answered.
She slapped one hand onto the lip of the hot tub and held tight as Griffin moved on her. He withdrew and then plunged even deeper than before and she groaned even as her h*ps lifted to meet his. Again and again, he pistoned against her, his hands firmly gripping her thighs, holding her in place while his body claimed hers.
The orgasm he’d given her earlier was nothing compared to what was coming. She felt tension clawing at her. Felt her release hovering just out of reach. She worked for it. Sliding her free hand over his chest and around to his broad, slick back. The feel of him under her hands was nearly as sexy as the feel of his body sliding deep.
Her breath shortened, her heartbeat thundered and the friction within sizzled.
“Griffin!”
“Go,” he urged, his voice a rasp of urgency. “Let go, Nicole.”
“With you,” she said, just as desperately, feeling her cl**ax begin to crash down on her. “Both of us.”
He laughed harshly. “Stubborn woman.”
“Oh, yeah,” she agreed, then clutched his behind and pulled him tightly to her just as they exploded together and rode that flash of heat as it consumed them.
*
A few minutes later, they were sprawled in the hot tub, grinning at each other, and Griffin realized he’d never enjoyed himself with a woman as much as he just had. Fling or not, there was more of a connection with Nicole than he’d ever had before, too.
They’d been friends first, he thought and maybe that was the difference. The question was, now that they’d had each other, would they still be friends?
“That was…” Nicole said, floating lazily in the water.
“Yeah, it really was,” Griffin told her, reaching out to stroke one hand along the length of her body.
She shivered. And turned her head to look at him. “Oh, now you’re just teasing me.”
“Just keeping you in the mood.”
“No worries there,” she said on a sigh, “the way I feel right now…”
“Now who’s teasing?” he asked and grabbed her ankle to pull her closer.
She wrapped one arm around his neck and slid her free hand down across his chest. “I can see why you like this hot tub so much. It’s great,” she said.