“I’m good,” I told him.
“Well, if you start moving and find out you’re not, pull over. I love this jeep.”
I looked at his face, and there was something odd in his expression, as if he were going to say something else. He smiled slightly and then leaned over to give me a quick kiss.
“Jeep sex is pretty awesome, isn’t it?” he said.
“It is,” I agreed with a smile. I turned the key in the ignition and let the vehicle come to life as my mind wandered.
And with that, I began to consider other ways to use the back of a jeep.
THIRTEEN
I felt as if I had just closed my eyes when Aiden’s hand began to shake my shoulder.
“Wake up,” he said. He pressed his lips to my neck and hugged me against him.
“Hmm?” I hummed groggily.
“It’s our last morning,” Aiden said. He released his embrace and took my hand to pull me to a sitting position. “You still haven’t seen the sunrise over the ocean.”
He coaxed me out of bed, took my hand, and led me through the house, across the patio stones, and onto the cool sand. It was still quite dark, with just the slightest glow on the horizon. I was dressed only in my sheer, short pajama set, and my arms broke out in goose bumps. I shivered and rubbed at my flesh to warm it up.
“I love this time of day,” Aiden whispered as he stood behind me and wrapped me in his arms. I leaned back against him, fighting the chill in the air. “It’s so peaceful. It’s like nothing else in the world exists but this time and this place. I’d love to be able to stop time right now.”
I turned my head to look at his face, and he brought his hand up to rest against my cheek. For a while, we just looked at each other in the dim light, but then he turned me around and kissed me softly. I wrapped my hands around his head, pressed my chest to his, and stood on my toes to reach him better.
“One more adventure for you.” His eyes sparkled as he reached down and picked me up him his arms. I squealed a bit and grabbed his neck though I didn’t think he would drop me. He walked a few feet out to the top of the sand dune before dropping to his knees and laying me on my back in the sand.
“What are you scheming about now?” I asked with a giggle.
“Me? Scheming?” he said with feigned innocence. “Never.”
“You are a terrible liar,” I said.
He straddled me, placed his hands in the sand on either side of my head, and leaned over to press his lips to mine. I opened my mouth to accept his tongue, and he ran his hand down my side before pushing the edge of my pajama top up, exposing my stomach and reaching for my breast.
“Are you serious?” I asked as I broke away and pushed his hand back down.
“I’m always serious when it
comes to getting you naked and on your back.”
“Out here? I mean…in the back of the jeep was one thing, but…” My words trailed off as I looked out at the beach. I couldn’t actually see anyone out there, but I knew there were often people fishing or jogging early in the morning.
“From right here, you can still watch the sunrise and not be seen very well by people on the beach,” Aiden said. “Besides, there isn’t even anyone out here. They’re all still hung over.”
He took both my wrists captive as he leaned over to hold my hands above my head.
“Aiden!” I protested.
“You want me to stop?” he asked quietly.
Already, my heart rate had doubled, and my skin was tingling with anticipation. I lay under him, helpless in the sand as he held me down, and knew it didn’t matter if someone saw us; I wanted this.
Sex in the sand with Aiden Hunter as our last day together began with the sunrise over the Atlantic.
Yes, please.