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you like me to tell you what she did to me with whipped cream?”

She knew exactly what he was talking about. “It was me,” she

said.

“My beautiful little healer, you are all the woman I could ever

need.” His hands kept moving up, taking her shirt with it. Drawing it

over her head, he dropped it on the ground, leaving her standing in her

bra and jeans, rain sluicing down her toffee body.

With one quick motion he took off his own shirt and let it fall.

Their hands caressed each other, the raindrops only adding to the

sensation. Scott drew her back in for another lingering kiss. Her hand

pulled down his zipper to slip one hand inside his soaked jeans and

boxers, closing around his throbbing erection.

The cold raindrops seemed to add more steam surrounding the

couple. Scott groaned as she began to stroke him, a slow steady motion

obviously drove him crazy.

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His hands moved to her jeans, unbuttoning them. Kneeling on

the wet ground, he tugged the wet material down over her hips, down

chocolaty smooth legs and off her feet.

From his position, he looked up. Her hair was slicked back from

her face and her white bra and panties had become transparent thanks

to the pouring rain. One hand moved up the outside of each leg until

they reached the waistband of her underwear. Hands gripping each hip,

he put his face at the apex of her thighs, the heat of his mouth contrast-

ing the cold left by the rain.

“
Ohhhh
,” she moaned as he breathed in her spicy scent. Her legs

trembled and spread wider to support her better. Alexis shook even

more as his tongue traced along the edge of her panties.

“You smell so good.” His words vibrated against her, sending

more impulses throughout her wanting body. “I wonder; do you taste

as good as you smell?”

Scott trailed his fingers to the front of the waistband, his thumbs

coming close to the velvet heat covered by the wet cotton. Then his

hands retreated, leaving her frustrated.

Two quick jerks and her panties fell away, only to be swept

away over the cliff by the wind. The couple didn’t notice. His mouth

closed over her and his tongue swept deep into her silken folds.

Alexis’s head fell back and her hands pressed his head closer to

her, encouraging him to continue. It didn’t take her long to leave earth

and head on to heaven.

Another scream ripped from her mouth and the wind and rain

carried it away. Scott stayed where he was until her multiple orgasms

stopped. He stood and pressed his lips to hers, his fingers slipping

inside her wet body.

Alexis whimpered as he dominated her with his kiss. His fingers

withdrew as they shared taste. One hand pressed against the back of

her head, grinding their mouths closer yet. Her arms looped around his

neck, not wanting to break the kiss.

Step by step, he walked them backwards. That hand dropped

from her head to her waist, lifting her and pressing her back into the

cold wet feel of a boulder. She felt him smile as she sucked in her breath

from the cold intrusion. He lifted her a bit higher before setting her

down, sliding his freed erection deep within her.

“
Jesú
,” she moaned as she wrapped her brown legs around his

waist to allow him deeper penetration. The rain increased and they

heard the rumble of thunder.

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Slowly he moved in and out of her wet heat. The boulder braced

her back as his large, strong hands were on her full hips.

Dark eyes opened and met the blue ones of the man loving her.

Alexis dropped her hands to rest on his muscled forearms, her nails

digging in with every stroke he delivered to her.

Through the rain, Scott viewed the woman before him. How it

looked to see water cascading down all over her brown skin. She

thought it erotic to be dressed in nothing but a white bra that didn’t

conceal his view of her large, pebbled nipples.

The sight of his tanned hands gripping her sienna-hued hips as

he drove into her, the view of her dark body opening to accept his

lighter erection, turned her on even more…and apparently Scott as well,

for he grew harder inside her and pumped faster.

It still wasn’t enough. “Harder, Scott, harder.” Alexis panted

over the rain and increasing thunder.

The pounding surf below, the thunder above, and the steady

rain that was all around, drowned out Scott’s grunts. Her insides began

tightening around him as his strokes came faster and harder.

“Scott!” Alexis shouted, the rain hitting her taut nipples and

sending more tremors through her.

“Yes, baby. I’m right here.” His thrusts came quicker.

“I’m going to come, Scott,” she cried to the dark evening sky.

“Then come,” he said. “Come for me, Lex,” he ordered as he

began to slam into her.

Alexis screamed, her head tipping back to face the full onslaught

of the rain, nails digging into his flesh as she came with a vengeance.

The tight squeeze of her muscles around him drew Scott over

the edge with her. He, too, yelled to the rainy sky as he came, buried as

deep as he could be within her.

Knees wobbly, he withdrew from her, helped her to regain her

own feet, before he sagged against the boulder. “Damn, woman, I think

you are going to kill me.” His arms brought her close for an eye-

fluttering, soul-sucking kiss.

Suddenly exhausted, Alexis shuddered. “I’m cold.”

He squeezed her closer and kissed her temple. “Let’s get you

clothed and out of this rain…”

Zipping up his pants, Scott took her hand and led them back to

where he had removed their clothes. Alexis had her pants but her shirt

and underwear were nowhere to be found.

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“Where are the rest of my clothes? My shirt? Panties?” she

asked, struggling to get her wet jeans back on.

With a shrug, he handed his wet, muddy shirt over to her.

“Wear mine.” The thunder cracked overhead. “I think it’s time to get

out of here.”

Alexis agreed. Slipping his shirt on, she took his hand and

grabbed her shoes with the other one. Holding hands, they ran back

down towards the path that would lead them to the parking lot. One

was dressed in jeans and boots, the other shoeless but wearing jeans

and an oversized shirt.

They passed one couple on the trail who looked at them, grin-

ning and yelling to their retreating backs, “Way to go!”

In the parking area, Alexis headed for her vehicle, unlocking it

before they got there via keyless entry. Both of them jumped in and

dripped all over her leather interior.

“I can’t believe we just had sex in a public park,” Alexis mut-

tered and dropped her head against the steering wheel, still utterly

mortified she’d been watched.

“We have never had sex, healer of my heart. It is so much dee-

per than that,” he corrected and rubbed her back comfortingly.

“What else would you call rutting like animals against a rock in

the rain?” she asked, finally sitting up and starting her vehicle. “With

people watching.”

“Fun as hell and better than cable,” Scott teased.

“Scott…” she said, trying to sound indignant even though she

laughed internally.

“Yes, my gorgeous healer?” Reaching across the vehicle, he

brought them closer for a kiss.

“I can’t remember,” she claimed as he pulled away.

“Good.” Scott kissed her again. This time, his hand tried moving

underneath the shirt she wore. “My clothes look so good on you.”

“No.” She drew, back pushing his hand away. “Where is your

car?”

“On the East Coast.”

Her eyes narrowed. “How’d you get here?”

“Taxi.”

“What are you doing here? Where are you staying, for that mat-

ter?”

“With you,” he responded immediately.

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Alexis snorted. “Of course you are. You don’t have a clue where

I am staying but you are staying with me.”

“You are staying at your brother’s condo. Piers, the one you

were with in Hong Kong. Like you do every time you are in port here,”

Scott replied.

Why am I not surprised he knows this?
“And you assumed you

would be welcome?”

“Four days, Lex.” He paused. “And you know you aren’t sur-

prised because I don’t want to make a mistake like I did before, by

jumping to the wrong conclusion.”

What is he doing, reading my mind now?
“Four days what?” She

began to drive.

“No, I can’t read your mind, but your thoughts are all over your

face. And you owe me four days. Or are you going back on your

word?”

“So what, you gonna be my weekend lover?” she questioned as

they got on the interstate.

He didn’t answer that, though his expression told her he didn’t

appreciate the insinuation. “Go to dinner with me tonight. A nice

dinner.”

“And what will you wear?” Alexis asked with a pointed look at

his shirtless body.

He arched an eyebrow at her. “I have other clothes, you know.”

“I’m sure you do.”

“So, is it a date?” They pulled into a nice condo community.

Like I am going to turn down spending time with you!
“Sure. You

can come in, get dry, and I can take you to wherever you’re staying.”

“I already told you where I was staying.”

“Right, right,” she muttered, pulling into a two car garage.

“With me.”

“Exactly.” He got out and waited for her to come around the

front of the vehicle.

Together they walked through the door and into the mud room.

Grabbing towels, she threw one at him. “This will work until we get

robes. Just leave your wet clothes here. I’ll wash them later.”

With an easy shrug, he began to disrobe. Alexis was frozen as

she watched him remove his boots, socks, pants—and, finally—boxers.

Every muscle rippled as he moved. She barely managed to contain her

groan of disappointment when the dark gray towel was secured around

his lean waist.

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“Keep looking at me like that and I will take you on the floor in

here,” Scott said, pulling her eyes up from his crotch to meet his gaze.

“Sorry,” she mumbled even as her body grew wet at the image.

“Never apologize for wanting me. Aren’t you disrobing? It’s on-

ly fair I get to watch you now.” He leaned against the wall, defined

arms crossed over his naked, muscular torso.

Alexis met his gaze and jerked his shirt off over her head. Then,

as his blue eyes darkened with desire, she removed her bra. Sliding her

jeans down, she kicked them away and reached for the towel Scott held

out to her.

Her hand touched the thick cotton but when she pulled, she was

met with resistance. Alexis found herself being reeled in towards the

golden god who stood in the room wearing nothing but a towel.

“Arms up,” came his soft order when her body halted between

his legs. Wordlessly she complied, keeping her swirling gaze on his

face.

Taking the towel, Scott opened it behind her. His gaze took in

the full breasts that still had puckered nipples, the flare of her curva-

ceous hips, her flat belly. He licked his lips as his eyes moved over the

nicely trimmed patch of black hair between her legs and down her

strong legs to the bright pink on her toenails.

Moving his eyes leisurely back up her body, he wrapped her

sensual figure in the thick towel and tucked the end in over her breasts

so it would stay put. “It seems to me, my sexy healer, that is one lucky

towel to be touching that exquisite body of yours.” His lips brushed

hers before he enfolded her into his embrace.

Alexis sighed contentedly and pressed her cheek against his

marbled chest, letting the rhythmic beating of his heart flow through

her.

C h a p t e r T w e n t y

“
Mmmm
, what a way to spend a weekend,” Scott murmured in

his deep timbre.

Alexis’s hand ran idly up and down his chest and her head was

nestled against his shoulder. It was afternoon on Sunday, and they’d

spent the past day and a half making love. The only time they left the

bed was to get some food, and even those trips usually turned into a

whole other experience of learning about one another’s body.

A smile, one of total gratification and ease, crossed Alexis’s face.

They’d just been cuddling in the large bed for the past three hours

talking about odd subjects and dozing, just happy to be with one

another.

“I agree,” she said in a hushed voice. The light sounds of roman-

tic jazz played throughout the room.

“What are we going to do today?” His lips nuzzled her fore-

head. “What is left of today, I should say.”

“Well, I have to get ready to go back to the ship. Can I take you

somewhere?”

“My lovely little healer, you have taken me to just the place I

want to be.” His hands moved in slow circles around her silken skin.

“I mean to wherever you need to be.” Her arm slid around his