fantasy, and seriously enjoyable thoughts."
"Ah, well, that is a good thing then," she sighed, and leaned into him.
"Hmm."
She was tempted to ride back in her bikini but finally nixed the idea when she remembered the sand across her cheeks on the trip down. She didn't want the hot tub water to sting. She wanted to be comfortable and relaxed, not burning from chlorine in sandpaper cuts.
They ate at the Log Cabin, had a beer, said goodbye to the rest of the group, and headed home. She danced into the house, stripping her clothes as she headed for her room, wondering if she should come out naked and ready for the hot tub.
"Are we jumping in right away?" she called to him. "After that ride, my butt could use the soothing."
"Sure, I'll be right out," he told her, heading for his own room.
Would he come out naked?
She decided that she was going to go with her bikini bottom on, and strip them off once she was outside. On the way she grabbed two beers from the fridge and walked out on the patio. The sunlight was defused in the sky, but there was still at least couple of hours before true dark. The gentle breeze felt wonderful.
Behind her she heard the slide of the screen door and she turned to greet him with a smile and found him completely naked and his cock at half-mast. "Holy shit," she breathed.
"You did say naked, right?"
"Oh gawd, yes," she whispered.
His abs were marvelous, and his pecks nearly chiseled. She was quite wrong about how he might physically stack up against Tomas. Tomas had better watch his step around this man. This man was powerful and truly beautiful at the same time. She handed him his beer, and then pulled the strings of her bikini bottom, letting it fall to the patio deck.
He looked her over and she felt a warmth between her thighs like never before. "Um, remember what I said about the sex this morning?" she broached.
"Yes?"
"Fuck that, I'm ready."
His laughter was deep and soothing across her skin, and her nipples hardened a little more with each chuckle. "Let's relax for a while and see what happens."
"Oh, we can relax, but I already know what's going to happen. You can come willingly, or I can drag you, but it's going to happen."
"Oh?"
"Oh yeah," she grinned.
"Hmm," he murmured.
"I'm starting to like that sound."
CHAPTER NINE
In the hot tub she leaned against him and drank her beer, feeling like she had always been there, right beside him. As if this was where she had always belonged. For that half-hour in the bubbling water, Tomas, the drug running, Mr. Stewart, and the months of servitude simply didn't exist. It happened to someone else. Someone who didn't have Elias in her life.
"Elias?"
"Yes?"
"It's only been a few days, but it feels so much longer. Really it's just been since last night that I've come out of the shell I was trapped in. Is it all right that this has happened so quickly?"
"All right? It's great. But I know what you mean. I feel like a year of tension and cold has been taken off my back."
"Exactly." She nodded enthusiastically.
"You know, I am perfectly alright with not having sex with you for a few more days. You are incredibly sexy and I do like you very much, but—"
"Nope," she injected. "You're fucked boy."
"Hmm."
"Hmm," she agreed, and kissed his shoulder.
Elias put his arm around her and she snuggled into him and watched the sky darken, feeling all the aches of the ride slip out of her as her body relaxed into the soothing silk of the water's heat.
After full dark he said, "Come on, take a shower with me."
" Purr ," she sighed, and took his hand so he could help her out of the hot tub. The chill of the night air had them hurrying into the house and sliding the glass door behind them. He took her hand again, led her back to his room, and started the shower. She rubbed her arms, giggling, while staring at