Chapter 9
He caught me off guard but his lips felt good on mine, I felt his tongue lightly pushing against my lips and I parted them slightly. I felt his tongue touch mine and I moaned softly for him, I hadn’t meant to but I did and I felt my heart racing as he continued to hold onto my hand.
It was everything I dreamed it would be, I felt my free hand go to his arm and I kissed him back. I didn’t want him thinking I didn’t want him to kiss me, that I wasn’t interested because I was. I heard his moans against my mouth as the kiss grew deeper and deeper and the heat that was rising was something that we were creating on our own.
I pulled away when he let go of my hand and brought his hand up right below my tits. I jerked back surprised that he would reach for me like that in public.
“I’m sorry, I went too far.” He whispered, biting down on his lip.
I shook my head, I was breathless but I wanted to tell him that I enjoyed it. I loved the way he kissed and it just surprised me because of where we were, not because of who he was.
“I should’ve brought water with me.” I murmured.
“I didn’t think of it either, I only thought about seeing you.” He laughed, and I was glad that he couldn’t wait to see me.
I never had a man tell me what he was feeling or what he was thinking, it was like they always kept it top secret until they wanted to see how far they could get with me. Luke’s honesty was what had made me want him even more. I knew he was the one, even before this morning. I think I realized he was the one I was going to give myself to since last night when I knew he wanted to kiss me but waited.
“Are you ready to go for that swim now?” He asked, taking his sunglasses off and setting them on the towel.
“Yes.” I grinned at him, glad that he was the one who got up from the towel first.
He reached down with both hands and pulled me to my feet. Letting go of one of them we ran together and didn’t hesitate when the water ran over our feet. We continued running until our feet could no longer touch and we were swimming, letting go of each other’s hands.
The water was cold and refreshing and I ended up getting some water inside my mouth which gave me the water I needed but too much of it and I began coughing as we treaded water.
“You alright?” He asked me, a smile on his face when I nodded my head.
“I’m glad that you like adventure Linda, I don’t know too many women who will just go out and have fun. It’s almost like they’ve forgotten how to.” He winked at me and I felt my heart skip a beat.
I smiled at him and dove under the water, coming up right in front of him, our faces just inches away from each other. When he leaned in for another kiss I pushed away and splashed him, it was nice to see that he was being a good sport about it as we began seeing who could splash the most. In the end, he had won because I ran out of the water to catch my breath from all the cold water splashing on my face.
I sat back on the towel and watched him come out of the water, my hair was a mess but I didn’t care. I was having fun and that’s what it was all about, that’s what life is about because you can’t always be serious or else you’d have a boring life.
Luke made me feel as if I could be myself and I was falling in love with him, even more, every minute that we spent together.
“I have a question for you and you can tell me no if you want to.” He started out when he sat down beside me again.
“Oh boy, I don’t know if I’m going to like this.” I laughed at him, seeing that he was trying to ask me something serious so I stopped laughing.
“Would you like to spend the night under the stars with me?” He asked, keeping his face down as he stared at the sand just inches away from our feet.
“Here?” I asked him, my eyes widening.
“No, in my backyard. I wouldn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable and make you want to go home and think you had no ride. I would want you where you could walk home.” He lifted his head and laughed at me.
“That’s not what I was thinking. I don’t know what time the beach closes and I don’t want security coming down and catching us here.” I grinned at him, making him laugh even harder.
“I pegged you for a woman that doesn’t get into trouble much. Me on the other hand, I could care less about the beach closing. If security caught us they would give us a warning and tell us to go home.” He flashed that amazing smile my way and I almost forgot how to speak.
“Yea, that’s one thing that I can say I’m not. I don’t get into trouble. Ever.” I smiled at him as the sun quickly dried our wet bodies.
“So yes?” He asked, realizing he hadn’t gotten an answer out of me yet.
“Yes, I would love to sleep under the stars with you tonight.” I nodded my head, it would be the first time I’d ever slept under the stars and I realized it would be my first time ever being with a man.
“Good, I hope you’re having a good time because I know I am.” He told me, looking out at the water as more crowds started showing up.
“I’m having an amazing time with you. I can be myself and not have to worry about what you think.” I nudged him playfully.
We sat there and talked most of the day, going in and out of the water and watching people come and go. Some who had been at the beach before us and some that arrived and left while we were there.
“What do you do for work?” I asked him, realizing that I never brought it up at dinner last night.
“I’m a clothes designer, I help my father with the business that he’s created. Sometimes he thinks I’m too smart for the company and other times I think he just feels as if he has to stay guarded, afraid that my bright ideas are going to make him lose his job.” Luke told me, there was no smile on his face when he talked about his father and I could see that it was a touchy subject for him.
“Does he really think that you’re going to overrule him?” I asked, a little concerned.
“He hasn’t come out and said it but I know that’s why he gives me such a hard time. Not to mention I’m cocky. I know that he’s not going to fire me, I know that no matter how upset he gets with me for showing up late, or not coming in at all that I’m too big of an asset for the company and I’m the one who makes the clothes come alive on paper because of my artistic talent. They jump right out at you from the drawing pad.” He nodded his head.
“If you could take the company over would you?” I couldn’t help but wonder if he would put his father out if that was his flaw.
“No, I know that I’m not going to get the business until he passes, and I don’t want that either. I want to work with him, I want to work beside him instead of underneath him and he doesn’t get that. I don’t know how many times I’ve talked to him about it but he just doesn’t understand that I want to be his equal.” He shook his head, I could see that he was getting upset so I didn’t push any further.
It was a day to get to know each other and he had opened up enough for me as far as I was concerned. I didn’t even want to talk about my parent’s not my father anyways. My mother was always happy about the modeling but my father he didn’t think that it was appropriate for his little girl to be prancing around in summer dresser that was a little too short at the bottom and more than a little too tight up top.
We stayed at the beach until the sun was almost setting, there weren’t many people on the beach when we decided to leave for the day and I was glad that we had stayed in the shade all day because when I really thought about it I had forgotten to bring my sunscreen with me. We had only gone in and out of the water a few times, enough to cool ourselves and sit back on the towel and talk.
“I really enjoyed the day,” I told him, wanting to let him know that even just talking was fine with me.
“I did too, most girls I’ve noticed like to have money spent on them every time you turn around. I spent nothing but gas money on this trip and you’re having the time of your life.” He grinned as we got back into the car.
“I don’t need money, I have my own.” I laughed at him as he started the car and pulled out of the parking lot.
The day was put behind us and the more nightfall came the more I thought about telling him I was a virgin but I kept it to myself because I didn’t want it to be a turn off for him.