"Y'all look like you're having fun without me in there. I am perfectly fine right here." Rayna smiled down at her daughters.

Maddie and Daphne were in the huge in-ground pool in the backyard of the Belle Meade mansion, and Rayna was sitting on a chaise in the shade on the deck, avoiding the water at all costs. Deacon had just gotten home from the studio, so he was i0n the house getting ready to come outside.

"Mom, come on! The water feels so good." Daphne said from the pool, sticking out her bottom lip in a pout.

Rayna chuckled and shook her head. "Nope, sorry y'all-I am perfectly content right here."

"Will you at least come feel it? Please?" Maddie practically begged her mom and Rayna groaned and stood up, walking over to the edge of the pool.

She crouched down to touch her fingertips to the water, and the girls tried to hide their snickering from her. Maddie looked just past her mom and started laughing uncontrollably, and Daphne put her hands over her mouth, stifling a giggle.

Rayna opened her mouth to question what her daughters were laughing at, but before she could get a word out, she was flying through the air and hitting the water within five seconds.

When she came up coughing and sputtering, her daughters were doubled over with laughter and Deacon was smiling wickedly on the deck. When she finally caught her breath, she looked over at Deacon, who was trying to stop laughing.

"Hi, baby," Deacon said in between laughs before winking at the girls, who were trying to breathe normally again.

"Don't even. I can't believe you did that."

"Oh come on, Ray. You have to admit that was funny."

Rayna just shook her head as she waded over to the edge in front of Deacon. "Whatever. Can you help me out?" Deacon nodded and leaned down to grab Rayna's hand, attempti0ng to pull her up, but instead she pulled him down off the deck and into the water next to her. The girls shrieked when the splash hit them and Rayna laughed wickedly.

Deacon came up from the water a minute later and instantly looked at Rayna, shaking his head. "Okay, yeah, I deserved that."

Rayna smirked before moving to the ladder to push herself out of the water. Deacon watched her climb out of the pool, and he felt his whole body get hot as he tried to think about ANYTHING other than her nearly naked body. He cleared his throat and looked at the girls, who were recovering from their fits of laughter.

Rayna went back over to the original spot on the deck as she watched her youngest instantly cling to Deacon. She chuckled lightly as Maddie rolled her eyes and tried to get her little sister off of him. Rayna loved that, even though Daphne wasn't Deacon's biologically, she loved him just as much as she loved Teddy.

Daphne shrieked when Deacon lifted her over his head and launched her as high and as far through the air as he could, and the twelve-year-old screamed until she hit the water on the other end of the pool. Rayna had a huge smile on her face as she watched her husband and daughters splash around and tease each other in the water.

The three of them swam together for about a half an hour before Deacon commenced in a final splashing competition and made his way out of the pool. When he caught Rayna's eyes, he smiled brightly and walked over to sit next to her on the other chaise.

"Did you have fun?" Rayna asked him, glaring from behind her sunglasses.

Deacon nodded rapidly and kept his huge smile on his face. "Yeah! I've always loved swimming but it's even more fun with the girls."

Rayna giggled and nodded, leaning her head back on the chair and breathing deeply. She felt Deacon come up next to her ear and he kissed it lightly. Rayna swallowed hard and tried to remember that her children were right there.

"Can I just say that you look incredibly sexy in that bikini, Mrs. Claybourne?" He nipped lightly on her ear and Rayna's breath caught in her throat. "But I think you'd look even sexier if I took it off of you."

Rayna swallowed hard and glanced over at the girls. "You better watch it babe, our daughters are right there. Don't start something you can't finish."

Deacon chuckled darkly. "Oh darlin', I have every intention of finishing what I start. How does tonight sound, after the girls are in their rooms for the night?"

Rayna just listened to Deacon talk and she felt her body temperature rise as he nibbled on her ear lightly. "And you'll be mine and I can do what I've been wanting to since I saw you kneeling next to the water our daughters are swimming in."

Rayna groaned in the back of her throat and tried desperately to push her husband off of her. "Babe, come on." Deacon smiled and kissed her ear again before pulling away from her.

"You're all mine tonight." Deacon whispered and winked at her before retreating back to the house.

Rayna giggled and watched Deacon walk back into the house before sighing and leaning back against the chaise trying to calm her breathing again.

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