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Chapter 28

My feet hit the water and it's so freaking cold, but I don't care, because the rest of me is on fire for this man and the heat we are creating with our passionate kisses. He breaks apart long enough to realize that I'm dragging him into the chilly water and gives me a smirk.

For a moment I'm fearful of what he's about to do, because that smirk has mischief written all over it. I don't have too long to fret, because the next thing I know, he's picking me up and tossing me in. I come up gasping for air, and wiping my sloppy wet hair off of my forehead. I try my hardest to give him the evil eye, but it doesn't last long, because he's chuckling like a little boy, so carefree and full of life, that I can't help but join in.

I'm feeling a little mischievous myself and while he's heaving from a fit of laughter, I seize my opportunity. I tackle him and hold his head underwater, knowing he could easily shove my weight off of him, but he good naturedly plays along. It might be that he's a little shocked at the stinging cold of the water as well.

I let him up and he's sputtering and trying not to laugh at me. I take off swimming towards a large boulder, trying to flee his next attack. I'm not quick enough or he's an Olympic swimmer one, because he catches me only seconds after I dart away.

He wraps me in those big strong arms of his and this time I don't want to run. I don't want to escape his protection. I snuggle into them instead until he turns me around to face him. We give each other heated gazes and that's all it takes. I attack him.

I wrap my legs around his and he hoists me up his body, clinging us together as tightly as possible. The water makes small waves around us, but we are too engrossed in each other to care about the outside world or the temperature of the water.

I lean my head back for just a moment and let my hair drift in the crystal water behind me, while allowing Edward better access to my neck, throat and collarbones. He's an expert at this, that's for sure as he nips, licks and kisses up and down the column of my throat and works his way down between my breasts. He's a hardworking man that's for sure.

I hear him chuckle as he pauses and I realize that I've once again voiced this out loud. "Well darlin', working on you is easy to do and I'll gladly be your hardworking man anytime you want."

I squeeze my legs around him tighter to get him to focus back on the task at hand; he sobers quickly and gets back to work. Moments later, though I'm not sure how, my shirt is gone and being tossed to the dry land.

Not wanting to be outdone, I do the same to his and oh glory hallelujah, though the saying is trite, it's so obvious that God really did spend a little more time on him. I try not to let the faces and voices of NSYNC fill my mind and focus back on these hard muscles in front of me. My goodness this man is gorgeous.

He's back to kissing me, long hard kisses, mixed with soft sensual wet ones. It's perfect and too much at the same time. I'm not thinking about anything else but him and his skilled mouth and hands. I love the roughness as the slide up and down my nearly naked skin. It's not enough and he must feel that way too. Gone is the gentlemen from earlier and honestly, I couldn't be happier about it. Now is not the time to overthink this, now is the time to give into these urges and feel complete bliss.

My legs grip him as he carries us out of the water and back out into the warm sunshine. He then lays us down on the soft green grass, never once breaking our kiss or his grip on me. In this moment, I realize, nothing as ever felt better or more right than basking in the warm Alabama sun and being wrapped up in Edward.

A/N: Thanks so much for reading. Some of you know that for the next month, updates will not be as frequent. I have several research papers to complete by the end of April, but once that's over, updates will be back to once a day.

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