Chapter 14

They wandered around on the beach for a while, the hot sand felt amazing, and Jake couldn’t help but watch her and those legs strolling around as she picked up shells. She was so lost in her own head about something and completely oblivious to him watching her intensely. She was breathtaking in every way now that her nervousness about being in that pretty mind-blowing bikini seemed to be calming down. He just wanted to stand this way all day and see that little content look on her face. She made him feel all kinds of things right at that moment. Protective, warm, and happy, maybe even a little tug in his heart if he was being honest. He felt horny but not in an overwhelming way like in the water, a more laid-back, gentle attraction. He could handle it this way; if only it would stay this constant.

She stopped and glanced his way. He could feel her eyes before he saw them as he had taken a moment to wander the shore and breath in some of the surroundings to get his head straigh