Not paying much attention to any of that, Joe left the sun-flooded lounge area through the sliding glass doors. Outside, he walked between the many lawn chairs and towels that were spread out on the grass. People were dozing; getting a sunburn; playing cards; chatting; cuddling… He took the stairs
Swimming with strong, regular strokes, D slowly ploughed through the water, glad that she had made it away from the area with the boats and all the other swimmers and the screaming kids. She had almost reached the tip of the peninsula with the flagpole that she had seen on her way through the spa a
The sudden creaking of wooden planks and the whole pier starting to slightly swing under somebody’s footsteps made her click her jaws in irritation. It was really annoying how, the very minute she had started to relax a bit here, some stupid swimmer or walker or fisherman or whatever had to jump ou
D’s look turned from cold to deadly. “If you think you can mock me here…” “I’m not mocking you, Jesus Christ!” “Go to hell!” “Well, yeah… maybe I’ll do that later,” he said, realizing too late that now he was really mocking her. Sucking in a sharp breath, she raised her free hand out of the wate
“I actually thought I had made that pretty clear,” he said, not letting her out of his sight. “Why I came back, I mean... But if you need some additional clarification, it’s been the best thing I’ve done in ages. So there!” He could see her swallow. Then she shook her head and finally raised her ey
“Let’s just say that I, for my part, have been pretty careful with protection, okay? And I know as a fact that I wasn’t the only one… sleeping with her.” He saw D cringe, her hand clamping tighter around the handrail, as he said it, but he really couldn’t help her there. She had pushed for it and he
And then, before D could even think about trying to pull away, he had placed his braced hand against her back and moved all the way up to her. Then, without waiting for any form of go-ahead or approval, he gently pulled her against himself. D gasped. She was well-aware that she should put up at lea
Her throat suddenly feeling tight, she raised her eyes to his face. And the way he glanced to the side just as her eyes were about to meet his, somehow confirmed it. Her hand was trembling a bit when she reached out and gingerly placed each of her fingers on one of the bruises, only her thumb being