“Maybe we should set up further back,” I said looking over my shoulder.
“I wanted to stay close in case I spotted a boat or something,” Jack shouted over the nosy waves. When he turned around and noticed how close the water was, he started nodding. “You’re probably right.”
I grabbed the pile of wood, and he carefully carried over the ember so we could start the fire further back. The spot I picked was near a large palm tree for shade during the day, and a nice cleaned area of sand halfway between the inland and the ocean.
“What should we do first the shelter or find water?” Jack asked.
“Shelter. No, water.” I frowned. “I don’t know.”
“Let’s explore,” Jack said with a smile that warmed my insides. He pulled on his underwear. “We’ll figure it out.”
We walked between the trees further away from the ocean. The leaves above us blocked out some of the sunlight making it a bit darker, and a bit scarier.
Something rustled in a nearby bush, and I grabbed Jack’s arm. He placed his other hand over mine and tapped soothingly.
“There could be all kind of living things in here, but they’re probably afraid of us,” Jack said.
I knew he was right, but that didn’t mean it hadn’t startled me. We walked deeper and deeper, but not much seemed to change. All the trees looked the same, and the only reason I knew which way we’d come from was because our feet left footprints in the sandy dirt.
It wasn’t long before I heard what sounded like running water. “Jack!”
“I hear it too,” he said with a big smile on his face.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me along as he tried to make our way closer. Jack pushed away several large leaves and a gorgeous but small waterfall emptying itself into a pond.
The water was running down a small hill, bubbling over some rocks.
“Wow,” I said licking my lips as if I could already feel the cool liquid inside my mouth.
“The rain must have gathered up there,” Jack said pointing to the top of the hill.
“I don’t care where or how. I just want a drink. Do you think it’s safe?”
Jack blinked several times before he nodded. “I do.”
He laced his fingers with mine as he pulled me closer. When we got to the edge of the pond, he let my hand go and carefully stepped into the pond.
Jack looked at me over his shoulder wearing a sassy smirk. “Clothes or no clothes.”
“Clothes,” I answered quickly looking around the area. Even though we were alone on the island, I couldn’t help but worry if I stripped down, that would be the time we’d be rescued.
Our naked bodies would be flashed all over the news with our naughty bits censored. I would never hear the end of it from Heidi, and my family would probably disown me. Hell, they might just disown me for being stranded with Jack on the island.
Fuck.
Once we were rescued, it would definitely be on the news, clothes or no clothes. How was I going to explain that I was here with Jack?
They’d never forgiven him for hiding the drugs in my car, and they never would. Once we were rescued, I’d be back on the mainland, but I was going to lose my family.
“Aren’t you coming in?” Jack said narrowing his eyes at me.
I sighed. The water looked so inviting, and Jack looked unbelievably gorgeous. Well, it probably didn’t matter, might as well enjoy the water.
“Of course,” I said wiggling out of my clothing and stepping into the slightly chilly water. “Oooh!”
Jack laughed and put his arm around my shoulder. He rubbed his hand up and down as if he was trying to keep me warm.
I forced myself to ignore the look in his eye. He scratched the side of his head and waded deeper. When the water was just below his shoulders, he dipped himself all the way under, and I waited for him to pop up.
It felt like it was taking forever. Where was he? “Jack?”
I moved closer, moving my hands through the water. If this was a joke, it wasn’t funny.
I lowered myself down and started swimming closer. “Jack!”
9
Jack
I slowly rose out of the water face to face with an angry Penny. Her eyebrows were squeezed tightly together.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
I looked around, worried that something had happened while I was underwater. She sucked in a shaky breath.
“Nothing.”
“Well, that’s a lie. Did something happen?”
“It’s just that,” she stammered, “you were under there so long.”
I smiled. “I was not. Were you worried about me?”
“Don’t be an ass. I just didn’t want to have to save you, or worse be stuck here on this island alone.”
“That would be worse?” I swam away from her turning my back toward her. “Yep. You were worried about me.”
Maybe things weren’t as bad off between us as I thought. A lot of time had gone by since my major screw up. It was possible that she was willing to move on.
I knew she wouldn’t ever be with me again, not like we had been, but maybe we could be friends. Or whatever.
But did I want to be friends? Not really, I mean that was a great part of our relationship, but what I really wanted was to rip that soaking wet, practically see-through bra off her and feel her soft, puckered skin underneath my hands.
I would have given anything to press my lips to hers, feeling the warmth of her mouth with my tongue. And if I could slip my cock—
“This feels so good!” Penny called out popping my fantasy like a pin to a balloon.
I swam over next to her and watched as she ran her fingers through her wet hair. Beads of water dripped down her neck over the tops of her breasts.
Her eyes popped open and turned when she’d caught me looking at her gorgeous body. Surely she couldn’t blame me.
Penny cupped some of the water into her hands and poured it into her mouth. She pressed her lips together and tipped her head back as if she were in ecstasy.
Christ.
“Try some,” Penny said lowering herself into the water so only her neck and head were above the surface.
I took a drink and quickly realized how thirsty I was. “I wish we had something to store this in.”
Penny smiled. “I don’t think it matters. Pretty sure I’m staying in here until help arrives.”
“You’re going to sleep in the pond?” I asked with a smile.
“Hmm,” she said wearing a cute grin. “I guess that’s probably not a good idea.”
“You know,” I said looking over at the big leaves we’d walked through. “Those would make a good roof.”
Penny started swimming out of the pond. I stared at her amazing body as she stepped out of the water. The sun glistening on every droplet of water. My cock throbbed at the sight of her.
I couldn’t deny it any longer. No matter how badly I should, I just couldn’t do it. I wanted her. I wanted her bad.
Penny knelt down and started pulling at the leaves. “How many do you think we need? What else do we need?”
“Some long, sturdy sticks,” I said stepping up beside her, not bothering to hide my erection. I wanted her to know. I wanted her to see what she was doing to me.
Penny’s lips parted as she glanced up at me. She cleared her throat and stood up holding the leaves tightly to her body.
“Let’s find some sticks,” she said clearing her throat.
Penny turned and started walking back toward the beach. I grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to my body. Her breathing was erratic.
I looked down into her eyes, and she bit her lip. “You’re going the wrong way.”
“Oh,” she said breathlessly. When she blinked and didn’t take her eyes off of me, I knew her mind had gone to the same place mine was. “Jack.”
My name on her lips was enough to send me into a frenzy. I had to taste her lips. Would they be as sweet and succulent as I remembered? I’
d often fantasized about her over the years, and now here she was… what the fuck was I waiting for?
I wrapped my arms around her and pressed my lips to hers. Our mouths moved hungrily together as if an appetite we’d both had for years needed to be satiated.
I wanted her. All of her. I slid my hands up her shoulders and over her neck. Penny shivered and stepped away from me.
She blinked several times and let out a heavy sigh. “We should work on the shelter.”
I exhaled slowly, trying to get myself under control. At least she hadn’t slapped me.
“Okay,” I said following her as she walked back to the beach.
10
Penny
What the hell had just happened? And more importantly, why the hell did I stop it?
Jack’s lips were even more amazing than I remembered. I wanted him, no scratch that I needed him.
There hadn’t been any men since him, that could do what he did to me. My body never reacted to anyone the way it reacted to him.
“Penny,” Jack said stepping up beside me. “We should talk about—”
“We don’t need to.” I smiled at him.
“I’d like to if that’s okay. I don’t want you to think I’m an—”
Penny held up her hand. “I don’t think anything you did today, or even recently for that matter is assy.”
I bit my lip and kept walking. Why did I have to go there? Talking about the past was about the last thing I wanted to do.
A drop of water hit me in the middle of my forehead, and I looked up at the dark cloud coming toward us.
“Penny, please just let me talk,” Jack said stopping to follow my gaze. “Oh shit.”
“It looks bad doesn’t it?”
“It does.”
I sighed. “Guess we should have built the shelter first.”
“If we hurry maybe we can get something together.” Jack stepped in front of me and waved me along.
We jogged through the trees ducking under the low hanging branches and jumping over the rocks and twigs on the ground.
“We’re going to need more sticks,” Jack said when we got near the fire that was still burning.
He used all of his strength to break off a branch from a nearby tree. I held up the six huge leaves I had been carrying wishing I would have taken more instead of standing there kissing my ex.
“We’re probably going to need more leaves too.” I looked over my shoulder. “Maybe I should go back.”
“No, there’s not enough time. Help me get the sticks into the ground. Four here and four on that side.”
I wasn’t sure I understood his structure, but I didn’t have time to question it. The drops were falling quicker, and the thunder that rumbled in the distance reminded me of being tossed around in the ocean. My pulse quickened.
In less than twenty minutes Jack had a fairly decent structure that would probably keep us dry. At least it would as long as it didn’t blow over.
“Hope it’s close enough to the fire,” Jack said as I crawled inside.
“It’s good,” I said hugging my knees to my chest. Once the sun had been completely covered, it felt as though the temperature had dropped at least ten degrees. “Shit.”
I shivered, and Jack glanced over at me. “What is it?”
“I forgot my clothes back there.”
“I can run and get them for you… if you want,” Jack offered.
Thunder rumbled louder.
“We’ll get them later,” I said gesturing for him to come into our little shelter.
He sat down next to me, and I pretended I didn’t feel the electricity vibrating between us. Maybe I should just give in. Maybe I should just let it happen.
It was obvious he wanted it too and he hadn’t bothered to hide just how badly he wanted it. Things were different between us now. Hooking up didn’t mean we were together again. It didn’t mean I had to even forgive him.
All it meant was that two adults were going to enjoy one another in the same way they had hundreds, if not thousands of times before. It wasn’t like it was going to be any different.
Why should I deny myself the pleasure? I turned to him and swallowed hard.
“Jack,” I said feeling as though after I’d said his name there was no turning back.
“Yeah?”
I didn’t know what to say. I leaned over and slid my hand into his hair, pulling him closer.
He practically growled as he looked into my eyes.
“Are you sure?” Jack asked, and I pressed my lips to his.
He grabbed my hips and pulled me on top of him. Jack wrapped his arms around me so tightly I knew he didn’t want to let go. I instantly felt his need for me through the thin fabric between us.
His lips moved up and down my neck as he reached behind me and unhooked my bra. The air prickled at my skin. It felt exciting, almost dangerous to be topless, even though there wasn’t anyone around.
Jack’s hands roughly cupped my bare breasts, tugging at each nipple. I already couldn’t have wanted him more than I had at that moment. Each little tug was almost enough to bring me to the edge.
It had been too long. Jack’s touch was like magic. It ignited my every nerve-ending. It made me feel powerful… invincible.
His hand rubbed between my legs, and I was sure he could feel just how wet I was for him. When he growled, I was sure that he had.
“God, you are so fucking hot,” he said thrusting his hard cock against my ass. He held my hips and guided me so my wetness was pressed down against his hardness.
My hips rolled as if they had a mind of their own. All I could think about was how badly I wanted to feel him inside me.
What would he feel like? Would it be the same? Maybe it would be better.
Jack looked down at the space between us and slid my underwear to the side. He watched as he slipped a finger inside me.
“Oh, my God,” I whispered, doing everything I could to hold myself together. I couldn’t let myself orgasm… not yet.
He buried his fingers into me as he thrust his cock against my ass again.
“You’re so wet,” he breathed into her ear.
“And you’re so hard,” I said, a small smile curling my lips upward.
Jack leaned back as we both watched as he pinched two of his fingers together and slid them inside me.
“Your cock is bigger than that,” I moaned, and he instantly slipped in a third finger. “Oh, God!”
He pulled out his fingers, and it felt as though I could breathe, but it didn’t last long because before I knew it, he was lowering me onto my back. He slowly removed my underwear, never taking his eyes off of my naked body.
Jack tossed my underwear to the side and slid his palm slowly down the inside of my leg. When he got to my upper thigh, he spread me wide open.
“Fuck me,” he said grabbing my wetness and flicking my clit.
He wrapped his fingers around his hard cock and started pumping himself as he stared at me.
“Jack,” I whispered.
“Yeah?”
“I want you,” I said breathlessly.
He swallowed and nodded. “I want you too, baby. But I never want to forget what you looked like at this moment. You are so fucking hot.”
“Jack,” I cried out. “Please!”
“Please what?” He grinned as he pumped himself harder.
“Fuck me, Jack!”
He lowered himself down. “You don’t have to ask me twice.”
Jack held my thighs as he eased his hard cock inside me. I pressed my head back into the sand, my hands reached out for something to grab onto, but there wasn’t anything there. In a way, it felt like I was drowning all over again. My body was just as out of control as it had been in the ocean. Only this time the water didn’t have control of my body, Jack did.
He buried himself inside me, grabbing my breast as he looked down watching his cock pound into me. Jack looked into my eyes as he thrust himself harder and harder.
“It feels perfect,” I said between breaths.
My breasts bounced upward with each thrust.
“It really does,” Jack said with an animalistic grunt.
“Jack,” I moaned, as he penetrated deeper and deeper inside of me. “I’m going to come.”
I grabbed on to him, digging my fingertips into his skin. He swirled his hips and pinched my nipple.
When our eyes locked, I lost it. My eyes squeezed shut as my climax crashed down around us like lightning.
“Jack!” I called out his name, as my muscles clenched around him. “Oh, my God!”
He grabbed my hips and hoisted me up, holding me as he hammered himself inside me extending my pleasure.
“Fuck,” he said as he released himself, rolling his hips until he came to a stop and gently lowered me back down into the sand.
He rolled over onto his back and held his hand to his forehead while he tried to catch his breath. A smile stretched across his face as he pressed his cheek against the top of my head.
“That was fucking amazing,” he said. He let out a long breath. “That was a-maz-ing.”
11
Penny
I laid there in Jack’s arms watching the rain drip off the leaves and into the sand while he lazily twirled his fingers into my hair. We were cuddling, which seemed like a bad idea for just a one-time thing.
“Jack,” I said feeling like we had to talk about it.
“Yes,” he said sounding as though he was intoxicated.
I turned and looked at the big smile on his face. I couldn't do it. The timing was wrong. Maybe I’d just lay here and enjoy the afterglow a little longer.
“Nothing,” I said flashing him a smile.
After all, it had been amazing, but we always had been. If anything, it was even more amazing than ever before which was going to make everything harder.
It wasn’t like things would ever be okay between us, but neither of us could deny the mutual attraction. I’d been attracted to him ever since I saw him standing next to my brother. They’d known each other in school somehow and happened to bump into one another when we were out.
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