“There’s always a way,” I said. It was my turn to kiss Jake, this time finding his lips, feeling them softly part against mine. I held his face in my hands, breathing in the same air, his arms wrapping around me and encasing me. “Always.”

“Promise?” he asked me, long lashes blinking away rogue teardrops.

I answered him with another kiss, and another, and another. The heavy moment began to shift, the two of us getting closer and closer. “And whatever you or your mom need,” I said between kisses, “just ask. I’m here now. I can help. Even if you just need to talk.”

“Thank you,” he said, the smile working its way back onto his handsome face. “Let’s do a little less talking right now, though.”

“That’s fine with me,” I said, pressing my lips back onto his, moving my body so that I straddled him underwater, sitting on his lap as the kiss grew into an all-consuming wildfire that licked its way up my legs, past my core, straight up to my head, where it melted away any other thoughts except for one that was strong enough to resist the flames:

I’m so fuckin’ in love with this man.

26. Jake Perez

26

JAKE PEREZ

I let myself sink into Noah’s kiss. His lips and tongue were like a balm, working to soothe the burns that marked my soul. His kiss was a teleportation device, picking us up and sending us directly to nirvana, no layovers and no stops. Just a direct flight to paradise.

I opened my legs wider, giving him a better seat. Water bubbled all around us, splashing up onto my neck. Noah’s hand wrapped around my nape, fingers digging in a little tighter as his kiss grew hungrier. I matched the intensity, my blood starting to warm as much as the water that surrounded us. Noah’s excitement twitched against my stomach, pushing against his shorts and making my own cock throb with a rising need.

“Is everyone asleep?” I asked, looking around Noah to the closed door leading into the cabin.

Noah gave a breathy reply. “I think so.” His hand dropped from my neck, going under the water and rubbing my hardening length through my swim trunks. He kissed my neck and stroked, sending me even further out into orbit. Noah’s grip around my cock never failed to make my toes curl. I loved it. My body was his to use, to please, and fuck did he do a good job of pleasing me.

I rubbed Noah’s sides, running my hands down toward his perky ass. I pushed my hands under the waistband of his shorts and felt those soft globes against my palm, opening him, running a finger across his sensitive hole. He bit his lower lip, looking down at me with puppy eyes that only managed to fan the flames that crackled inside my core, the heat spreading to between my thighs.