Page 66 of Texas Kissing

“Well, I’ve already seen all of you. And the horses were with us in the stable that time, so they’ve seen it too, and there ain’t no one else for miles.”

She glanced around her, arms wrapped around her for protection. “Umm…”

“What?”

“I’m just not...you know.”

I put my hands on my hips. “What?”

“I’m not comfortable...naked, okay?”

I frowned. “You’ve been buck naked in front of me plenty of times. In the stables. And in the barn. And in the tub at my place.”

“But not outdoors!” She looked around. “Not in broad daylight!” She looked at me standing there. “How are you so relaxed about it?”

I looked down at myself. “I guess I never thought much about it,” I said. And I realized I hadn’t. “It’s just a body, you know.”

“Easy for you to say,” she muttered.

I frowned again. “What? What’s that supposed to mean?”

She flushed more. “You know.”

“Lily, I swear I don’t.”

She waved her hand at me. “You’re all big and muscled and...rippling.How a man should be. You’re goddamn perfect, okay?”

I looked down at myself again. Okay, true. But so what?

When she saw my bemused expression, she got even more frustrated. “I’m...not.Okay?”

I finally got it. I walked slowly towards her, my cock bouncing against my leg. “Lily…” I started. As I got closer, she turned her face away from me, red-cheeked and ashamed, and I saw that her eyes were moist. She’d held back the tears, but only just. “Lily,” I said again, my voice softer. “I’m sorry. I didn’t…” I shook my head. “I didn’t know. I guess it plain didn’t occur to me that you’d be...shy.”

She gave me a frustrated glare. “You can’t seewhat’s in front of you?” She waved her hands at her body.

I frowned. “Icansee what’s in front of me,” I told her. “That’s why it makes no sense to me, because you’re goddamn perfect.”

She blinked back tears, twisting her head around to look out at the lake, still avoiding my eyes. “You really mean that?” she whispered after a second.

My stomach was knotting. It killed me to see her in this much pain. “Ofcourse,”I said. “Look at you!” I gently put my hands on her shoulders, then ran them slowly down her front. “You got the best ti—breastsI’ve ever seen. You’ve got this gorgeous curve that drives me wild”—I traced it with my hands—”right here, allll the way down here and then out again.” Her hips moved against my palms as she wriggled. I slowly crouched down and continued. “Your legs—sexy and gorgeous with so many great lines I don’t know how to even describe them, so I’ll just show you.” I swept my hands down her thighs and spiraled around her calves, then worked my way up again. “And your ass. I’ve been staring at your ass all afternoon and I could keep right on staring at it all night. Full and ripe and so perfectly round.”

“It’s enormous—” she whispered.

“It’s exactly the right goddamn size, is what it is,” I said firmly. “Hell, why would anyone want one of those skinny-ass asses that ain’t even there? How the hell are you supposed to squeeze one of those?” And I gave her ass a hard squeeze to show her. She wriggled and, at last, a tiny smile appeared.

I stood and looked her in the eye. “I’m sorry.” I nodded at the lake. “I shouldn’t have just sprung this on you. It’s just...you never...I mean, you neverseemed self-conscious when we were...you know.”

She reddened and looked at her feet. “I was distracted, those times. Or it was dark.” She looked around. “This is different. I’m all...exposed.”

“Your perfect body, out of the shadows, so I can see every inch? I can’t think of anything better. Hell, that’s why I got you up here.” I’d been thinking about skinny dipping with her ever since she suggested getting out of town.

“Really?”

“How about I show you what your body does to me?”

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