The Last Husband (15 page)

“You.”
He pulled me towards him and I struggled free from him as he kissed me on the
lips. “You’re so feisty, Worzel.”

I
glared at him, which caused him to laugh again before he continued talking.
“Leo is one of my best friends, but he is also a bodyguard. I’ve asked him to
be your bodyguard.”

“What?”
For a second, I was speechless. Bodyguard? What was he talking about?
“Bodyguard for what?”

“For
you, silly.” He sighed. “I want to make sure you’re safe, I don’t know what
Braydon is capable of doing. I thought it was for the best. It’s the only way I
could think of to ensure your safety.”

“And
you weren’t going to tell me?”

“No.”
He averted his gaze sheepishly. “I thought you would say no if you knew.”

“This
is what you were arguing about with Leo, isn’t it?” I tried to contain my
anger. “This is what you didn’t want to tell me.”

“Don’t
be mad, Lucky.” He stared at me with puppy-dog eyes. “I just wanted to make
sure that you were protected when I wasn’t with you.”

“How
were you planning on getting away with that, Zane?” I shook my head. “Didn’t
you think I would notice Leo by my side every time I went out? Or was he going
to follow me?”

“I
just wanted you guys to become friends and hang out.”

“Really?”
I scoffed.

“He’s
going to call you tomorrow to go to dinner.” He laughed. “I have a, uh,
business meeting I have to go to tomorrow, so I figured you and him could go
eat and get to know each other better.”

“Oh,
Zane,” I sighed. “You’re incorrigible.”

“Please,
Lucky. It will make me feel better to know that he is with you when I can’t
be.”

“This
is crazy.” I shook my head. “I don’t want to go everywhere with either you or
him.”

“Just
until we get Braydon,” he pleaded with me. “Please, Lucky. I need to make sure
you’re safe. I need to make sure I’m not worrying about you when I’m not with
you. I’ve already lost two people
I love in my
life. I can’t afford to lose another one. I don’t even want to think about it.”

“I
…” I paused and stared into his eyes. The pain and worry that shone out of them
made my heart stop. I was vehemently against having a bodyguard, but maybe I
would acquiesce for now. “I’ll see how it goes.” I smiled at him weakly,
Sidney’s words ringing in my ears.
Love
means following your heart
. Well, okay, Sidney, I hope you’re right.

“So,
you’ll go to dinner with him tomorrow then?” He looked at me hopefully. “And
you’ll let him accompany you on days that I can’t be with you?”

“Yes,”
I sighed. “There’s nothing else I should know, right?” I looked at him
carefully. I wasn’t sure how much more I could take.

“There’s
nothing else.” He leaned forward and kissed me hard. “I love you, Lucky. Thank
you for trusting me and loving me.”

“Zane,”
I squealed as I felt his hands on my ass. “We’re in public.”

“So?”
His eyes twinkled back at me. “That’s part of the fun.”

“People
are going to stare.” I pushed him away, giggling as his hand crept up my shirt
and cupped my breast. “Zane.” I hit his hand away. “Stop.”

“I
want to make sweet love to you, Lucky,” he whispered in my ear. “I want to
throw you down on the sand and kiss you all over, and then take you from
behind. I want to hear you crying out my name to the wind so that the birds can
hear.”

I
listened to him and swallowed hard. He was turning me on and I was loath to
admit it.

“Oh,
Lucky. Can you feel what you do to me?” I felt him press into me and his
erection was hard against my belly. I giggled as I stared up at him.

“Zane,
you’re so bad.”

“Bad
enough for you to throw caution to the wind?”

“Zane!”
I rolled my eyes. “There is no way in hell I’m gonna to have sex with you for everyone
to see. And I don’t want sand in unspeakable places either.”

“We
can go in the ocean.” His eyes bored into mine. “No sand there.”

“Whatever.”
I shook my head, exasperated.

“Look.”
He pointed to a stretch of sand about 300 yards away. “There’s no one on the
sand there really, and no one in the ocean.”

“Zane,”
I giggled, though I was slightly intrigued. I’d never really had crazy sex or
outdoor sex, and I had to admit that it was slightly thrilling to me.

“What
do you say?”

“We
have all our clothes on.”

“I
can strip down to my boxers and you have on a skirt.” He raised an eyebrow.
“You could go into a restroom and take off your panties.”

“I
can’t do that.” I shook my head hesitantly and Zane grinned at me before taking
my hand and pulling me.

“There’s
a restroom up there.”

“Zane.”
My voice was soft and my heart was beating. “Oh, my gosh, are we really going
to do this?”

“Yes.”
He wiggled his eyebrows at me. “Please say yes.”

“As
long as you promise that you don’t intend for me to have a bodyguard forever.”
I grinned at him.

“I
promise.” He laughed. “I promise.”

“Fine.
But if we get caught I will hate you forever.”

“Hey,
it’s a great story for the grandkids.”

“You’ve
got to be joking.” I laughed.

“I’m
excited for our doctor’s appointment.” He smiled into my eyes. “I can’t wait to
see if we’re pregnant.”

“Zane,
way to ruin the mood,” I groaned. “Isn’t it me who’s supposed to do that?”

“I’m
excited.” He laughed.

“You
really want to have a kid, huh?” I looked at him in surprise.

“I
shouldn’t be so excited. I know!” He stroked my hair. “But when I think of
having a family with you, I feel like I can finally have the happy family life
that I’ve always wanted. I know you still have school and all that stuff, but I
promise you, we can make it work.”

“I
know.” And in my heart, I did. I knew that Zane and I were in this for the long
haul. There was nothing that could tear us apart. We were made for each other.

“I
don’t have protection.” He stared at me and bit his lip. “And frankly I’m not
sure how it would work in the water.”

“Oh.”
I stared into his eyes, my heart was thumping. “I guess it won’t hurt this
once.”

“Are
you sure?” He looked hopeful.

“No.”
I laughed. “You make me forget my own mind, Zane Beaumont.”

“Let’s
go.” He grinned and walked into the men’s room to change. I quickly walked into
a stall in the ladies room and pulled down my panties and decided at the last
moment to take off my bra as well. I held them in my hand and shook my head at
what we were about to do. I ran out quickly and my breath caught as I saw Zane
standing there in his white Calvins.

“Zane,
those are not boxer shorts!” I gasped as I stared at him standing there in his
briefs half-naked.

“What
can I say?” He grinned at me and grabbed me by the waist. “I have no shame when
it comes to you.”

“Why
do I think we’re making a huge mistake?” I laughed and we ran to the ocean
hand-in-hand. We dropped our clothes on the sand and I raced ahead of Zane.
“Catch me if you can!” I jumped into the water and gasped at how cold it was. I
dove under and swam to warm myself up and as I bobbed back up, the cool air
caressed my face while the sun kissed me. I lay on my back and floated in the
water, enjoying the warmth on my face for a few seconds before Zane grabbed me
from behind.

“Come
here, you,” he growled and wrapped his arms around me tightly. I felt his hands
creep up under my top and his fingers encircled my nipples and he squeezed them
tightly.

“Zane,”
I squealed while treading water, and I turned around to face him.

“Shh.”
He grinned and lifted my skirt up. “Wrap your legs around my waist.” I obeyed
his command dutifully and felt him press against me.

“You
still have your briefs on.” I bobbed against him and his mouth came down onto
mine, shutting me up. I felt his tongue dart into mouth and I reached my hands
down and pulled his briefs off before grabbing him. His eyes popped open at my
bold move, and I winked at him as I eased him into me. I closed my eyes and
cried out as he pushed into me hard and I bit down on his shoulder. I cried out
as we bobbed back and forth in the water and it was minutes before I realized
that I had let go of his briefs in the water.

Zane
grunted in my ear as he pummeled into me and we both came pretty quickly. I
held onto him tightly and we were both gasping as we bobbed in the ocean.

“That
was hot.” He grinned.

“Yes,”
I gasped. “It was.”

“I
want to take you home now so I can have my way with you slowly.”

“Uh,
about that.” I grinned.

“What?”

“I
let go of your briefs.”

“What?”
His eyes widened and he chortled as he realized what that meant. “You do
realize there is a very good chance I could be arrested for flashing now.”

“No.”
I shook my head. “Oh, man.”

“We’ll
have to walk out slowly with you in front of me.”

“Okay.”
I nodded.

“You
planned this, didn’t you?”

“No,
no. I swear.” I laughed. “It was a mistake.”

“I
guess I’m to blame.” He winked.

“Why?”

“I
made you lose your mind with my good loving.”

“Yeah,”
I snorted. “That was it.” At the same moment, a huge wave crashed over us and I
swallowed a mouthful of saltwater. I started coughing and spitting and Zane
grabbed a hold of me tightly.

“Are
you okay?” He looked concerned and I nodded.

“I’m
just a bit cold.”

“I
guess we need to get out now?” He paused and grimaced and I stuck my tongue out
at him.

“It
was your bright idea.”

“I
didn’t expect you to drop my underwear in the ocean.” He shook his head. “I bet
you did it on purpose.”

“Who
me?” I shook my head in denial. “I promise I didn’t, but I can’t say it’s not
funny.”

“You
won’t think it’s funny if I get arrested.” He laughed and we swam back to
shore.

“Now
what?” I looked at him as we got to the shore and he winked at me.

“Now
we run.” He grabbed a hold of me and we ran to our clothes with him pressed
against me. He let go of me quickly and grabbed his pants and tried to drag
them on. I laughed as I watched him wiggling and hopping around, trying to pull
his pants up his wet body.

“What
are you laughing at?” he growled as I watched him struggling and he shook his
head. “Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.”

“It
would have been better if you had a towel.”

“You’re
so helpful, Lucky.”

“I
try.” I walked around and slapped his pale white ass before reaching down and
helping him to pull his pants up. I had noticed a couple walking towards us and
I knew we only had a few seconds left to cover his naked penis.

“Thanks.”
Zane buttoned up his pants and turned around to kiss me. “I’d do it over again
if I had to.”

“Sure
you would.” I winked at him and held onto my panties and bra tightly. “Let’s go
home. I need to shower.”

“You
need to shower?” he groaned. “I have sand in places that nothing should ever
have access to.”

“Ha
ha. I’ll have to guess where those places are.”

“Perv.”
He reached over and grabbed my breast through my wet top and licked his lips.
“Oh the things I want to do with you right now.”

“You
wish, Beaumont.” I screamed and went running as quickly as I could across the
sand and to his car. I heard him behind me and I increased my pace. I felt Zane
grab hold of me and we fell to the sand, laughing and exhausted. “No fair.” I
studied his face and smiled up into his eyes and he gazed down at me.

“You
know all’s fair in love and war.”

“Are
you in love with me or are we at war?”

“I
love you more than words can say, I’ll love you for a million days, I love you
in many different ways, I love you if you’ll always let me pay, I’d love you
even if you were made of clay.”

“You’re
a goof.” My heart thudded at his short little ditty. “But thank you.”

“I
never told you before, but I like to write songs.” He stared down at me
carefully. “I’m not great, but I like to do it for fun.”

“Ooh,
write me a song.” I grinned. “I love music and musicians.”

“Oh,
so now you love me because I’m a musician?”

“Well,
of course.”

“Let’s
make a deal.” His eyes sparkled. “I’ll write you a song, if you write me a
song.”

“I
can’t sing,” I wailed. “There is no way.”