Chapter 40

• Planting her palms on the tiled patio, Darcy levered herself out of the pool. I stayed where I was and watched as each muscle in her lean arms engaged, and then her long legs until she was standing over me, water sluicing off her body, making her look like a mermaid out of a dark fairytale.
• Sitting at her feet like this… Why did that make me hard almost instantly? At your service… Those words I’d tossed around playfully felt fucking real right now.
• I slipped my hand around her ankle and watched her skin pebble as I dragged my eyes over every inch of her until they met hers. She shivered a little, but I didn’t think it was because she was cold.