Enchanted (The Accidental Billionaires #4)(29)

Neither one of us uttered a word as we walked, hand in hand, down the path to where our dinner was about to be served.





CHAPTER 11

NOAH



After the day of the temazcal ceremony, I was done fighting the fact that I wanted Andie.

I wasn’t even able to pretend that I didn’t want to haul her to bed and fuck her until we were both completely satisfied.

The woman was mine.

She’d sealed her fate the moment she’d refused to deny me that kiss at the cenote.

Any protests I’d had when we first started the vacation were unimportant.

So what if she was eight years younger than I was?

No big deal if we were two complete opposites.

The only thing that seemed to matter to me was the burning fire in my gut that insisted that I claim the woman who kept my dick hard almost every moment of the goddamn day.

“Are you ready to try out the parasailing?” Andie murmured, her words garbled because her face was pressed against my shoulder.

We’d had an amazing time taking the private yacht over to Isla Mujeres. Andie had dumped the idea of a party boat, and we’d opted to explore the island on our own.

I had downed plenty of tequila after we’d returned the golf cart we’d used to tool around the island.

Now we were resting on a hammock built for two on board the yacht, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to move.

I had what I wanted: Andie’s body pressed against the entire length of mine.

Maybe it was both torture and bliss, but I chose to focus on the bliss part of the whole experience. She tormented me just by being in the same room. I might as well get some kind of satisfaction out of having her this close.

“In a little while.” I kissed the top of her head.

Yeah, I was going to let the crew strap me into a flimsy seat that was going to take us soaring up into the sky and out over the water.

If Andie wanted it, I’d do just about anything she asked me to do.

As long as it meant that she’d be happy, laughing, and smiling.

I was just that far gone when it came to her. I wasn’t completely averse to parasailing. In fact, I thought it would be fun.

I just didn’t want to lose the sensation of her body pressed up against mine like it was at the moment.

Mine! I tightened my arm around her shoulders reflexively.

I had no idea how I’d ended up needing this woman so damn badly, but I wasn’t even going to question it anymore.

My sole purpose was to ensure that I never had to live without her again.

The bohemian, whimsical, live-in-the-moment-and-enjoy-it female belonged with me. Andie had turned my world upside down from the moment she’d snatched my computer away, and I didn’t plan on going back to the robotic workaholic I’d been before.

I couldn’t.

Not as long as she was around to remind me that there was life outside of working and worrying about my family.

I’d already put aside my latest project for a week, and nothing earth shattering had happened because of it.

Honestly, I was enjoying my hedonistic vacation. The only person I was worried about pleasing was Andie, and that was working just fine for me.

I’d knocked off work, and I was still filthy rich. Nothing had changed.

Hell, maybe I was learning to see my life in a more realistic light.

“I’ve never been brave enough to go on my own,” she muttered quietly. “I always thought I’d try it when I had someone to share it with.”

“Were you ever lonely traveling all by yourself?” I already knew she was independent, but I’d probably be the first one to admit that I’d been pretty damn lonely until I’d discovered what it was like to be with her.

She lifted her head to look at me. “Not always. But sometimes I think I was. I’d rather just have my own company than to be with someone just to avoid being alone, though.”

“What about now? Do you want to be with me? You were pretty much forced into my company.” Jesus! I hated the thought of her not being as happy as I was right now.

“Of course I want to be here,” she said emphatically. “I don’t just share a hammock with anyone.”

I knew she was teasing, and I grinned back at her.

The woman was a free spirit, and I loved that about her. So I let her get away with not fully answering my question.

Being constantly in the company of another person was new for both of us.

I was used to it already, and I didn’t want to change it.

Maybe she was still trying to become accustomed to it.

“Knowing you, I’m surprised you haven’t already tried parasailing,” I observed. “But I’m kind of glad you haven’t. It’s something that will be a first for both of us.”

Andie was pretty fearless, and she’d done a bunch of terrifying things during her travels.

She rolled out of the hammock before I could stop her. “I’m ready,” she pronounced. “Let’s do it.”

I hated myself for letting her go, but I was drawn to my feet by the pretty flush of excitement on her face.

I wasn’t exactly a brave and daring kind of guy. I’d never had a chance to do crazy shit in my life.

Not that parasailing wasn’t relatively safe. If it wasn’t, I’d be hauling Andie away from danger.