I'd also have to buy way more sunscreen.

"Sure."

Twenty minutes later, I finished tying the strings of my bikini and tossed two towels from our bathroom on the bed beside Broadrick. He whistled his appreciation of my swim wear.

"You should come stand over here so I can see you in the light," Broadrick said, pointing to his side of the bed. He propped himself up higher on the headboard. His shirtless body highlighted his muscles as he moved.

"If any other guy said that to me, I'd hit him." I grinned. "But I'll do it just for you."

Broadrick had always been the one man I gave every exception. I strolled over to his side, moving my hips from side to side widely. If he was going to watch me walk, I wanted to make sure he enjoyed the show.

He licked his lips as I stopped beside him. "Twirl?"

I shook my head, but laughed and gave him a quick twirl. The cords of my bikini bottoms slapped against my exposed thighs as I came to a stop. "You're lucky I'm such a patient and understanding girlfriend."

Broadrick snorted. NB lifted his head up from his pillow on the other side of the room, gave us an annoyed look, and then fell back asleep. "I don't know if anyone has ever described you as patient, babe."

"Sure, they have. I just did right now. That counts."

"Okay, if you say so." He laughed again. "Hey, can you grab me the remote?"

My head followed his movements as he pointed at the television remote on the other nightstand. Grabbing it required me to lean over him. "Really?"

"It's so far away and my arms aren't long enough." He pretended to reach for the remote but then flopped his hand to the mattress. "See?"

"You're clearly up to something," I said, leaning over him with my boobs in his face.

Broadrick grabbed my hips and tugged me over the side of the bed. I squealed his name as he settled me over his hips.

I slapped his shoulders. "What the hell? I could have died."

"Never," he said with all seriousness. "I'd never let anything happen to you. Not on my watch."

Our gazes met as I rested my palms on his chest. "I only need regular you. Not the savior."

"I'm both, babe." He jerked his head once. "Plus, as hot as you look in that suit, I'll have to fight off guys on the beach."

Broadrick lifted my hand to his lips and kissed my open palm.

"I think that's the other way around. Girls will be all over you. I'll be tossing flip-flops all afternoon." I leaned toward him more and he kissed the top of my shoulder, letting his teeth rake across my flesh. Goosebumps started on my arms as I shivered from the move, and my core tightened.

His tongue followed the curve of my shoulder until he hit my neck. I groaned as he sucked on the sensitive skin at my collarbone.

"But I thought we were going to the beach?" I asked, not giving two shits about the beach.

Broadrick's lips popped as he released my skin. "Lead the way, babe."

I adjusted my position on his hips, and the thick bulge of his cock settled between my legs. "Fuck the beach."

"My thoughts exactly." He pushed upward with his pelvis and held me still with his hands on my hips. He slid down, making himself level with the mattress.

I ran my fingertips over his chest and let his smooth skin tickle my senses. He tugged me forward with a hand on my wrist and sucked on the middle of my neck, pressing his teeth into my skin. I pushed forward, reducing the space between us. His cock jerked between my legs. It was our dance.

"I'm going to make you so happy here, Vonnie. Everything will be perfect on the island," he whispered into my ear as his kisses moved higher. I inched forward, giving him more space to work with.

"Promise?" I asked in barely a murmur.

He tugged on my earlobe with his teeth. "On my life."

Broadrick stuck his fingers under my top bikini strap and ran them down the material until he reached the cup. His hand snuck under the material, and he held my breast, squeezing it. He did the same to the other side, and I closed my eyes, letting the sensations tighten my stomach.

The flaps of the bikini top lifted as he exposed my breasts to the room. The AC air tightened my nipples. Broadrick leaned upward while pushing me forward until his mouth covered my left breast and he ran his tongue over the bud. His teeth scraped against it as he released. My straps came loose as he pulled on the ends, releasing the fabric from my body completely as goosebumps coated my arms.

"Fuck, I love to look at you," he said, his words slurred from the moment. His tongue ran over my other exposed bud and lapped at my chest. My skin tingled as the soft comforter slipped against my knees when I moved forward more.

I wanted him closer. So close that he could never betray me.

"Eyes up here, babe," he said when he caught me staring at his stomach.

My legs clenched, and he moaned. "If you get a view, so do I."

Broadrick pushed himself higher, balancing his weight on his elbows, and kissed me. His tongue swept past my lips and found mine. We dueled, each of us fighting for dominance and then swiftly giving it to the other once we won. That's how it always worked with Broadrick and me-a constant back and forth with no clear winner. It's the only way it could work in our relationship.

A true partnership.

Neither one of us would accept anything less.

"We'll buy a condo and then I'll make love to you every morning with the doors open while we listen to the ocean waves crash against the shore," he said between kisses when he pulled away.

I pressed his face between my palms. "It sounds wonderful, but let's make sure morning doesn't happen until after nine."

Broadrick laughed and then tugged me to him as he fell back to the mattress. "It's well past breakfast now, but I'm hungry. Why don't you slide up here?"

"Higher?" I asked, only moving forward an inch.

He nodded. "Much higher. All the way up to the top."

My cheeks turned pink. "Are you sure?"

It seemed so indecent. At the same time as I chastised myself for liking the idea, my chest urged me forward, and I moved another inch.

"Super sure. Hurry up," Broadrick said, but he didn't give me any more time to move. He lifted me right off his pelvis and sat me on his face, still wearing my bikini bottoms.

"Broadrick," I shrieked and hit him on the shoulder.

He tugged on the cords of my bikini, letting the material fall from my hips, and then tapped me on the leg. I'd barely moved up a centimeter before he pulled the bikini from under me and tossed it to the floor. Now nothing separated my most private parts from his mouth.

My insides flexed in delight as his tongue skirted the skin around my opening. I leaned forward, resting my palms against the headboard, and widened my stance while my leg muscles clenched in anticipation. Broadrick held tightly to the tops of my legs, making it impossible for me to roll off him as his tongue assaulted me in the best way possible.

He licked and lapped at the rim of my opening, only dipping inside for the briefest of seconds. I closed my eyes as heat pulled between my legs. His deep breath sent shivers across my skin, up over my stomach, and straight into my head. I rested my forehead against the headboard to combat the dizzy feeling washing over me with each of his strokes.

Just as I relaxed into his pattern, he shoved his tongue deep into my core and a gasp flew past my lips. My thighs tightened around his head, and I grabbed the edge of the headboard with both hands. How did it always feel so good?

One of his thumbs flicked across my clit slowly and leisurely in complete opposition to the way his tongue assailed my insides with deep hard thrusts. Everything grew tight and heavy. It took all my strength to keep myself floating above him.

"Fucking hell, you taste so fucking good, Vonnie," he said, the words almost lost between my legs. "I want you all over my face."

His words brought another flash of heat, and I held on to the headboard harder. My stomach tightened as a bead of sweat trailed from my forehead. I moaned, unable to form words any longer as the senses in my core became overwhelming. I didn't want it to be over so quickly.

My orgasm hovered on the precipice, and I slowed my breathing, trying to stave it off, but it did no good. With the next sweep of Broadrick's finger against my clit, the tidal wave crashed against my core, sucking the air from my lungs. I held on to my scream, wiggling against Broadrick's face as my entire body tightened against him.

His continued licks dragged out my release until I dropped myself to the side, unable to keep myself up for another second, even with his help. My head dropped against the pillow as my body came back to earth, feeling wrung out and exhausted.

Broadrick hovered over me with a smile on his face. "That good, huh?"

"Shdlhh," I replied, the nonwords coming from my mouth not matching the ones in my head.

He chuckled and spread my legs apart as he undid the tie of his swim trunks. "That was only round one."