"This love thing?" I tried to raise my eyebrow like he did, but to no avail.
He laughed and smoothed my brow with his finger. "Mhm." He grabbed a condom from somewhere behind me.
"How did you know I was coming here?"
"I just had a feeling."
He ripped the condom open with his teeth.
Everything he did was so sexy. I put my hands on either side of his face.
He stared back at me as he grabbed the condom from the wrapper. "We don't have to, if you're not ready."
"Not ready?" I smiled. "No, I just...I feel like I can find myself in you. I feel like maybe you can make me whole again."
He laughed.
I swallowed hard. "I mean...."
"No." He smiled and put his fingers through my hair. "I'm sorry. But I'm literally about to find myself in you right now."
"You're incredibly immature."
"And yet, here we are." He handed me the condom. There was a challenging look in his eyes.
"Maybe you can work on finding yourself in me in more of a spiritual sense too?" I said as I rolled the condom onto his erection.
"Everything feels pretty spiritual with you, Daphne." He pressed my back against the rock wall behind us. "Why do you think I came back?"
"For skinny dipping and sex?"
He laughed. "I promise that this isn't just about sex for me. But I really, really want you right now." His voice sounded so earnest. As if I was the only thing in the world he truly wanted.
I smiled up at him. "Rob, I'm all yours."
"I love the sound of that." He leaned forward and kissed me as the tip of his erection pressed against me. I spread my thighs wider, inviting him in. He groaned into my mouth as he slowly pushed into my wetness.
I gripped a handful of his hair as his hands gently cradled my ass.
This was so different from the first time. We weren't angry with each other now. This was slow and loving. There was a fullness in my chest that I had never felt before.
He groaned again as his thrusts started to go faster. That guttural sound was now my favorite noise in the world. One of his hands dipped to the back of my neck as his kisses grew more ravenous.
The pressure building between my thighs was making me climb higher and higher. But I didn't want this moment to end. "Don't stop," I moaned.
"It's okay to let go," he whispered in my ear. His words brought tears to my eyes. He seemed to understand me so completely. There was so much meaning behind what he had just said.
I needed to let go. Truly.
His tongue invaded my mouth again as his fingers squeezed my ass cheeks. He tilted his hips, hitting a spot that I didn't even know existed.
God. The slow, sensual build up made me come hard. I gripped the muscles of his strong back.
"Daphne," he groaned as he slammed into me hard. We rode out our orgasms, touching each other everywhere, savoring the moment, until finally his hips stopped moving. He kissed my temple, the bridge of my nose, then the tip of my nose. "Why are you crying?" he whispered. He wiped underneath my eyes with his thumb.
I pushed on his waist and he slowly slid out of me. I hated the empty feeling. I quickly wrapped my legs back around him, but that empty feeling remained. "I want someone to hold me close all night."
"I already told you I was a snuggler."
"No, I mean I want someone I can rely on. I don't like feeling vulnerable. Rob, we barely know each other. We don't even live in the same state."
"I'm not attached to anything in Newark. It took me a long time to realize it, but I think I stayed there because I was waiting. I think maybe I thought I could find happiness there like my brother did, you know? But my home is the city, it always has been. I want to move back. I need roots. I need a little more stability in my life. Honestly, what I need is you."
"I'm boring. And I'm pretty sure you realize that my stability is a very thin facade. I'm kind of a mess. And what we have is so crazy and fast and...
"Daphne, the best things in life are fast and crazy. And I like messy. Now how about you stop dwelling on all the little things and tell me what's really wrong. Tell me about how you're scared of loving me because you're scared of losing me. Because I know. I know how it feels to worry. I know how it feels to have a panic attack when you get a phone call in the middle of the night. I know how it feels to live in fear. I know."
I didn't try to hide my tears. "I thought I was never going to see you again."
"Daphne, I'm not going anywhere. And I don't make promises I don't intend to keep."
I pressed the side of my face against his chest. "I don't want to close myself off to love anymore."
"Me either." He grabbed my chin and tilted my face back up to his. "It's okay to be scared. It's okay to be upset. It's okay to hurt. I think maybe we met for a reason. I think maybe I'm supposed to help you with all that."
"And what do you get in return for helping me?"
He smiled. "You, the most beautiful girl I've ever met, inside and out. Now that I have my arms around you, I don't intend to let go."
"I've been waiting my whole life for you, Robert Hunter."
He laughed. "No one calls me Robert. Unless I'm in trouble."
"I have a feeling you're in trouble a lot."
"What? Rarely." He flashed me a smile. "We'll figure it all out, Daphne. Don't worry about the future. Let's just focus on right now. Speaking of which, how'd you like the shower?"
"I thought the water pressure was great."
He laughed.
"The company was even better."
"Is that right?" He placed a soft kiss against my lips. "I could stay here forever with you, but we need to get going."
"Where? I can't leave. It's Alina's bachelorette party."
"Why do you think I hooked their guys up with rooms here? By the way, your friends were terrible at getting you here. I was waiting here for like two hours. And Tim is a very interesting character."
I laughed. "You sent the guys here?" I thought about all the weird things Tim had said. He was just trying to make sure I went for a walk again. He was always strange, so I hadn't even been suspicious.
"Yeah. I didn't want your friends to be upset when I whisked you away."
"Whisked me away? Aren't we going back to the resort?"
"No. And we better get going before we miss our flight."
"I really can't just leave. They'll be worried about me."
"It's fine. The guys assured me that they'd make sure their women are properly entertained all week. Those were Tim's exact words I believe."
I laughed. "Yeah, that sounds like him."
"Come on. Let's learn to live and love together. We just have to be back for my brother's rehearsal dinner at the end of the week. I told them you'd have the filet at the wedding reception, prepared however the chef wanted, since you're so into trying new things recently."
"You want me to come to your brother's wedding?"
"He kind of already invited you. You've made quite the impression on my friends."