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kiss she pulled back with a smile. His eyes were softer now, but she could see the edges of hunger that always made her breath hitch. She had wanted to help calm him down but she had a feeling that if she didn’t take a step back, he’d have her down in the sand faster than she could say hell yes.
    Not that she minded sex with Ethan. Who was she kidding? Not minding equaled a constant state of crazy arousal whenever he was near. He could make her come apart so fast and so easy. No one had ever done that before.
    “It’s beautiful here. Have your parents always lived here?” she asked in an attempt to cool her own wandering thoughts. A little sand in her nooks and crannies wouldn’t be so bad, right? Except his parents were on the lit patio not thirty feet away.
    “It’s been in my mom’s family for generations.” He didn’t let her change the subject so easily though and his lips were back on Haper’s, soft but determined. He swiped his tongue in her mouth like he was a starving man and it sent delicious shivers to collect between her legs.
    Voices carried across the night air. People were further down the beach, but close enough so that she could hear them. Ethan wrapped his arms tighter around her waist and pulled her against his chest.
    “I had no idea he was going to do that,” he said, his breath hot on her lips. “But I should have known when he called and invited us over. He’s never that agreeable.”
    Harper laughed. “Come on, he’s not that bad.”
    “We can leave right now if you want. I told you I’d take care of you and if his shit made you uncomfortable, we can head back to the city right this fucking second.”
    “It’s okay. They’re actually taking it a lot better than I expected.” It was partly a lie, but sometimes a little white lie was necessary. Ethan was hurting and angry and she need to protect him, too. She lifted her face so that she could see his eyes. “I haven’t heard a peep from my parents, but if I do, I know it’s not going to be good. Maybe give your dad a chance. Hell, my father would probably have you tied up in the basement torturing you for insider information about your family. A few questions is hardly water boarding, Ethan.”
    “Stop defending him,” he growled. “No more talking about him or anything except for us.” He moved his hands until he held her face between them then lowered his mouth and took her lips. His tongue snaked out, stroked and fed the fire that had started licking through her veins.
    “Fine,” she whispered. “It’s just us, then.”
    She melted against him and let the feelings coursing through her take over.
    “I take care of what’s mine, Harper, and you’re mine now. And anyone who tries to make you feel bad is going to have to go through me first.”
    It wasn’t until that very minute that she realized how badly she needed to hear someone say that. That she was worth fighting for. Everyone had abandoned her even though she had nothing to do with what her father had done. And because she had finally had enough, she didn’t even have her parents anymore.
    Knowing that Ethan wanted her, that he wanted to take care of her filled the hole that had been growing inside her chest. She could make it through anything as long as he was there beside her.
    “Even though everything is a mess around us, I’m really glad you saved me in Tahiti, Ethan. I’m glad it was you.”
    “Me too.” His arms tightened and he slid his tongue into her mouth, cutting off any more talking. When his lips trailed down over the column of her throat, her knees went weak. Fire licked through her veins and she didn’t care if the whole world was standing in the shadows, she wanted him.
    Without moving his lips, then slid his hands down and gripped her ass through the thin material of her dress.
    The hard bulge in his pants ground against the thin silk of her panties and she groaned. Her heart thundered against her chest. Laughter exploded somewhere