Chapter 429

She could hear the whisper of a breeze stirring the leaves of the palm trees and the song of some exotic bird, but the silence from Ahsan stretched her nerves, and she wondered for one terrible moment if she had got it wrong—if he had been turned off by her inexperience or had grown tired of her already. His slow, sensual smile reassured her, and the molten heat that gleamed from beneath his heavy lids promised heaven.

"Come and swim with me, then, Kate," he invited, and before she realized his intention, he’d caught hold of her hand and pulled her into the pool, his mouth capturing her startled cry as they sank beneath the surface.

The water was cool on her heated skin, but Ahsan’s body was warm when he crushed her against his chest and tangled his legs with hers, holding her so tightly to him that their bodies seemed to be melded together. Kate was out of her depth and clung to his shoulders. She had closed her eyes when he’d pulled her under, and, deprived of vision, her other sens