RHINO: A Bad Boy Sports Romance (With FREE Bonus Novel OFFSIDE!) by Abbey Foxx

Alex’s board shorts are nothing but a bunched up ball of fabric on the deck and out of squinted together eyes, behind a theatrically placed hand I’m watching perfection itself jump from the boat and into the water.
    I race across to the side he’s leaped from to watch him break the water again on his return up to the surface. The water is clear, but far too blue to see all the way through.
    Alex smiles up at me and I can’t help return the gesture.
    “ Are you trying to seduce me? Is that what this is? Is this the patented Alex Vann Haden way?”
    “ I’m going for a swim, and just so you know, if you see what you’re trying so desperately to pretend you’re not looking at, it’s cold in here so it’s not a fair reflection.”
    “ You’re an idiot.”
    “ I guess I must be growing on you then.”
    Alex splashes water towards me and the shock makes me stumble backwards and rock the boat. When I get back to the edge, Alex pretends to send another handful of water my way, pulling out of it at the last minute.
    “ That’s not fair.”
    “ Are you coming in?”
    “ No bathers.” I repeat emphatically towards him.
    “ Shame. It’s beautiful here, and we won’t be able to do this again.”
    “ I’ll have to live with the regret.”
    “ Come on, it’s not like I haven’t seen a naked body before.”
    “ Not mine.”
    “ I’ll keep my eyes closed.”
    “ I don’t believe that for a minute.”
    “ Then just take that dress off and come in in your panties and bra. You know how to swim right?”
    “ I know how to swim.”
    “ So?”
    The water does look inviting. To be honest, everything about this looks inviting, I’m just having trouble processing what’s going on. Even a couple of days ago my life was completely different, and now, it’s like I’m in a dream. Alex Vann Haden, no wait, let me get this right, a naked Alex Vann Haden, who has just told me he wants to fuck me, is swimming in deserted blue waters off the Caribbean coast and what am I doing but staring at him from the boat like some kind of plum, because I’m scared he’s either joking me or just not serious about long term commitment. Damn this is getting harder and harder to resist.
    Alright, if he’s serious about it, we can always do it again another time. He owns this island and we can always come back, storms or not. One more day won’t hurt us both. One more day and I’ll find out more about his intentions and long enough will have passed for me to not consider myself a sleep with anyone at the drop of a hat kind of slut.
    “ I’m waiting.”
    “ Just a swim?”
    “ Just a swim.”
    “ Are you going to try and kiss me again?”
    “ I wasn’t the one leaning in first.”
    “ That did not happen and you know it.”
    Alex shrugs his shoulders while I go a little red.
    “ Panties and bra?”
    “ As long as you still don’t mind I’m naked.”
    “ That I don’t mind at all.”
    “ You might find me impossible to resist.”
    “ Then I guess we’ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it.”
    “ Close your eyes.”
    “ I thought you said panties and bra.”
    “ I know, I just don’t want to get you too excited. Rhinos aren’t natural swimmers after all.”
    The water feels cold as I break it, refreshing as I sink a couple of meters underwater and absolutely incredible as I break the surface again. Alex waits until I’ve reorientated himself and then dives underneath me to sneak up just behind me.
    “ It’s better without clothes”, he says.
    “ Everything is better without clothes.”
    “ I promise I won’t tell anyone.”
    “ If I can wait, so can you.”
    “ What for?”
    “ The moment it’s right.”
    “ That moment passed an hour ago.”
    “ Then that wasn’t the right moment.”
    “ Kiss me.”
    My mouth hangs open at the request.
    “ Uhuh”, I say and shake my head.
    “ You like playing hard to get.”
    “ I like making sure.”
    I swim away to gain distance.
    “ You want to