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

kiss me, I can see it.”
    “ I want to not kiss you even more.”
    “ How long do you think you can hold out?”
    “ As long as I need to.”
    “ You know, the ball’s in your court now.”
    “ Don’t tell me the world famous lothario is giving up so easily.”
    Alex splashes me and I splash him back.
    “ Not giving up, just waiting for the right moment”, he says.
    “ Then that’s both of us.”
    “ You look sexy when you’re trying to avoid admitting you like me.”
    That makes me laugh. I splash water on Alex and he turns to swim away, his cute little ass breaking the surface for a moment.
    “ Just so you know, I’m not the fuck them and leave them kind of guy. I know that’s what you’re scared of.”
    “ I’m not scared of fucking you and leaving you”, I say.
    “ You’re an idiot.”
    I can’t believe I’m even thinking this. Maybe the sun’s got to my brain and addled it.
    “ If we fuck, which is definitely not on the cards by any means, but if we do end up fucking, you and I, I want to know it means something to you”, I say.
    “ I guess you won’t really know until we do it.”
    “ And I’m not the kind of girl who lets a guy in easily.”
    “ I can see.”
    “ You don’t deserve it.”
    “ You’re way too serious about making sure of that.”
    “ Sometimes not getting what you want is a good life lesson.”
    “ I’ve already had five years to think that over.”
    “ Then a little while longer won’t make much difference.”
    “ I knew you’d be hard work.”
    “ But worth it.”
    Alex is getting closer and I have to push water towards him to make sure he keeps his distance.
    “ Kiss me”, he says.
    I shake my head again and gain distance. Refusing him is almost as fun as giving in would be. It’s certainly having the desired effect. I’m going to push him right to the limit and then just when he’s on the edge and about to fall, that’s when I’m going to give in. I know myself well enough to know I already will.
    We swim around each other, the atmosphere thick with sexual tension, neither one quite sure what to say. I watch those eyes, those biceps, that blurred thickness below the water and I know he watches me watch and watches my body too, his smile too difficult to hide.
    He’s genuinely happy I’m here and for a guy that has essentially made a career out of making sure he doesn’t smile to keep his bad boy rep, this is completely unexpected. I’m happy too, I can’t deny that. I’m still in shock that this is all happening, especially with Alex Vann Haden, but that doesn’t mean I’m not able to appreciate it.
    Not even two days in and he’s winning me over, which is bad because I’m the kind of girl that when she falls, falls hard. That’s part of the reason I’m holding myself back. The other part because this is AVH.
    This is the boy of my dreams turned into a man I can’t fault, no matter how hard I’m trying to find them. He’s right so far. Cocky, arrogant, full of himself womanizer, that’s all for show. With me, so far at least, I haven’t seen his flaws. Which means that this man is dangerous, and this situation is very precarious indeed. Fuck. Very much, oh fuck. I can see it happening and I don’t know whether they’ll be much I can do to avoid it. Prolong it maybe, but avoid it, no chance.
    “ Close your eyes.”
    Alex closes his eyes.
    “ Close them properly.”
    Alex closes them properly.
    “ Now make a wish.”
    Giggling, I swim up to Alex, get my lips as close to his as I can without them actually touching, close enough to feel the heat from his thicken mine, close enough to feel his heartbeat and blood run through his veins and thicken other parts of his body, close enough to feel my whole body tingle and almost too close to stop, before I drop into the water, get a stolen eye full of his swollen manhood and make it quickly back to the boat.
    What the body can’t have, the heart desires even more, and believe me, even