Chapter 1

Laney pulled up her bikini bottoms and smiled, her heart still pounding violently, like she’d just run for her life. She swiveled just in time to see John turn and wave to her through the sliding glass door with a giant grin plastered across his handsome face. They had just had the best sex ever, so she was glowing. He had meandered out to the pool on a work break and taken her in a rush of passion, bent over the garden table under the beating of the afternoon’s strongest sunrays. The earthy smell of her little gardening shovel had made for a primal experience, the natural aroma wafting into her nostrils from inches away as John had pressed her down to the rough surface of the tall table to take her from behind. She had just used the shovel to dig out a huge, stubborn weed in the garden before he had come out.

She glanced at her hands and chuckled at how they were still coated in black earth. She sauntered over to the garden hose and turned the metal knob lefty loosey so she could rinse the dirt off her skin with the frigid blast of water. The water felt nice in the heat, cooling her a bit. Now she’d need a dip in the pool to cool down the rest of her body. After a hot sex session under the blazing August sun, she needed that to wash off the heat from the sun...