LUCIEN’S POV
The water clung to Olivia’s skin, droplets chasing each other down her bare shoulders as she crossed her arms over her chest. The afternoon sunlight turned her damp skin gold, but my focus was elsewhere—on the bikini top that had vanished somewhere in the pool’s depths. I had searched from the corner of my eyes, scanned every ripple, but it was gone.
I couldn’t remember where I’d discarded it when I took it off from her body earlier. There was no way I would let her go back into the house naked.
She shifted, hugging herself tighter. “Lucien—”
“I’ve got you,” I said, stepping toward her.
Her eyes flickered with hesitation, but she didn’t move away when I closed the space between us. Gently, I reached for her, sliding an arm around her waist, feeling the heat of her agai
