Last Chance To Fight by Ava Ashley Read Free Book Online

it all went perfectly, it still might be enough to make her ditch any idea she may have gotten about us getting back together. And I definitely didn’t want that. Still, though, I was going to have to tell her.
    By the time I got to the beach, Anna, Betsy, and Ted were already there. Not only that, but to my surprise Anna had wrapped up in her arms what looked like a sweet, darling baby girl.
    “Who is this little bundle of joy?” I cooed, bending over to smile at the baby. “Who is this lovely girl?”
    From the corner of my eye I could see both Betsy and Ted beaming like proud parents.
    “That’s Avery June,” Betsy told me.
    “Avery June, that’s a pretty name you’ve got there,” I said to the baby, giving her my finger and playing with her a little. When I looked up, I noticed that Anna had a dreamy, almost sad, smile on her face.
    “What is it?” I asked.
    “Oh, it’s nothing,” she answered, changing her expression. “I was just remembering how much you always liked children. It’s nice to see that hasn’t changed.”
    “Nope. I still like the little rugrats. If anything, I like them even more,” I said, hoping that maybe Anna would ask me why, and that could help lead to the conversation we needed to have. She didn’t ask, though.
    “You look like a natural, holding her,” I told her. “You’ll make a great mother someday.”
    Again, Anna didn’t say anything. She just turned away from me and smiled, and I thought again that she seemed a little bit sad.
    I didn’t know what that might be about, but I figured it was probably for the best that Anna didn’t ask me to explain myself. I didn’t exactly want to tell her everything in front of Ted and Betsy. So for now, I was just going to have to sit back, relax, and enjoy our day at the beach. And hopefully I could make Anna feel better about whatever it was that was bothering her, too.
    She didn’t stay staring off into the distance for very long, however. Anna was an emotional girl, with deep feelings, but she bounced back quick. I always liked that about her. Soon she stood up and started taking off her clothes, one item at a time.
    “Who wants to go for a swim?” she asked brightly.
    For a moment, I was too dumbfounded by the sight of her, peeling off her clothes and exposing more and more of her golden skin, to answer. When she lifted her arms to take off her tank top, I just about lost it. She was wearing a simple, plain black bikini that showed off her curves in all the right places.
    “Sure, I’ll go,” I said finally, after what seemed like an hour-long striptease. I would pretty much be forced to go for a swim with her, if only to hide my hard-on from Ted and Betsy.
    “We’ll stay here with Avery,” Ted told us.
    I got up to follow Anna to the water, keeping my back strategically turned toward Betsy and Ted. I watched Anna strut her stuff across the sand and down toward the water, until at last her toes were in the ocean and she stopped. At that point, I couldn’t stop myself. I came up behind her and wrapped my arms around her, squeezing her tight and at the same time letting her feel exactly how turned on she got me. I leaned over her shoulder to catch her smiling with delight.
    “You look amazing, Anna,” I told her. “I wish there wasn’t anyone on this beach, so I could just lay you down right here.”
    I kissed the smooth, warm skin on her shoulder, then gathered up her long, brown hair so that I could kiss her neck. She closed her eyes and tipped her head back in pleasure.
    “You really shouldn’t be doing this here,” she whispered.
    “I know,” I said. “But I can’t help it. Do you have any idea what I want to do to you right now?”
    “I think I can guess,” she said, opening her eyes and smiling. When she looked me right in the eyes and smiled that mischievous grin, I was overcome with gratitude. I couldn’t believe that I’d found this wonderful woman again, and that she was here, in my arms. It