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The water gently laps against my shoulders as Aiden holds my waist, pulling my nude body flush against his. I hold the black ink on his arms as the lake showers our bodies.

The water cascades over us, the gentle current surrounding us while we completely engulf each other. His warm body mixed with the cool water is the perfect temperature.

"I love you, you know that right?" He tells me, so much power and truth behind his words.

"I love you more."

He runs a wet hand through his dry hair, gently messing it up. "Not possible." His movements are slow, normally he's fast to attach himself to me like a viper but now with his length hardening against me and his eyes dark he just looks... hungry.

The only sounds around are lapping water, rustling trees, and the chirps of animals who are still awake at this hour. Those are the only sounds until Aiden grabs my hips and slowly lowers me onto him. With the water around us the feeling is different but perfect.

"I told you I would bounce you on my dick." He says, in a breathy tone. I put my head in the crook of his neck, breathing him in while I let out small whimpers. His strong arms bouncing me up and down on him is such an insane feeling. I hold on to him tighter, digging my nails into his wide arms so I don't float away.

"It feels." Moans, "So good." I tell him, my mouth hanging open.

His lips crash into mine, his tongue lapping like the water around mine. Gently, he takes my bottom lip in between his teeth. The subtle pain makes my body shiver, I love it.

"Aiden." I moan.

"If you keep saying my name, you're going to make me cum too quickly." He growls, "Your cunt just feels too fucking good."

Normally, he lasts a long time but seeing him coming undone so quickly excites me. I place my hands on his shoulders and begin to move up and down myself. I feel weightless in the water, his hands grabbing me everywhere but after a moment I realize the restraint the water has against me and I begin to tire out.

"Fuck Em." He says, his deep moan sending me close to the edge. Quickly, he grabs my waist with a harsh grip. I whimper a little and he releases me slightly.

"No no, good whimper." I manage to say. His edges sharpen as he grips me again, he's in control again, just how I like it. I have to admire his strength as he works against the water to move my body so fast and hard.

"Fuck I want to cum inside of you." He moans, continuing to move my body up and down his length. I don't say anything, his words catch me off guard. What would that feel like? Does that mean he wants to get me pregnant? My body is in euphoria as his muscles constrict while he moves me harder and harder against him. Our bodies tangled.

"Tell me you're mine." He demands, not gently.

I moan, "I'm.." it feels so good. "Yours Aiden."

His sounds bring me to the brink. He pulls out of me and his fingers instantly replace his absence inside of me, his thumb twirling around my clit. My feet still aren't touching the ground, he's holding me up with one hand. To not fall over I place both hands on his forearm, his veins beneath my fingers are bulging.

"Cum on my fingers." He demands, I notice his other arm moving. He's pumping himself under the water, watching my facial expression.

I do as he says, gripping onto him wherever I can grab. His head leans back, and a moan of my name escapes his lips.

After we finsih, he holds me against him gently kissing my neck between light conversation. I wiggle my toes trying to find my footing but we're too far out for me to stand.

"Quit trying to find the ground."

"I wanted to stand, I." I look around, taking in a deep breath. "I need to talk to you." I tell him, with a nervous smile.

Cocking his brow, "Whatever you have to tell me, I can hold you during." He smiles, melting me.

Okay, here goes. "So... the ring."

He nods his head, looking out towards the water for a moment. "The ring." He says, longing in his voice. "I've noticed you wearing it." He looks back at me and smiles, "I also notice you haven't taken your locket off either."

I stifle a laugh, "It's how I found you. And I know it has a tracker now, but I don't care."

He waves his hand above the water, "Disabled. Too risky in the safe house. That's why I had IT guys come in and check everyone's phones, it's also why Ashley can't snapchat." He laughs, "She won't shut up about it."

I playfully swat him on the arm, "Please, I want to know what you were going to say before you got kidnapped." I hate saying those words, I can tell Aiden doesn't like him either because even though we're surrounded by darkness his sharp edges become more defined. His emerald eyes turning deep jade.

"I wasn't fucking kidnapped."

Taken a back, I slightly gasp. "What do you mean?"

He rolls his eyes, "Not like that Emilia, I'm just..." He bites his lip, trying to find the words. "Let's get out." He suggests, I nod hoping he just wants to continue this conversation on the bank.

I rummage around in the dark searching for my clothes. "Dang it!" I slightly yell at the sight of my soaked dress. When I took it off, I placed it way too close to the shoreline, it's absolutely soaked.

Aiden slips his pants on, opting to go shirtless. Happy Birthday to me. "You have a clean dress on that branch." He points behind me and I laugh at his joke.

"Seriously Aiden, this thing is soaked. I don't know how I'm going to go back."

He walks past me in long strides, I follow his movement and see that in fact there is a dry dress sitting on a branch. He places it in my hands and kisses my cheek. "I brought it here earlier, I knew your birthday adventure would end here." He winks. "I also knew you might get a little dirty." He helps to slip it on over my body, the cool cotton feels so soft against my damp skin.

Hand in hand we find a weather tree laying near the water. I take a seat and fold my hands in my lap neatly.

I take in his serious expression, just moments ago he was laughing and cracking jokes, but we need to talk about this. "I say I wasn't kidnapped because I went with them willingly. I couldn't risk them finding you, searching for you." His entire body shakes, "They put..." He looks down, shaking his head. He's deciding if he wants to talk about this. I've spoken with Ricky and Howard; he hasn't talked to either of them. I know it's haunting him in his dreams. His thrashing and jumbled words worry me in the middle of the night.

"What I fucking hate the most is that we don't know who it is." He changes the subject; I'm not going to push him. If I know anything about growing up with a father who was a cop it's that people will talk when they're ready and pushing him wouldn't help a thing.

"Yeah, I mean what are we supposed to do?" I say nervously, "Like, do we stay here forever?"

"Let's not talk about that on your birthday. And to circle back around to the kidnapping thing." He gestures his fingers with quote signs. "I'm a grown as man... I can't be kidnapped there has to be a better word for it." He's playing around again, thank God.

"Mannapping." I mumble, he chuckles. Actually chuckles, it's so unusual to hear such a sound coming from him. I look into his eyes, admiring the twinkle behind them as he takes my hand in his and brings it near his mouth. He kisses every finger, landing on where I placed his promise ring.

"This was supposed to go differently." He tells me, his eyes full of love.

"How so?"

A shrug, "I know I'm not the most romantic person, Emilia. Truthfully I've never wanted to be anything for anyone before you." A dimpled smile appears, "That night." He shifts around, it almost looks like he's about to bend down off of the tree stump. This is a promise ring, right? My heart is beating erratically and slowly at the same time.

Is he going to propose? I place my hand over my mouth, a small gasp escaping my lips.

"I'm not proposing to you Emilia." He tells me.

My eyes begin to water; I can't help it. It's not that I'm upset that he's not, it's too early for a proposal; but I got caught up in the moment and now I'm embarrassed.

"No no baby, I worded that weird. I just saw that look on your face, I didn't want you to be disappointed."

A laugh escapes my lips, "You could never disappoint me." I tell him.

"I always fucking disappoint you." He scoffs, then shakes his head. "Forget that." He twirls the ring around my finger. "I bought this for you to symbolize my loyalty to you. Nothing in this world matters to me besides you and your happiness Emilia, I mean that in every sense of the word. You have changed my life; you have no fucking idea how much. I promise you I will always do what's best for you." His jaw twitches, what does that mean?

"You're not..." How do I say this without sounding absolutely desperate? Screw it. "You can't leave me, Aiden. Even if it's best for me."

A smirk adorns his face, "Yeah, I know. I couldn't if I wanted too." He lets out a small laugh, "Do you like the ring?"

"I love it."

He extends his hand, helping me up. "Let's go back to the cabin., I want to cuddle the fuck out of you."

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