Vacation with my Stepbrother: A Forbidden Stepbrother Romance by Tiffany Madison

happen in real life.”
    “I know. It feels like a weird dream or something. I mean we could have died, Danny.”
    He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Yeah, maybe. But I wasn’t going to let that happen. Those bikers weren’t going to lay a finger on either of us. Not on my watch anyway.”
    I glanced over to the horizon and watched as the sun finished its descent. The sky faded into purple and the air began to cool.
    “We should go back,” I said. “It’s getting dark.”
    Danny smirked and then reached his hand out of the water, motioning me to go in front of him. “Ladies first.”
    “I’m practically naked, Danny,” I mused. “I’m not going in front of you.”
    Danny rolled his eyes and said, “Nikki, just go. I’ll close my eyes. I’m not going to look at your butt. I’m not some kind of sick pervert who likes looking at his naked sis.”
    Goddammit. Whatever. If he looks, then he looks.
    “Fine,” I said.
    Then I made my way toward the beach, leaving Danny behind. With each step, the water level dropped and exposed more of my back. Within a few seconds, my butt came out of the water. I felt my face turn red at just the thought of him looking at me, but there wasn’t much I could do about it. I had to trust that he was keeping his promise and closing his eyes. After a few more steps, the level of the water dropped to my ankles. I jogged the rest of the way out of the ocean and to my clothes. As soon as I got there, I turned around. I had hoped to see Danny facing the other way or at the very least with his eyes closed. But what I saw was Danny, standing in the ocean, with his eyes wide and his jaw dropped. He was staring right at me. The expression on his face was flattering, but also made me feel embarrassed.
    “Danny!” I shouted, as I quickly picked up my pile of clothes and used them to cover up my front. “You’re disgusting! You were looking at my ass?”
    He slowly picked up his jaw and then brought his gaze to my face. “Jesus, Nikki. I just had no idea that you looked so good.”
    He spoke the words slowly, as if he couldn’t believe he was actually saying them. Clearly, he was as embarrassed as I was. I chose not to respond, though. Instead, I quickly slipped on my jean shorts and t-shirt and then started making my way back up the trail toward our cottage. When I got to the top of the hill, I turned around to see Danny finally stepping out of the water to get dressed. I was a little ways away from him at that point, but even so, I couldn’t help but notice his large package once again. This time, though, it was even larger. He was fully erect as he got dressed.
    “Oh, my God,” I whispered.
    Then I broke my gaze and turned back around, jogging the rest of the way to the cottage.
    Is this is going too far?
    The image of Danny stepping out of the water with an erection was fresh on my mind as I stepped into our cottage. I had so many mixed emotions going on inside of me, so many new questions about my sudden attraction toward my own stepbrother. I suppose it wasn’t strange to be drawn to a man who looked like Danny. No matter how good he looked, though, Danny would always be my older brother in my mind. It had to be that way and it had to stay that way.
    But still, despite my understanding of how taboo and socially unacceptable my urges had become, it was like I couldn’t help it. I began to crave him in a way that I hadn’t experienced with any other man before. It was like the instinctual side of my brain had taken over and I was losing control to it. It was like all of my common sense was being thrown out of the window and replaced with a youthful lust.
    I’ve just got to get through this vacation and then I’ll be fine. Danny will be going back to the Marines and I’ll be in college. We’ll be thousands of miles apart. There won’t be any more temptation. Just get through this trip. That’s all I have to do.
    I closed the door behind me and stepped the rest of the way