Chapter 27

Jared's POV

On my hourly stroll through Neverland Ranch, I heard a splashing sound followed by Michael's voice yelling. "Gosh, Maeve, this is fucking cold!"

About an hour ago they've returned from the Grammy's and apparently they're not thinking about going to sleep any time soon although both of them are having a busy schedule ahead of them.

The pool came into my view where I noticed Maeve's black dress laying neatly on the grass with lace panties next to it. I gulped at the sight. Michael's clothes were practically thrown everywhere without a care as it looked like he got undressed while running towards the water.

Maeve caught my attention. She was in the pool, swimming towards her husband, wrapping her arms around his neck after stroking his wet hair out of his face. She smiled warmly at him, her face expressing nothing but love for this man, making me wonder if she'd ever look at me the same way.

Oh, how I wish...

Before their lips had the chance to touch, Michael disappeared into the water leaving Maeve confused but only for a short second before she let out a shriek and nearly lost her balance as her expression changed from shock to excitement to lust and I could only imagine what Michael did down there.

Maeve's eyes were closed, her head slowly leaning back as her lips slightly parted, a picture I have seen many times before but every time it was like seeing her this delicate for the first time again.

A soft moan escaped her mouth and for a moment I wasn't sure if it was real or just in my imagination because this was the exact way I imagined her moaning out in pleasure.

Heaven.

Hearing her angelic voice for the first time made my heart flutter with excitement as I observed them from a save distance, hiding out of their sight.

Maeve's POV

Michael has been under the water for quite some time and I started to worry but he didn't seem to stop anytime soon. My legs were wrapped around his shoulders with his head buried deep in between my thighs while his hands kept my waist in place and with my arms I tried to keep my balance in the water.

As a singer Michael does have great control over his breathing but since I had no idea how long he had already been under water I decided to gently pull him up to the surface again.

His body jumped out, immediately towering over me with water tripping down his face and hair. He wasn't breathing as heavy as I imagined him to.

With both my hands I freed his face from the wet hair that stuck to his skin. I left my hand on his cheek softly stroking it while my eyes admired his features. The morning sun made him look so beautiful but then again, he always looked beautiful.

I felt Michael's hands grabbing my waist, quickly pulling me closer, lifting me up just a little, my legs naturally wrapped around his waist as his large hands gently squeezed my ass under the water. "You are so beautiful" he whispered, a suspicious smirk on his lips as I closed my eyes and waited desperately for the feeling of his lips on mine but instead cold water enclosed my full body. My eyes widened and immediately I felt them burn because of the chlorine in the pool.

I should've known.

When I reached the surface again, I needed to catch my breath while planing my revenge but to my dismay I already heard Michael laughing in amusement.

"You should've seen your face" he said in between laughs. I guess, that's what you get for marrying your best friend.

Strands of wet hair stuck to my face as I watched him laugh at me. I crossed my arms in front of my chest, turned around and without saying a single word I started walking towards the stairs.

Michael's laughter died down quickly. "Maeve" he called after me, his voice apologetic. "Maeve, come on, it was just a joke."

The sound of water moving behind me told me my husband was following me. I was already at the stairs, my knees barely touching the water, I heard him speak "we can still-" I turned around quickly and pushed him when he was just one step behind me.

Michael tried his best to keep his balance with his arms waving in the air, like a bird that's about to fall from the sky. He failed miserably and with a huge splashing he landed back into the water.

Before he came up again, I sat down on the stairs and made myself a little more presentable.

My waist was in the water but my upper body wasn't as I leaned on my elbows on the step above me with my breasts in perfect display for when Michael reappeared and because of the cold water, my nipples were rock hard, making my breasts look even more perfect.

When Michael came back up, he shook his head, splashing me with some water coming from his hair. Droplets of water ran down my body, complimenting the overall picture I wanted to give.

And I was right, as soon as Michael opened his eyes, they immediately darted to my breasts and he nearly lost his balance again but eventually managed to come closer to me. But as he was about to reach me, I lifted my leg out of the water and stopped him by placing my foot on his chest.

His eyes pleaded me for mercy but all I could do was smirk playfully on his sudden urgency.

"Baby please" he begged and by looking down at his hard member, I knew I had him exactly the way I wanted.

"Will you behave?" I questioned him while staring hungrily into his eyes.

"Of course not" he harshly grabbed my ankle, pulled it to the side before grabbing my waist and pulling me closer.

With my legs around his waist he slammed his lips on mine, kissing me eagerly while walking us back into deep water.

*****

Michael's head rested tiredly on his arm as he held on to the edge of the pool with me wrapped around his body while the water softly swayed us in a soothing rhythm making it hard for the both of us to keep our eyes open.

The sun was up by now and I had no clue how long we were in this pool for but neither of us intended to get out.

Carefully I lifted my head that rested on his back and placed my chin on his shoulder, I was about to whisper 'I love you' but instead my eyes widened at the sight of Jared, causing me to scream. My hands immediately covered my body, that luckily was under water.

Michael, who must have slowly drifted off, got frightened and quickly turned around to see what I was screaming for.

In reflex, he pulled me closer but I kept staring at Jared and when Michael followed my gaze, his grip on me tightened at the realization that we weren't alone.

Jared had some towels in his hand and placed them on a sun lounger.

"Thanks man" Michael told him and Jared simply nodded, avoiding looking at us before walking away again with his head low.

My eyes stayed at him until he was completely out of sight as Michael's hand started stroking my back.

"Hey, relax, he didn't see anything" Michael told me but I could still feel my heart beating in my chest at the shock.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes" he kissed my temple before leading me into the direction of the stairs. "Come on, let's get out of here."

*****

Michael was peacefully asleep when I had to sneak out a couple hours after we went to bed. I had an important meeting this afternoon and since most times I return home late at night, I wanted to spent some quality time with our children before I had to leave.

For work I wore black dress pants along with a beautiful white blouse but as soon as I saw Jared waiting for me outside by the car, I wondered if white really was a good choice because it underlined my red cheeks even more. I was embarrassed.

Although Michael assured me that Jared didn't see anything earlier when we were in the pool, I wasn't so sure about that.

The ride to the hotel where the meeting takes place, was spent in a painful silence. Normally Jared and I talked a lot but now neither dared to say a word. It wasn't until we were about to reach our destination when I gathered all my courage and decided to just ask him.

What's the worst that can happen?

"Jared... um... about earlier today... what you saw-"

"I didn't see anything, if that's what you're worried about" he glanced at me through the back mirror where our eyes met for a split second.

"Okay. That's... good. I just didn't want you to think that we-"

"Had sex in the pool?" Jared smirked at me, but not in a sexual manner, more in a way of saying 'I got you'. I didn't say anything, instead I blushed hard at the memory of Michael and I in the pool.

"Did you though?" Jared asked, bringing me back from my flashback.

"Did we what?"

"Have sex in the pool?"

"Um... that's... that's a little inappropriate to ask me, don't you think?"

"I'm asking as your friend..." he told me.

"Why would you, as my friend, want to know that?"

"It's just that... the water must've been freezing and if Michael was able to... you know... pleasure you than it does deserve some respect-"

"Oh god" I whined, trying to hide myself in the backseat of the car as I heard Jared's laugh from the front seat. He found joy in my embarrassment and I didn't like it.

"So did you?" he pressured again and after some consideration, I gave in.

"Yes, we did!" I spoke while still hiding behind the seat, avoiding all eye-contact. "And it was fantastic!" I added as a little extra information for my friend.