I leaned down and kissed his hairy chest, "I'm sorry that was the case Honey."
I felt him relax under me and in a way I felt our new relation with each other deepen.
"They always referred to me as the ape man."
I raised my head and noticed the buried layers of hurt in his eyes. How could I change this remembrance of the past into something positive?
"Ape man huh?" I said slowly.
He nodded in affirmation and again I felt the body beneath me tense in anger.
"Well you have to say Colt you are pretty strong, but that's where the similarities end. You're all man! My man!"
I felt him relax again and with confidence he said, "And you're my woman."
Feeling playful all of the sudden I pushed away from him and said as I rose to my feet, "Only if you can catch me!"
He lunged for me but I danced back out of reach and turned to run. He got a hand on my ankle that sent me toppling into the sand. Giggling I sprang back up and continued to run not wanting the chase to be over too soon.
I ran through a patch of jungle and burst out upon another section of beach. I was breathing hard and despite my best efforts I was still laughing, which was hampering my efforts to escape, but then I wasn't really trying to escape.
I glanced back and saw that Colt was about thirty feet behind me. He came to an abrupt stop and began to stare intently at something that was out ahead of me.
My merriment of the chase fled as I came to a stumbling halt myself. My head whipped back around to see what new danger Colt had seen, but my straining eyes took in nothing but the empty beach and the sea beyond.
I didn't get it. What had he seen?
"Gotcha!" I heard Colt exclaim in triumph even as I was snatched off my feet and held above the ground in the strong clasp of his arms from behind.
I couldn't believe it! He'd tricked me! What a dirty rotten trick!
"Hey ! Hey! Simmer down Kim!" Colt said, even as I felt a barely restrained laugh ripple throughout him.
"You scared me!" I said in an angry tone, as I struggled to get free.
"You know I like how feisty you are." Colt said against my neck even as he continued to hold me off the ground bound up in his powerful arms.
Just like that the mood of my capture switched from outrage to the passion that I felt for the man who held me.