Eddie kept the eye contact as well, despite the fact there was a whole lot more he’d be able to look at as she peeled away the swimsuit. His gaze had shifted, just slightly, from just observant to something...predatory. He wasn’t just watching, but trying to analyze, to figure out what ticked her boxes. She may have been giving him some power over her, but he thought his way to repay that was to use it to give her what she wanted just as much as taking what he did.
“No,” he told her, mostly just because he could. And because he wanted to see how she reacted to it. He used the water to his advantage, holding on to her when she kicked off the bottom so she wouldn’t be able to float back down, the buoyancy keeping it from being any kind of difficulty. It did, however, pull her closer to him again and he kept one hand at her hip but the other he wrapped around her middle, pressing her against him and keeping her there. It wasn’t something he would have been able to do so easily when they were on dry land, he was strong for someone his size (and age) but still fairly lean, so he was going to take what he could while the option was there.
“Tell me what you want.” His voice was a little more sure than it had been a few minutes before. Her choice to say no was still there, obviously, but it wasn’t so notable in him now. There was less hesitation, less questioning. “Really.” He was pretty sure she wasn’t the type to hold back, considering she’d been all too willing to talk about sex toys and wishing for a dick on a public forum, but he wanted her to know she didn’t need to.