Emma of the white bikini was not it. Fragility flitted under her skin, whether she wanted to admit it or not. Someone of his breed would destroy her.
Subject change STAT.
“Oh, no. You’re not distracting me so easily. Talk to me about the Hokey Pokey from earlier.” Guilt flitted through her expression, and he latched onto it like a drowning man. Lucky guess. “Ah, so you were flirting with me to avoid talking about whatever had you going in circles.”
“No,” she protested hotly. “I’m flirting with you because I like you.”
A smile formed on his lips but he bit it back. The feeling is mutual. He didn’t say it.
“Lay it on me.” He circled a finger in a get-on-with-it motion. “You lost something in the water? Left your towel at the resort and wanted to go back for it?”
She crossed her arms over her midsection and glanced away. “I’m not a fan of the ocean, okay?”
Lots of people didn’t like ocean water. Too much salt, the theme from Jaws on repeat in their mind as they waded out, or too rough. He didn’t buy any of those as her reasons though. “So? Don’t go in it. Problem solved.”
“It’s more… complicated than that.”
Something told him this was tied to her shadows, and a perverse need to draw it out of her dug in and wouldn’t let go. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“The ocean scares me,” she admitted. “Rachel, my friend, wants to do some vacation stuff, and I’ve been dragging her down. I’m trying to get over it so she isn’t stuck in the room.”
Her confession settled into his chest, filling it in a way he hadn’t expected—with tenderness. Anyone who could admit to fear in the same breath as a plan to fix it deserved a friendly ear. “What kind of stuff does she want to do?”
“Snorkeling.” Emma shot him the side-eye. “I swear I didn’t know you did that. I’m not making that up just to get in your pants.”
The genuine laugh burst from his throat before he could check it. “Thank God. I wouldn’t want to feel all violated and taken advantage of and stuff.”
She whacked him on the arm, which didn’t decrease his amusement in the slightest.
“You know what I mean. We’ve got a weird thing going on here where I’m trying to get you naked and you’re pretending like you don’t notice that I’m mentally undressing you.”
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Contents
Title Page
About this book
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Epilogue
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