D. Graham - And Then What?

Gino tilted his head in a cocky way. “I could be into that.”

“No. You couldn’t,” Sophie snarled. “Go away. You’re in my sun.”

He shook his head as if he thought she was a bitch, then walked away.

I lifted an eyebrow at her. “Was that necessary?”

“Apparently. I watched you trying your sweet method for like fifteen minutes and he wasn’t even close to getting the hint.”

“Do you think, when we’re forty, you’ll still be a menace?”

“Definitely.” She stood. “I’m going for a swim. If the vultures start circling, try to be less nice.”

She dove in and swam underwater to the other end of the pool. She kicked off the wall and then backstroked towards me. Liam and his friends came running from somewhere behind me and did cannon balls into the pool. They almost landed on Sophie. Ben picked her up and acted as if he was going to launch her, which was an error. She did something to him under the water that made him groan and disappear below the surface. They all laughed.

Liam turned and swam to the edge near where I was. He flattened his hands on the deck and did a push-up to heave himself out of the pool, streaming water over his tanned and fit body. He really was cute. He stood over me to purposely let water drip off his lean muscles onto me. “How are you feeling after last night?”

I pushed his thigh to make him back away and stop dripping on me. “A little better. I won’t be doing that again.”

“Too bad. It was fun.”

“Was it? I don’t really recall.”

“I didn’t leave a lasting impression? Ouch, that hurts.” He sat down on Sophie’s lounge chair. “Maybe tonight we can hang out again. You can try to show some restraint around the booze and I’ll do some charming things that you’ll actually remember.”

“I have a boyfriend, remember?”

“It’s just dancing.”

“Right. Just dancing.”

“That kiss Sophie gave you to get rid of that guide was kind of hot. It left me with an interesting mental image.”

“Keep dreaming.”

He stood up abruptly to slide one arm under my knees and one around my back. I squirmed and screamed as he picked me up, took a couple long strides, and leapt into the pool with me in his arms. We hit the water and I heard the splash through the muted watery sound in my ears. I made vicious eye contact with him for a second while we were submerged; he was smiling. I broke the surface before he did and waited for him. As soon as he appeared, I splashed his face, then pushed all my weight down on his head to dunk him. After I held him down long enough to make a point, I swam back to the edge of the pool and got out. The water actually felt great, but I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that. I twisted my hair to wring it out, then rubbed a towel across my skin. When I turned back toward the pool, Liam held up my sunglasses, which he had obviously retrieved from the bottom.

“Do you want these?”

“Yes. My retinas are burning.”

“Come and get them,” he teased.

I walked to the edge and crouched so my chest was in line with his face. “You come here,” I said seductively and fluttered my eyelashes.

He frantically treaded closer and his attitude turned serious at the hope that I was flirting with him. He glanced at my chest for a second, then looked back at my face and handed me the glasses. It was so easy.

“Good boy.” I patted him on the top of his head and then walked away.

His friends laughed at him. He didn’t seem to mind—he shouldn’t have minded since he got a close-up peek out of it. Sophie got out of the pool and ran her fingers through her hair. The guys all stood in the pool gawking up at her gorgeous figure. She knew they were drooling, so she bent over and slowly ran the towel up one leg. Then she reached her arms up and twisted her hair into a knot. “Bye, boys,” she said before she leaned over to toss her stuff into her bag. I grabbed my bag and followed her.

“Meet us at the club tonight,” Liam shouted after us.

We smiled and kept walking. It was fun to mess with them, but they were just goofy boys. I missed Trevor.

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