He stands up for a couple of seconds, just the time to grab my calves and lift them before he sits back on the chair, my shins resting against his chest, feet on his shoulders.
“Heads up, your brother and Ikram are heading our way,” he says in a low voice, his hands applying more sunscreen on my calves, his touch more efficient than erotic this time.
I jolt a little, but his grip on my leg is firm.
“Relax, we’re not doing anything wrong. Just following Ikram’s strict schedule…”
I can hear the amusement in his voice, and I turn my face to glare at him over my shoulder, only to meet his deep blue eyes looking at me intensely.
“And if someone has something to be worried about, it’s me. You don’t have a raging hard-on screaming to the world how you feel about your best friend’s sister,” he says, tilting his lips in a playful smile.
My eyes drop of their own accord but his “raging hard-on” is hidden by my legs, and my attention is brought back to his face when he pinches the skin at my ankle.
“I doubt you need visual proof, as it was rubbing against your ass barely five minutes ago. Not to forget you kind of sat on it for a while last weekend.”
My cheeks flush at the memories, but I don’t bother to hide it.
“Was it really an automatic response?” I ask, turning back towards the sea to see Ikram and Jack getting closer, with smiles on their faces.
“Yeah. Automatic response to havingyouso close to me.”
“What, like it wouldn’t happen with someone else?”
“Not like that, no.”
I look at him again from the corner of my eye, and see him focused onhis task, sliding his hands up and down my leg.
“You’re telling me, that a hot girl, like an actual wet dream, sits on your lap and you wouldn’t get hard for her?”
“Depends, is her Name Prudence Willow?” he asks softly, his hand going back to the sole of my feet. “Does she have large brown eyes with flecks of gray, green, and gold that see too much but don’t send the good information to her brain? Long silky hair I could wrap around my hand in the most inappropriate way? A voice so sweet that I keep hearing it in my dreams, just to wake up flustered?”
My breath itches in my throat. Jack and Ikram are almost at earshot, and I tense slightly.
“Because she’s the only woman who can have such a strong effect on me.”
29
I’LL JUST JUMP INTO IT AND HOPE YOU WON’T MAUL MY FACE OFF
Prudence: Ikram said he’s proud of us for being rigorous and responsible human beings.
Nate: He should be.
Nate: We were very thorough.
Nate: Putting sunscreen on you is my new favorite activity.
Prudence: Is that another random feeling of the day?
Nate: Look at us, first day and we’re already nailing it.
Prudence: I’m not sure how.
Prudence: I still disliked you yesterday morning.
Prudence: And this morning but for different reasons.
Nate: Do you dislike me now?
