Page 91 of Hard Hitter
Quinn followed Charlie’s gaze to where Raelyn stood next to the pool, talking to some of her girl friends. She was turned sideways and it nearly looked like she was wearing a thong with how much cheek was showing.
"That's some good work you did there, Mr. DeRose," one of the guys joked.
"Good genes," another added. "You should be proud."
Charlie glared at the boys, but his face could hardly ever look mean. Exasperation crossed his face as he shook his head and gestured toward Quinn, "I don't really need details, but I'm assuming that's some sort of birthday present for you?"
"What?" Quinn went still.Why would he think that? Am I missing something?
Charlie shrugged. "Better you than some of the other idiots she's brought over."
Quinn laughed awkwardly, briefly took his hat off his head to run a hand over his hair and turned to check Rae out again from across the patio. "Uh, thanks, Mr. DeRose."
Okay, so, obviously Rae was not his just because everyone seemed to think he'd claimed her by beating the shit out of her last boyfriend, but he didn't mind being able to pretend for the moment.
Another group of guys walked out of the house and greeted Quinn and the others. After the fifth comment about how great Rae looked in that bathing suit, the possessive instinct he'd been fighting kicked in. He let out a heavy sigh and grabbed one of the many pool towels off a nearby lounge chair. He unfolded it with the flick of his wrist and, sneaking up behind Rae, wrapped the towel around her shoulders.
Rae whipped around to face him, and he held the towel shut in front of her. She looked from where his hands were clasping the towel closed and back up to his face, an eyebrow quirked. "What are you doing?"
"Listen, we get it, Rae. You look hot. But you're distracting the guests and it's getting to be a problem," said Quinn. He was holding her rather close to him. That probably wasn't necessary, but he didn't want to let her back away.
"Oh, I'm sorry,Dad, would you like me to put some more clothes on?" Rae looked up at him, daring him to say yes. He chewed the inside of his cheek as he stared back at her, maybe stealing a peek inside the towel to where her breasts pushed the swimsuit fabric out just the slightest bit.
When his eyes met hers again, she slipped one arm out of the towel and snatched the baseball hat off his head and pulled it down onto her own. "Happy?" Rae yanked the towel out of his grip and tossed it to the side. She nodded her head toward the gift table. "I'm sure you've got a new one in there somewhere." Rae reached up on her toes and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek before turning and walking away, giving him a full view of just how much those cheeky bikini bottoms showed off.
Over at one of the many food tables, Quinn caught Jett, Chris and Tyler looking his way. Jett gave a thumbs up, with what looked like a taco in his hand, Chris was nodding approvingly, and Tyler was doing a silent slow clap. Quinn shook his head and once again couldn't help his smile before he sent a cheesy two-thumbs up back in their direction.
"I think I got his attention," Raelyn said, sitting on the edge of the pool and sticking her feet in near where Brandi was lying on a pool float.
"Oh, I think you got all their attention," Brandi replied. "Though if you wouldn't mind sticking to Quinn as your person of interest...I think I might be a little interested in Luke."
"He's a good egg," said Raelyn. "I like the idea of you two together."
"So, what's your plan?" Brandi asked. "I'm thinking if I go for Luke, by the time we get to the movie tonight- your parents are breaking out their big projector for outdoor movies, right?" Raelyn nodded in confirmation. "Well, by then, I'm thinking me and Luke should be safely in the lip-locking stage."
"You're planning on making out with him during the movie?" Raelyn asked, amused and impressed.
"Isn't that what movies are for?"
"Yeah, I guess," Raelyn said, looking over her shoulder in an attempt to locate Quinn. Would they be making out by tonight? The thought sent a ripple of pleasure through her whole body. But she also felt nervous at the idea. Quinn moved fast with every girl. She didn't want to be just like every other girl. If there was going to be something more than friendship between them, Raelyn wanted it to be big. She wanted it to mean something. That meant it was probably best to take it slow, no matter how badly her body seemed to want his.
Speaking of his body... Quinn had now stripped down and was looking particularly handsome in just his red board shorts and aviator style sunglasses. He had a beach towel tucked under his arm and spread it out on a lounge chair behind Raelyn.
An idea popped into her head as she felt the sun beating down hard on her shoulders. She smiled at Brandi and exchanged a mischievous look before turning and sauntering over to Quinn's lounge chair. He grabbed a bottle of sunscreen and began applying it to his arms, chest,and stomach. Raelyn wished she could be rubbing her hands all over those muscles instead.
She stuck a hand out to him, cupped slightly. "Can I get some of that?" Quinn didn't hesitate before squeezing way too much sunscreen in her hand and she laughed, "What am I supposed to do with all of this?"
"You've got more skin showing than usual, Rae," he replied smoothly. "I'd hate for you to burn your ass cheeks."
Enter: Flirtatious Quinn.
She'd experienced this side of him a handful of times before. It was like he could flip a switch and turn the charm on. Flip it back, and he was just her best friend who she'd known and loved since they were seven years old.
"Oh, is that what I'm supposed to do with it?" Raelyn said with a grin, rubbing her hands together. There was no way all this sunscreen was soaking into her skin. Her plan to be sexy and sensual as she rubbed lotion into her body in front of him had completely backfired. She started putting the white, creamy, and somewhat greasy liquid on her shoulders, working her way down. Everything was slippery. She got her legs to absorb the majority of the lotion and thought maybe she'd seen Quinn's Adam's apple bob a few times while she massaged it over the curve of her hips and down to what was exposed of her butt cheeks, which was quite a lot, she had to admit.
Quinn was taking a drink from a bottle of water when she stood up straight and looked down at her chest and stomach. There were still obvious white streaks and globs of sunscreen, "You're gonna have to help me out with this. It looks like I just let some guy come on my tits."
The water from Quinn's mouth flew out in a steady spray. He coughed a few times and then laughed, "Rae, you can't say shit like that!"
