I shrugged away from his hand before I could let his touch effect me even more. "I'm perfectly used to being touched. It's not like I'm some prude virgin."Why the hell did I just said that?
His smile got even broader. "Good to know. I just wanted to tell you that I'll be back in a few minutes. Did any of you ladies want something to drink?"
Kristen rolled over onto her back and pushed her sunglasses on top of her head. "No thanks. We're leaving for a tour of the rainforest in a few minutes. But maybe we could all meet up for drinks later?"
I pressed my lips together as I stared at her. She was basically setting me up on a date. Kristen always thought she knew what was best for me. But if she knew at all the way I was feeling right now, she'd know that I couldn't hang out with Rob anymore. Really, I should be avoiding him at all costs. Whatever this electricity was between us was only going to end badly. For me. Besides, I never just went out for drinks with a guy. It was always dinner. Drinks was basically just code for let's fuck. It didn't imply getting to know each other at all.
"I think my friends and I would be up for that. Have fun in the rainforest, ladies. There's a beautiful waterfall near here. You should tell your tour guide to take you there."
"Thanks for the tip," Kristen said. "I guess we'll see you later?"
"Absolutely." He bent down and grabbed my wrist.
For some reason I thought he was going to kiss my hand. The thought sent goose bumps up my arms.
"I almost forgot." He pulled out a card from his pocket and swiped it across one of my bracelets. "That one was for the snuggling." He pulled out two more cards and removed my other two bracelets. "And that's because I don't like to share."
His words combined with the way he was looking at me made me even wetter than I already was. I tried to cross my legs discreetly. Despite how sexy what he just said was, though, I couldn't help but wonder what was on the two cards he hadn't shown me. There wasn't a doubt in my mind that he'd make me do whatever was on them whenever we ran into each other next.
"What was on the other cards?" I asked.
He looked down at them and smiled before putting them in his pocket. "I guess you'll find out later."
"Aren't the rules that I have to do the action on the card before you take off my bracelet?"
"I just did you a favor. Now you don't have to worry about a bunch of guys on your tour trying to hit on you."
"But I have to worry about you instead."
He smiled. "Just me." He lightly touched the bottom of my chin. "That's the whole point, beautiful." He stopped touching me just as quickly as he had started and he turned around without another word. I watched his perfect male form run past the pool to catch up with his brother who had walked away awhile ago.
"Damn," Kristen said. "He's almost as hot as his brother."
"Almost? He's just as hot as Professor Hunter," I said more defensively than I realized. But Kristen was so far gone in her own obsession that she didn't even realize my tone.
"He asked me to call him James. How sexy is that? I'm on a first name basis with Professor Hunter." Kristen squealed.
Alina laughed and sat up. "I'm guessing that you didn't notice that he looked super uncomfortable around you?"
"What?" Kristen asked. "He didn't look uncomfortable. I thought he looked happy to see me. Plus he remembered who I was."
Alina laughed. "Sure. But what we should really be talking about right now is how Daphne can't keep her hands off of Professor Hunter's little brother."
"That isn't true," I said. "He was using his stupid cards on me. I didn't have a choice."
"Mhm. How did the Javier talk go? I'm guessing not great since you still had your bracelets when you came back."
"The talk didn't go great, but I stole some cards so that I could take the rest of those stupid bracelets off." I threw their bracelets back at them. "Don't you dare put those on me again."
"Wait, you stole something? You broke the rules? Are you feeling okay, Momma Bear?"
That was basically the same thing that Rob had said to me. That I didn't know how to have fun. "I know how to have fun, you guys."
"Does that mean you're going to have some fun with Rob later?" Layla had decided to jump in on their teasing too.
"No. Absolutely not."
"It sounded like you already shared a pretty spicy kiss," Kristen said.
