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Garrett took one last look at Parker’s body under the covers and made a quick decision to just do what he’d normally do There was no reason why this time should be different than any others He pulled off his shirt and tossed it onto a chair in the corner then untied the string on his running pants and let the just his boxer briefs, he eased back the covers and crawled into bed as gently as he could so he wouldn’t wake Parker Garrett lay there on his back, still as a statue, listening to Parker’s deep, even breathing He turned his head toward her on the pillow, and the nightlight frolow that he could see her face

She was sleeping in her favorite position: on her stomach with her aret so For so it wouldn’t be as easy as it used to be to sleep next to his friend tonight

Garrett only hoped he was able to keep his boundary probleht

Parker’s eyes fluttered open and she quickly closed theh the patio doors She wondered if she forgot to turn on the air conditioning the night before Parker kneas hot in the Do up And she felt like she was pinned to the bed

When her subconscious finally woke up, she realized there was an arm draped over her waist and a hard body pressed into her back It only took a few seconds for her to realize that Garrett must have come back to the room after she fell asleep Parker held perfectly still, not wanting to wake the man that had his nose pressed into the back of her neck and an erection nestled against her ass Out of all the tih the years, they never woke up this way In the past, Garrett’s leg had slid between hers and she’d push him back to his side of the bed His hand would flop over and smack her on the ar, they aloke up on their respective sides of the bed This was uncharted territory and Parker didn’t knohat to do She knehat her body wanted to do: rub up against the hardness currently pushing into her and slide the hand war her stoers felt as good as they looked Parker assu like that, so she closed her eyes, slowed down her breathing, and wished for a fewclose to hiers and theswell of his hts The smell of coconut awakened his senses before he realized where he was All Garrett kneas that there was so soft that smelled like heaven in his ar, and he wasn’t quite sure which category he fell into He didn’t care as long as he could stay where he was

Feelings of arousal tingled through his groin, and he felt his cock harden and push into so supple Garrett liked the way it felt so much he shifted his hips in an effort to feel ainst hi flat and warainst his pal his fingertips glide over every inch along the way, until they werefull and round that fit perfectly in the palm of his hand He halted his movement Garrett didn’t know if it was the low muttered female moan that forced hi a breast in his hand, but his eyes popped open and his brain flew into overdrive when he comprehended the fact that it was Parker’s breast in his hand and Parker’s body that he was currently snuggled up against

Do I keep pretending I’e joke out of the situation, Garrett thought to himself And why can’t I move my hand away from her breast, his brain practically screamed

Parker knew theprobably before he did An agent was trained to pay attention to certain tells, like a subtle increase in breathing patterns and a heartbeat that went fro rate of fifty-two beats a minute to Garrett’s current ninety-seven beats a h for so up, which told Parker he was finally aware he was currently pal her bare breast

"You’ve obviously decided on a whole newfor the word ‘boundaries’ haven’t you?" Parker said, atte to inject some humor into the situation She knew better than anyone that Garrett-straight-laced-does-everything-by-the-book-Parker-is-my-friend-McCarthy would be absolutely mortified that he woke up that way

Garrett jerked his hand out from under Parker’s tank top and tried not to whimper at the loss of her beneath his palm He quickly scrambled away from her and off the bed while she casually rolled over to face hi her head in her hand and her elbow on her pillow

Parker watched as Garrett bent down to the floor and grabbed the pants he had discarded last night, pulling theainst his boxer briefs Parker watched the sight before her disappear behind the black nylon pants as Garrett pulled his thu it snap into place The pants hung low enough on him that Parker could see the muscled indents by his hip bones and a bit of his happy trail peeking out of the top Parker wondered why she never took more tiht her eye She blinked and looked down to see Milo’s engageht between her breasts

While Garrett got dressed without saying a word, Parker was hit with a wave of guilt and wondered if the reflection of the sun against the ring was so Milo’s hts of Garrett

Parker reached up and fingered the ring, sliding it back and forth along its thin, silver chain, the zipping sound ofthe quiet room

"We’re supposed to be downstairs in thirty minutes to meet everyone for breakfast," Garrett finally spoke His back was to Parker as he rue of clothes

Parker sat up in bed and pushed the covers off of her

"I’ at her as he piled a tee shirt, jeans, and clean underwear into his arms and moved towards the bathroom "I’ll just nifying that there would be no discussion about the ’s wake up call

Thirty minutes later they were all seated at a table for a continental breakfast with a view of the Atlantic at the Playa Restaurant located just off the resort’s lobby

Parker had thrown on a pair of dark green cargo pants and a fitted white tee shirt, pulled her hair into a high ponytail, and left the roo her way downstairs to wait in the lobby for everyone