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"Well, then this is your roo up at the chandelier Seriously? A freaking chandelier? "Is every tutor in a suite? Even with a ship that caters to rich kids, I have a hard tiram is this hard up for tutors"

He stood and smiled "Nope, just you Why don’t you pick out a bedrooive Mrs Trenton a buzz if it makes you feel better"

"That would be awesome, thanks" I opted for the balcony The afternoon inding down--the air still heavy with sultry heat as I opened the heavy glass door and stepped onto the polished wooden surface Mia I pulled et it offht? But my chest constricted with every step, and as the water ca that filled my ears sounded too sih like the Mia, backing away froht Guess you’re not quite ready But I had nine months on this ship, and maybe if I tried a little each day, by the end I could do it Until then…well, I’d hang back here

It was a gorgeous space with a fleet of cushioned lounge chairs and an unencuht--starboard--side of the ship

Another student leaned against the railing about twenty feet away, his very tanned, toned, tattooed body on display in nothing but a pair of dark blue Hawaiian print board shorts that hung low on his hips

I openly ogled the cut lines of his muscles, from his worship-worthy washboard abs to the way his biceps flexed, tattoos rippling as he pushed off the railing and sighed, running his hands over his ers behind his neck

He was hot And not passingly hot, but more like I-can-make-you-come-with-a-look hot Hell, I was halfway there, and he hadn’t sowith you?

I shook , wanting, when he was so far out ofdifferent sports? And besides, what kind of sport gave a guy a body like that? Where every er, appreciating the strong angles of his face that I could make out from here, the tattoos that moved with his skin

Not for you Yeah, obviously, but oneto hurt me Hell, at least it reminded me that my sex drive still worked…and was currently in overdrive, apparently

He looked pensive, like he carried soht on his shoulders, and while part of me wondered what someone like him could possibly have to worry about, the other part instinctively wanted to soothe hiht reflex and forced aze across the distance He cocked his head to the side, like he was trying to decide if he knew me, and s again

Damn it, he wasn’t just hot, he was beautiful

The door opened behind his floated onto the deck He turned to her, his entire presenceinto one word: cocky

"You ready?" she asked Even her voice was gorgeous

I turned away fro the door "Miss Baxter?"

"Leah," I corrected him