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"Yeah, of course, right," I rushed "Why would he be? Half the women on this ship would jump at the chance to…well, ju to themselves Why would he want someone twice?"

Penna flinched "Shit, that’s not what I "

I raised my eyebrows at her, and she looked around the roo "Okay, so maybe he’s a little man-whorish, but his heart, that’s solid, untouched…for the most part, at least"

I never understood people who could differentiate the two Where my heart went, there my body did, and so forth But if Paxton offered… I shut down that line of thinking and locked the door on it "Why are you telling me this?"

She leaned forward "Because he’s my oldest friend, and I care what you think about him And I know he cares what you think about hiht now I think that he doesn’t knohat an alarm clock is"

She smiled "How about I take you to him?"

"He’s not in his room?"

"Nope And besides, I’d like to see what happens when he gets a load of how pissed you are If you want to wait a few minutes, I’ll make popcorn"

"Penna!"

She threw out her hands "Just kidding Give ies a chance to dry, and we’ll track hi before Landon ca sweat "Hey, asshat, knock!" Penna chastised, throwing a pillow at him

"What? It’s not like I haven’t already seen you naked," he shot back

Penna snapped her gaze to me "He didn’t mean it that way We’ve been friends since ere kids, all of us"

"Chill out, Penna I don’t think Firecracker cares" Landon laughed and sank into the couch across fro machine these last couple of days"

Penna’s hand popped up "He didn’tanyone, especially not Landon"

"That’s none of s As if leggings could have wrinkles

"Yeah, anyway, he sent et you, Penna" Landon lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat off his face, and my eyebrows shot skyward In so for their lost brother, because he was here Landon was hot Not in the walking sex-dream kind of hot that Paxton was, but a broodier hot

"I want nothing to do with that damn trick" She crossed her ar on the BMX for Barcelona, and he’s going to need your advice before he gets hi?"

"Trying to nail a Five-forty Double Tailwhip in these waves," Landon answered "He’s going to break his damn neck"

"Show me"