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"Dios Mio, Grady, what’s the damn hurry?"

The elevator doors opened just as we reached them, and he pulled us inside before our friends could catch up

"The hurry," he said, banging on our floor button, "is that you need to look shit hot so that Reid will co senses and ditch that hobbit Bitch has been trying to kill you with her squint eyes all night, and I had to stopacross that table to slap her to Siberia"

"You’re ridiculous," I laughed "Reid seems to be into her, so why should I care?"

He looked at me incredulously, and when the elevator doors chimed, he pulled ina, and he needs to see that the person he belongs with is actually a hot, stubborn Spanish babe Now tell ht a sexy as fuck bikini, or else I’ll send you down there in your birthday suit"

I sighed "I don’t want to cause draether In fact, I think it would be a good idea if I stayed right here"

He rested his hands on ht now my tootsie roll? Where’s the feisty Jade that never backed down froirl as ready to spit fire at anyone who even thought of crossing her?"

I’d been wondering the sa for the moment where I snapped out of -sex-with-er Grady couldn’t possibly understand what had transpired between Reid andto coax Feisty Jade out of hiding Maybe I needed hi to have to help me find here," I said quietly

Grady’s face broke out into a gentle so, I will cut a bitch if it et the old Jade back" He spun e"

With a tap on the butt, I walked towards ht on the trip

Grady was right I’d been in hiding, and it had to change Grady didn’t need to know that I had no desire to get Reid’s attention while ere here, but if going along with our stupid plan would so

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Chapter 3

Jade

The Pool

I strolled down to the pool, and within fifteen minutes Grady had abandoned our plan for the cute bartender who’d made our cocktails earlier Secretly I was relieved His idea to get Reid’s attention felt a little juvenile at best and I kneould regret starting a game I couldn’t finish So I slipped my sandals off, adjusted my leopard print monokini and stepped into to temperate water, away from the other students who’d had the sah the water, trailing h the ripples, until I reached the deep end where the water slipped over the edge The vieasI’d been feeling in the last feeeks I soaked it up, pushing away the subdued thoughts occupying hter infiltrated the quiet, and I spun my head around I wished I hadn’t

Reid had just stepped into the water on the other side, and he lifted his arms to help Stella into the water She s up at the sides, and leaned down to kiss hilutton for punishment and just continued to stare Her eyes lifted, and I swore her ainst Reid’s She was tauntingReid in front of me like a damn bone