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No, Cain It’s not okay I’s back and forth between a nightht else matters And when I’ here How I’s forever, if I’d just let go

"Yeah, I’ain I duck my head because I’ it harder to pretend around Cain Taking a few deep breaths, I struggle to pull on a mask of calm Or of playfulness I settle on aone at that

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asks quietly, evidently not buyinghis shoulder, as a "no" flees froue in a whisper There’s notCain’s suspicion, and so I need to reht me to be

I’m surprised he hasn’t asked about Bob He hasn’t even ut tellshis tih, Cain’s head and arain This time his eyes remain open and I see the frustration in them "Why do I feel like you don’t really want to be here, Charlie?" I can sense rather than feel the tension suddenly channeling through his body

"I do Believe s I told you last night I don’t adain, his eyes pleading with ed breaths I want to be thrilled by Cain’s words right now So very happy that Cain is being so open with s painfully I don’t kno to answer, so I settle on, "Yes I’ more true than that

That naturally furrowed brow creases further "Did what happened last night bother you? Look" I see the aze searching the water in front of us "I know I can be really intense so that happen out on a pier was less than ideal for you" Dark eyes flash tostraight" A hand lifts to play with a strand of s back"

What? I feel the scowl fors down? When that daly unaware of my internal panic "I warned you that I don’t kno to do this Still--"

Cain’s words die with a hiss the second I peel down the front of his trunks and grasp hihtly He was already hard "I have no desire to slow things down," I say evenly, holding his gaze as I begin stroking hiht have gone too far But I don’t stop "Thank fking God," he finallydown to pull my hand away from him with a chuckle "But I don’t think Storm will appreciate that in here" After a pause, he adds with ht you preferred privacy"

"And I thought you didn’t like wasting ti "Maybe that was payback for the spectacle youI get beforeoff Cain’s lap to land on the built-in seat, s, his knees bent and propping rin on his face "You want a spectacle?" His eyes drift down over my vulnerable frame, easily visible beneath the water now that the jets have shut off Heated eyes co within them that I can’t decipher but that make my body open up to him with anticipation "You think I deserve payback? How about payback for the last three weeks?"

I snort "What, are you going to pole dance on your stage for ht?" A visual slams intoCain is, I can’t help but burst out laughing

Water starts splashingto protect hter "All my makeup will streak!"

"Good," he throws back, his s unbearably soft "Then I’d get to see the real Charlie"

My laughter cuts off abruptly as I break from his eye contact Oh, Cainthe deception is so much deeper than eyeliner and tinted contacts