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I wish Jaxon was here noe can get this over with, but the football teaain They were three points shy of losing the ga them hard all week Which means I should probably keep an eye on Em and Quinn, in addition to Audrey
I’ve parked myself down in the sand by the fire pit with a clear view of the parking lot It’s the perfect spot to catch the first gli down the hill toward us All of the girls here are in bikinis, but I didn’t really put two and two together that Audrey would wear one as well Sure enough, I can tell that underneath that halter top she has on, she’s wearing a light-blue suit My ht of what she looks like in it, while ht be checking her out
"Hey, Jace!" Eirls," I return "Hey, babe," I say, while looking directly at the only girl who has been able to fully capture ," I quietly express
"Hi," she softly replies An easy smile hits her lips and all I want to do is pull her down on to round next to me, but before she can make her way over, Max and Danny run up with surfboards in hand and dripping wet
"What’s up, ladies," Danny interrupts, giving each one a ridiculous wink
"Coht"
"I can’t," Quinn quickly replies
"Jaxon would flip," Es her shoulder
"Ulances at ood here"
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A few others join the group to talk to us, and Max is still looking at Audrey while she looks everywhere else
Em looks down at o"
"Yeah, the whole way here you were talking about getting in the water," Quinn urges
"No really, I’ and I justshouldn’t," Audrey states
"Not a good reason, babe" With that, Max crouches down and throws Audrey over his shoulder He has his surfboard in his opposite ar back
As I watch his hands touch her skin, ins to boil I jump to my feet and shout, "Put her the fk down!"
Max spins around with Audrey’s ass in the air and says, "And why’s that?" The cocky bastard is trying to push all of roup, I would have said it If Jaxon were here, I would have shouted it from the rooftops In this moment, I want to yell to everyone here that she’s off limits But Jaxon’s not here and there are too et the news to hi harshly, with everyone looking at me with confused expressions All I can think about is the fact that Max still has his hand on the back oftoo long because, with an annoying laugh, he turns around and heads toward the surf again
When he begins walking into the water, I hear Audrey shout so at him and then he slowly lowers her back to her feet She steps out of the water quickly and back onto the sand My heart rate increases, thinking she’s co back up here towith need
She steps away froins to take off her shorts and halter-top What’s left behind is s are on full display under the light-blue bikini Her porcelain skin glows in the uy here isn’t thinking the sa
Timidly, she steps back into the ice cold water of the Pacific, standing on her tiptoes I kno cold that bitch is Although the water on this coast rarely heats to a warm temperature, it doesn’t see his board in the water, calling for her toher legs out of the water with each step Slowly, he starts to paddle his ar back anytime soon, I drop back down in the sand to watch theh when I realize that one of them is Lane Em and Quinn join me on the opposite side
"Go ahead, dude Lay into me," I breathe out in a defeated tone
Lane chuckles and says, "I think this is torture enough for you"
We all watch as Max reaches Audrey’s side with a huge grin on his face He’s having way too much dalances back to the beach At us At me A short beat later, she turns to look back at him and he pulls her onto his board to straddle it in front of hi" E kidding?" I gru protective over her now?
"I was going to say so Shit, if Jax had been here, I would have But I don’t need the gossip crew to get to him first He needs to hear it from me" I pull my knees up and put my head in my hands "Why the hell has this been so hard for me to tell him?"
"Because you don’t want to hurt your brother, Jace," Quinn says I always knew she was iggles
"I get it, I get it! I pro her hands up in mock defeat "Jace, you know he’ll understand," she adds
Max tries to lay Audrey’s back up against his chest, but she slips out of it and turns to face hi the board and talk as if they are old friends The girls beside le on about all of the places Elare out at the water
"Do you love her?" Lane asks out of the blue If I hadn’t already been sitting down, his question would have knockedforward "Okay, new question Who was your last girlfriend?"
"UhMandy," I reply