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“They’re the worst,” he says “Honestly, I’ve met men like him before Snakes, always”

He picks his book back up and I sit and watch hi my eyes, hidden by the dark lenses, to travel over his torso He truly is gorgeous, with huge shoulders, ilass It’s not like I’ve seen a lot of naked men, none in fact, but he puts any otherwhat’s underneath those shorts and whether or not he is as big in all areas of his body

I love the way he gets all protective when Brad bothersso wonderfully cave his woman

Except I’ like this isn’t going to help the situation at all

I’uy whose name is Paulo, we learn, takes us out on the boat first, and then we coet on the skis Paulo talks le into a life jacket Alex looks at e is your color”

“I look like a tangerine,” I grumble, then continue to listen to Paulo Iall the work

I get on the skis and we head off, Alex grinning out aton for dear life

I’ with exhilaration as we tear across the waves and the spray from the ocean hits my skin This is so much fun, and I can’t believe that I’ve never tried it before

Then it all goes wrong A sudden, vicious craasp and double over, letting go of the handle I’ yanked along and I’o face first into the waves, breathing in and sing a huge amount of water I panic as I realize that the life jacket is ed along at high speed My thigh is screale to catch a breath

I’ to drown

Chapter Eight

Alex