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"Wanna go swi over at her as she lies beside me on the warm beach

She's stretched out on her sto on her hands, with her eyes closed She looks so peaceful and it's a look that I'lad can lay naturally on her face

We've been out here allup the sun and just chillin' with each other Nix and Ee license, and Renner and Cillian decided to tag along I have no clue where all the parents are, but for now, I' some alone time with Rowan

After renting sooon and tried to find some sea turtles No such luck but we did swi with colorful fish I tried to talk Rowan into so none of it She h money in the world" I didn't have the heart to tell her sharks could swiet her back out in the water if I did that

Rowan sits up and I can't help but notice the way her breasts sway underneath her tiny bikini top She didn't own a bathing suit so yesterday afternoon, she bought one in the resort's gift shop I tried to talk her into a sedate one-piece because, frankly, I don't like the idea of her assets hanging out for everyone to see Those are for rabbed the tiny pile of dental floss that she's noearing I have to adainst her skin and it makes me want to peel her out of it

In fact, I' maybe we should take a beach break and hit the roo that bikini off her I lean over and rub ers up to glide through ainstthe kiss

"Hey you two, get a room"

Cursing, I pull back froers and s overa pair of board shorts and a New York Rangers t-shirt

"Isn't it sacrilege or so for you to wear that shirt?"

Linc looks down at his chest, no doubt not even conscious of what clothes he threw on Shrugging his shoulders, he says, "Hope I don't get struck by lightning"

He takes the towel in his hand and unfurls it, laying it in the sand next to h

Glancing over his shoulder back toward the building where our rooms are housed, he looks back to ets down here" Linc glances at Rowan "You're a woman! I could use your advice too"

"Thanks for noticing," Rowan

says dryly

Linc's les his eyebrows at her "Oh, I noticed all right"

A lol emits from my throat "Hey eyes back on me, buddy, or I'll introduce your face to my fist"

Linc lets out a chuckle and I smile at him, but I'm dead serious If he looked at Rowan's perfect body a second longer, we'd have gone at it "So, what's up?"

He glances one more time over his shoulder and then leans in toward us conspiratorially "Okay so I'ht after the wedding I talked to the resort e for us to have a private dinner on the beach He's going to set up a small table, candles they even have this canopy that is like nothing but some bamboo poles stuck in the sand with sooes over the top So Rowan do you think that sounds romantic?"

I glance at Rowan, because I aives him a wry smile and holds her hand to her chest, "My heart just went pitter-patter when you said 'some shit like that', Linc Very romantic"

A bark of laughter escapes my mouth and Linc punches me in the shoulder "Dude, not funny Seriously, what do you two think? Because I really wanted to do soe and over the top Let her kno much I love her you know, sort of like what Ryan did for Danny"

Rowan looks puzzled so I take aJuaoes through et Rowan to agree to e I have no clue what her views are, but I know her ideas of parenthood are skewed based on her family experience

Turning to Linc, I tell him, "Look man I don't really know Ever all that well, so I can't say for sure what she'd like But I do know you And you're the low-key, subtly romantic type of dude You're not an over-the-top, in-your-face, shout-to-the-world-uy So I think this beach dinner sounds perfect What I do know about Ever is that she loves you just the way you are So she'dthat reflects the real you"