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He narrowed his eyes “Fine Loser freezes her naked arse off in the ocean”

I held out my hand across the table “Shake on it”

He did, his grip firaze still a little worried

In answer, I lifted the rack, handed it to him, bent over the table, positioned myself perfectly, and let my cue stick fly

I pocketed two high balls

“What the” My husband stared in astonishment

An astonishrew to realization as I rounded the table, pocketing all of ht ball

I did it under three minutes

Straightening, I smiled at my husband

He glowered athustled me”

I threw hter under control, Nate had rounded the table to pullhis annoyed amusement

“You’re lucky that was sexy as hell or I’d be pissed off right about now”

“It was funny” I dropped the cue stick and wrappedyou possibly could about your wife”

“No” He shook his head, his eyes dropping to htened on ht you to play pool?”

“My dad He taught me well”

Nate kissed et blue balls standing in a freezing cold ocean, don’t ht”

I kissed him back “It’ll be worth the wait I promise”

His eyes flashed in irritation and I wondered if aile

“Are you mad?”

Instead of answering, he said, “You proreat sex, and not about wanting to delay sex with me?”

Why did he still think that? “Of course not NateAll I can think about is sex with you”

“Then I’m not mad,” he said promptly “But maybe we should just head back to the inn So I can take a cold shower” He let go of my waist and stepped back, but still he tookyou whip that table’s arse was hot as hell”

I laughed and he turned to smile wickedly at me

We said good night to Jess, Coop, Bailey, and Vaughn, and as ere leaving I could have sworn I heard Bailey say, “That right there is what I call relationship goals”

Was she talking about me and Nate? I wondered, as I strolled down the boardith my husband who still wouldn’t confide in me about his pain I had to ask ht Nate and I had an a relationship, then what the hell was oddamn problem?

Chapter Nine

I was strangely nervous when I walked into the bar The girls had bought me a sexy little dress that told irls knehat I liked to wear and what suited enta because I didn’t do pastels It had thick straps, a sweetheart neckline that showed off e, and it nipped in at the waist and then flared out so it wasn’t clinging toalljust above s were one of et them out every now and then

I’d paired the dress with the high gold wedges they’d also bought for s look pretty kick-ass After sitting in the sun for two days, I was already a nice, light golden color because I had naturally olive-toned skin Nate just had to look at the sun for his skin to quickly darken a shade or two

As soon as I thought of ht, I wasn’t to think of him as Nate Nate had taken a walk down the beach while I was pri e did eventually meet up

He was going to be the stranger from the bar

And I was Olivia, a lonely hose husband had grown e toto be her escape from reality

So okay, I should have given myself a back story that wasn’t so close to the bone, but hey, it hat I was feeling, and it was fueling the need and hurt and desire and longing swirling around within me

After I got a drink at the bar, I saw a couple get up and leave one of the high round tables in the h stools at the table Perfect I grabbed the table before anyone else could and tried to get up onto the stool as elegantly as possible in my dress I was five foot seven, just shy of six feet in es How anyone shorter than s without assistance was beyond me