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'No, I-'

'You can come with me'

As she watched his hands move over his body an in­decent interpretation of his words popped into her mind Oh, yes

Swiftly she claht ‘I've never dived before'

'And you don’t handle first tito notice her absorption with his actions Dry- she couldn’t refuse without sounding ridiculously prudish

To her chagrin he didn’t ask He very deftly applied all the lotion himself, with a fewoff soaze drifting down to the scarred thigh al hers

'Do you want me to cover it up?' he asked

Her eyes flashed to his face Hers, still a little pale from her ordeal, pinkened under the shady bri her instinctive response to his previous mention of his 'deformity'

'No, of course not,' she said

'You likehis arms behind his head

With difficulty she held his gaze coolly 'What's not to like?' she murmured with a sophistication that she hoped matched his

His smile was sultry 'Danificent I don’t knohy you hide it as if you are embarrassed to possess it'

‘I’m not embarrassed'

'Shy, then'

He made her sound silly and iled simply because I'm I'm' 'Beautiful'