Castaways: Reverse Harem Romance (The Challenge Book 1) by Lily Harlem

Author:Lily Harlem [Harlem, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Harlem
Published: 2017-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Mason turned and walked onto the beach. Lucas was at his side. They walked exactly the same, big, light strides, their shoulders shifting in time.

Olivia stepped past Evan and the fire—which was really taking hold—and followed them, leaving Harry and Raul to fiddle with the fishing line.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“We can’t live off coconut.” Lucas pointed upward. “But it will do for now.”

“Aye, it will.” Mason said.

“I like coconut.” Olivia studied the tall trees and the bulging bunches of big green nuts at the top. “But oh if we could find mango or papaya or melon, that would be nice.”

“I’ll find that for you tomorrow,” Lucas said.

She didn’t doubt him.

“Step back, hen,” Mason said, motioning with his hands. “We don’t want them to land on you.”

“How are you going to get them down?” she asked.

“Are you doing the honors?” Mason asked Lucas.

“Aye, shouldn’t be too much of a problem.” He frowned at the row of coconut trees in front of them. “Which one do you think?”

“That one,” Mason said. “It’s not as tall as the others and at an angle. Will be easier to climb.”

Lucas nodded and stepped up to it. After glancing at the wide fronds, he took a deep breath then wrapped his arms around the trunk. He burst upward, so his feet were also on it, knees sticking out.

“Careful,” Olivia said. It didn’t look easy and she hoped he was well practiced at climbing the ropes at the gym.

Lucas sprang upward again and the soles of his feet landed higher up the trunk.

As he repeated the impossible looking action several times, Olivia admired his strength and the sheer control he had over his body. “How the hell can he do that?”

“The dojo.”

“The what?” She tore her gaze from Lucas to Mason.

“The dojo. Karate. It’s where we spend a lot of time, if we’re not working or sailing that is.”

“You do karate?” She set her attention on Lucas again. “What belt?”

“Black.”

“Both of you?”

Mason huffed. “Aye.”

Wow, the guys she’d landed on this island with really did have a host of skills up their sleeves.

It didn’t take long for Lucas to reach the top. Gripping one of the higher up fronds, he twisted the nearest nut. Within seconds it had come loose and dropped to the sand with a loud whump.

“He got one,” Olivia said. She went to step forward.

Mason held her back. “No, stay here. Otherwise the next one will land on your head.”

“Okay.” She grinned. “Don’t want a nut on my head.”

“Definitely not.”

Lucas freed another coconut, then another. Within a few minutes he had six on the ground. “Is that enough?” he called.

“It will do for now,” Mason said.

“Okay, I’m coming down.”

“Wait here,” Mason said to Olivia. “I need to get something.”

As Mason walked back to the camp, Olivia watched Lucas shimmy down the tree. He jumped the last five feet, landing squarely then brushing his palms over each other.

“I should call you monkey man,” she said, strolling over to him.

He smiled, the skin at the corners of his eyes creasing.

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