Diving into Love (The Armstrongs Book 11) by Jessica Gray

Author:Jessica Gray [Gray, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

When Pippa returned from the customs office fifteen minutes later, she rushed down to the office, as far away from River as she could. Being friends proved to be awfully difficult when all she wanted was to jump him and tear off his clothes.

“Child, you should go up and get some sun. Willem and I have a handle on things in here,” Maria said with a smile as Pippa passed through the galley.

“That’s okay. I do have plenty of paperwork to take care of.”

Maria chuckled saying, “That boy doesn’t have any sort of filing system. Why don’t you take it up on the deck and get some sun at the same time?”

Bad idea. Up on the sundeck River was with his guests, assigning them their diving gear, while Willem steered the boat out to the coral reef. Mushroom Forest. The name sounded intriguing and for a split-second she wished she could dive with them. See the colorful fish and corals, experience the weightlessness and the freedom under water. What would it be like to be in the water with River, forgetting her stupid for a minute and just enjoying being one with nature?

“No, I don’t want to be in the way.” And I definitely don’t want to be drooling over his hot body. During his security briefing she hadn’t been able to take her eyes off of him. And the heat searing through her every time she saw his bulging biceps move didn’t come from the Caribbean sun.

Maria gave her a skeptical look and turned her attention to a pile of vegetables to peel and cut up into chunks.

Pippa made her way into the office and sat down in the tiny space, catching up on the necessary paperwork. Overnight several emails had arrived with questions about the boat, dates and planned locations. She answered what she could and made notes on post-its of things she had to ask River about.

Grateful for the distraction, she didn’t even notice that the motor had stopped until Maria peeked her head inside the office.

“We’ve arrived. Would you like to join everyone for lunch?”

“Yes. Thank you.” Pippa glanced at her watch. Past one p.m. already. She’d been too occupied with her work to even be afraid the entire morning. A tiny victory. Then she followed Maria up to the sundeck, where tables were set.

River was already sitting with the group of single guys and acknowledged her arrival with a mere nod. Disappointment surged through her chest, followed by confusion. Then anger. You shoved him away, what do you expect?

She sat with the two couples and was soon part of their conversation, gracefully smiling, doing small talk the way she had practiced so many years. But her eyes wandered. They never stopped at the breathtaking scenery, but always returned to the same man, sitting with his profile to her. Damn! Get over him already.

After the light lunch Pippa helped Maria to clear the dishes, while the guests started a flurry of excited activities to prepare for their first dive of the week.

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