Fake Model (Twin Swap Book 3) by Cassie Mint

Author:Cassie Mint [Mint, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Cherry Publishing
Published: 2021-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

Five

Coral

I sit cradled on Archer’s lap, his hard, muscled thighs supporting my weight like it’s nothing.

I’m done. I’m cooked. My brain has left the building.

When the rumble of the waves and the cry of seabirds finally pierces my daze, I clear my throat and struggle to my feet. I have to tug my panties back so they cover me, the lace soaked and ruined, and heat floods down from my hairline.

“Oh no you don’t.” Archer pushes to his feet, cradling my cheek and brushing his thumb over my lip. “Don’t go blushing and feeling ashamed. You’re beautiful, Billie Blue.”

My sister’s name on his lips is like a bucket of icy water tipped down my back.

Archer thinks I’m her. A successful model at the start of a dazzling career. A brave, shining presence—not a maid who hides away in her apartment.

He touched me, put his mouth there, and he doesn’t even know who I am.

Crap.

I stumble back up the beach, my mind racing as he strolls by my side. All his earlier moodiness is long gone. He’s smiling and peaceful, the sunshine glinting golden in his tied back blond hair. I must have pulled a few strands from their tie when I grabbed his face, rode his tongue, because they dangle now beside his sturdy cheekbones.

Snatching my robe from Archer’s hand as we walk, I shove my shaking hands through the sleeves and tug it around me. He frowns at me, concerned, but I avoid his eye.

Oh god. Oh god. He’ll be so angry.

He’ll look at me like he did this morning.

With disappointment and anger in his eyes.

I can’t bear it. I won’t. Not when what we just did together was the most magical experience of my life. Maybe I’m a coward—okay, I’m definitely a coward—but I just know that I’ll never feel like that again.

I can’t ruin the memory that I’ll hold close for my whole life.

And this day has been about Billie, about her career and about not letting Archer and the designer down.

So I’ll be selfish. Just this once.

I’ll protect my heart.

Archer strides ahead when we reach the makeshift work station, grabbing a bottle of water and swigging from it thirstily. I watch the column of his throat bobbing, hypnotized, before I shake myself and grab the next garment bag.

He gives me a small smile as I walk past to the changing area. There’s so much trust and hope in his eyes.

My chest cleaves in two as I duck behind the divider. As I pull on my own clothes with trembling hands instead of the next lingerie set, and pause to suck in one last breath.

I can almost smell him. My screaming emotions conjure his scent—the crisp, masculine scent that surrounded me on his lap. I close my eyes, feeling the ghost of his touch on my skin, my heart shattering inside me.

It’s easy to sneak out. I slip through a gap in the changing stall, hurrying away across the beach with my ragged breath loud in my ears.

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