Handle With Care by Patrice Wilton

Author:Patrice Wilton [Wilton, Patrice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1477848908
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Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

The following day they went to the beach, and Shane offered to give Lauren and Josh bodysurfing lessons. Before hitting the water, Shane turned aside to pull off his prosthetic, attempting to hide behind the board.

Lauren didn’t give a crap about seeing a stump, but she glanced at Josh, wondering how he’d react. It took Josh a second or two, but when he spotted the i-limb on the beach towel, he ran toward it.

“Holy cow!” he shouted with glee. “It comes off. Super cool.” He picked it up and tried to put it on his own hand, looking frustrated when it wouldn’t fit.

Lauren and Shane glanced at each other and then burst into laughter. “Looks like you’re going to have to learn to share,” she told Shane, who picked the bionic hand up and chased Josh down the beach with it.

Later, the three of them waded into the water with the surfboard, and Shane showed them how it was done. He paddled out to catch a wave, then got up on his knees, and rode the wave in. He demonstrated time and again in a tireless effort to teach them. Neither she nor Josh could get the hang of it, but they had fun trying. Lauren especially enjoyed the hands-on lesson, knowing it was all foreplay.

He was getting to her, and she hoped that she could handle whatever the future held. She trusted Shane, and knew that he’d never intentionally hurt her or Josh, but what if he started drinking again? He’d warned her often enough that he wasn’t whole, but she’d never seen that side of him. She only saw the side he cared to show.

Like Kevin. Not that she thought Shane had a dark and dangerous side, but she had to be careful. And yet, every time his eyes met hers, she felt a burst of joy bubbling inside. This worried her most of all.

“You had enough of this for one day?” he asked finally. He flicked the strap of her bikini top. “You’re getting pink. Probably time to go in.”

“No!” Josh cried. “We aren’t tired yet, are we, Mom?”

“Well, honey, truth is, I’m just about done in here. If you boys want to stay longer, okay, but I’m going to head back to the beach and pack things up.”

Shane gave her a wink. “Ten minutes, tops. Josh and I will try to catch another wave or two.”

“Be careful,” she warned. “The wind’s picking up.”

Shane held the board, and after a few attempts Josh managed to get to his knees. Lauren watched from the shore, so proud of Josh. He was trying hard not to fall off, wanting desperately to please Shane. He loved being with him, but she knew he was like that with every man he met. What would happen if their potential romance ruined a perfectly good friendship? Josh is the one who’d wind up getting hurt.

Maybe she was being selfish, wanting him for herself.

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