Romance: The Playboy (The Hot Aussie Heroes series Book 3) by Madeline Ash

Author:Madeline Ash [Ash, Madeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781942240310
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group
Published: 2015-01-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

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The next morning, one week into their trip, Dee finally dragged herself to the beach at dawn to watch Alexia surf. Alexia only realised this as she returned to shore, board under her arm, and spotted her friend beside her belongings.

“Morning,” she called out, closing the distance and striking her surfboard into the sand.

“Hi.” Dee handed up a towel. She was smiling. “You’re pretty good out there.”

“It’s coming back to me.” The early morning sun was warm on her back. Another hot day dawning. She rubbed her hair and returned the smile. “Good sex?”

Instant deflation. Her friend drew back, close to pouting. “That’s not fair. How did you know?”

“Intuition.”

Dee’s eyes narrowed.

“And you’re not wearing lipstick. But you are wearing the same clothes as last night.” She dragged the towel down her legs. “And I saw you leave with Josh from my balcony last night.”

That last bit piqued her friend’s interest. She straightened, feigning innocence. “On your balcony, were you? I thought you were exceptionally exhausted and had to go to bed. Why would you have still been awake?”

Alexia picked up her board, towel slung over her shoulder. “You’re shameless. I have every right to be angry with you right now.”

Not a hint of repentance in Dee’s blue eyes as she stood. “Agreed. But you’re not, which means there’s gossip to be had.”

They headed towards Lullabar, feet sinking in the sand. The sensation flung Alexia into one of the many fantasies that had flushed her skin the night before. Parker’s hard body above hers on a night-shadowed beach, the sand at her back warm from the day’s heat. Swallowing the image down, she said, “First you sent him to my room under false pretences.”

Dee gestured impatiently.

“Then after a long conversation you likely don’t care about, we kissed.”

“Thank God! Will you sleep with him?”

Trust Dee to shoot to the point. Alexia had spent most of the night trying to figure that out. Thinking rationally about sex with an intensely frustrated body was a biological impossibility, so she’d hit the surf the moment light smudged the sky. Two hours she’d been in the water, thinking hard, and at no point had her mind changed.

She wanted Parker.

His kiss had moved her. Away from dejection, closer to sexual confidence, and directly into danger’s path. Easy to fall for this transformed man, trying to act fairly and learn from his mistakes. She could like him, but no more than that.

“Yes,” she answered.

“Praise cupid!” Dee fist pumped.

Alexia laughed. She’d praise cupid over breakfast and then hunt Parker down.

*

By mid-afternoon, she was struck by the possibility that Parker was hiding from her. If he’d changed his mind overnight, he could be trying to save her the indignity of rejection. She’d spent half the day hanging out downstairs at Lullabar, perusing the shops in town, walking two beaches, and had returned with nothing but sweat on the bridge of her nose and reservation in her step.

She was sitting in the shade out front with an ice water when Josh walked out, cloth over his shoulder.

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