Setting Sail by Allie Boniface

Author:Allie Boniface
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, beach, vacation, florida
Publisher: Allie Boniface
Published: 2015-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

“THERE’S TOBY AND BRITTANY,” Jace said as they approached the pool bar the following evening. Pearl walked beside him in a short blue sundress and matching blue flip-flops. Her hair was loose, she wore little makeup, and he hadn’t been able to keep his eyes off her since they’d boarded the ship that afternoon. Every time the breeze blew, her perfume teased him, and his mind went off in searing-hot directions.

You’re here together as friends. That’s the way it has to be.

Pearl had told him as much again that afternoon on the ride to the pier. And he’d agreed even though he didn’t want to. Until the deal with the diner was through, he couldn’t complicate it by getting too close to her. But that was going to be much easier said than done.

With effort, he tore his attention from the way her dress dipped down between her breasts. To his surprise, both his high school buddies had managed to take vacation time and join them on the cruise, though Jace wasn’t thrilled Toby had brought along his girlfriend. Brittany Piper had put on about forty or fifty pounds since high school. It all centered squarely on her belly and hips, and the tight black dress she wore did little to slim it. But it wasn’t the way she looked that led to Jace’s distaste of her. It was the way she criticized everything Toby did, the way her life was more important than his at every juncture.

Bet she’d never give up her dreams to help the family diner.

The thought startled Jace, but it was absolutely true. Pearl and Brittany were as different as night and day.

“I remember Brittany,” Pearl said. As if reading his thoughts, she added, “She was kind of snotty back in school.”

Jace glanced over. “She’s kind of snotty now.”

“I didn’t know Toby was the kind of guy who’d put up with that.”

Jace didn’t either. “I think he’s the kind of guy who likes being settled. He likes predictability. Brittany definitely gives him that.”

“Then there’s Bryce,” Pearl laughed, gesturing to the hot tub beside the pool. Bryce sat on the edge, drink in his hand. Three women in teeny bikinis sat inside the tub, all looking up at him and all laughing. “Some things never change, huh?”

“Nope. That guy’ll be a bachelor until he’s ninety.”

“Maybe. Or maybe he’ll meet someone who knocks him off his feet and he’ll be the first one married.”

Jace laughed. “You want to tell him that, or should I?”

Just then Bryce spotted them, and a minute later Toby and Brittany met them at the bar as well.

“You guys remember Pearl DeVane,” Jace said, suddenly apprehensive. He’d told the guys she was coming along, of course, but he wondered what they’d think of her, if they’d be as stunned by her beauty and confidence as he was. He kind of hoped not. The three guys had never competed over women in the past, and he didn’t want to start with Pearl.

“Of course we remember.” Bryce took her hand and dropped a kiss onto the back of it.

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