When The Stars Align by Grey Jeanette

Author:Grey, Jeanette [Grey, Jeanette]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781472228482
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-08-31T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Well. The one thing Jo could say about Adam’s spare set of swimming trunks was that they probably looked worse on him than they did on her.

They were bright red, and they came to just below the knee on her, so they must have been unflatteringly short on him. And she knew his waist was trim—she’d had her hands around it as she pushed him into a mattress before. But she didn’t realize it was this trim.

She tugged at the draw cord all the same. She’d tied it plenty tight and didn’t really think the things were going anywhere. But she couldn’t help worrying. She couldn’t stop worrying about a lot of things.

She shouldn’t have come.

The soles of her boots dug into her thighs as she tucked them underneath herself, trying to find a comfortable way to sit on the sand. Even under the shade of the umbrella one of their escorts had had the foresight to bring, it was scorching hot. Stifling enough she almost wanted to take off her shirt.

But Adam had talked her into the whole sports bra and swimming trunks thing. And she looked ridiculous.

Face burning from more than just the heat, she cast her gaze out across the glittering white expanse of beach before her. A couple of the other girls had lingered away from the water as well, but they were wearing bikinis and luxuriating in the sun. Out in the water, looking deliciously cool and comfortable, Adam and Jared were horsing around, tossing a beach ball back and forth. Pretty much everyone else was out there, too.

Letting go of the drawstring of her trunks, she fiddled with the zipper of her bag. Adam hadn’t said anything about her bringing a book with her; he’d even stayed quiet about her sneaking in her binder, too. But even she knew it was crazy to spend a day at the beach like that. It was simple instinct, though. How many lunches had she spent with her nose buried in a set of calculations? Pretending she wasn’t watching everybody else letting go and having fun?

“You know, ‘sand between your toes’ is an expression for a reason.”

Jo let go of her bag and jerked her head up. Heather of all people plunked herself down beside her, and Jo sucked in a breath. Sure, some people socialized with their advisors, but Jo wasn’t some people. Hadn’t she proven that yet enough?

It was just her luck that Heather and Lisa had volunteered to be chauffeurs/chaperones for this particular field trip. Roberto had the day off, and Dr. Galloway was busy getting things ready for some hotshot visiting scientists. And so both her and Adam’s bosses had decided to tag along.

She hadn’t even been able to let herself sit next to Adam in the van. Not with the two of them looking.

“Sounds overrated to me,” Jo said, before casting her gaze out across the water.

Heather bumped her shoulder against Jo’s, and Jo just about went out of her skin. The

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