Bare Pleasures by Lindsay Evans

Author:Lindsay Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“That Margot chick seems a little tense.” Adisa swung her legs over the side of the yacht as it coasted back into Biscayne Bay. The skirt of her white dress blew up around her thighs.

“Yeah. She’s got a lot going on,” Lex said, although it seemed most of her tension came from trying to control Noelle’s life.

He understood well enough what it was like to be on the receiving end of such persistent and well-meaning attention. It was annoying. And if Margot wasn’t careful, she’d push Noelle away for good.

“Her sister seems cool though.” Adisa looked over her shoulder at him, warning in her eyes. “She is really into you. Be careful.”

“Careful. Yeah. I know.” He’d almost messed everything up when he mentioned the fiancé leaving her at the altar. Normally, he wasn’t careless enough to let something like that slip, but she had him turned around in the worst way. With one unexpected touch, her fingers scalding a path over his forehead and down his nose to hover just above his lips, he was ready to coax her into his lap and kiss her senseless. And the few minutes they’d spent in that stateroom, the sounds she made, the slick of her against his fingers... Lex shifted in his pants just from the thought of it. With this favor, he’d gotten himself into a hell of a mess.

If Margot hadn’t been in the equation, he and Noelle probably would have found their way to each other and started something apart from all this chaos. But here he was. Here they were.

“This is pretty messed up, Lex.” Adisa turned back to the approaching dock, the breeze from the passage across the water ruffling the baby hair at her temples.

“You’re not telling me anything I don’t know,” he said.

“Then what are you going to do about it?”

He shrugged, although he knew what he should do—hell, what he should’ve done once Margot made him that proposition. Step back. Stay out of this ruthless campaign to steer Noelle’s life in a direction of Margot’s choosing. Lex stared at the dock until the breeze wrung tears from the corners of his eyes, and he did not look away.

Later that evening, once he was showered and settled on his back porch with a cup of green tea, he called Noelle.

She took a long time to answer, and he was preparing himself to leave a message when her voice clicked onto the line.

“Hello?” She sounded like she had no idea who was calling.

“Noelle, it’s me, Lex.”

“I know.” He heard her sigh through the phone. “What’s on your mind?”

The way she spoke was so very different than the joking flirtation they’d indulged in on the boat. It surprised him. Until he remembered how he’d left her. Walking swiftly to the other side of the boat instead of making nice with Margot in front of her. “You,” he said. “You’re on my mind.”

A huff of sound came through the phone. “Am I?” She didn’t sound convinced.

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