Matchmaker, Matchmaker by Donna Ball

Author:Donna Ball [Ball, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 8485500
Publisher: Blue Merle Publishing
Published: 2010-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

SIX

You're very seductive. Do you know that?"

“For a moment Shane couldn't reply. He was entirely too busy noticing the way the shiny green maillot suit clung to her figure as she walked toward him, and the way her slim legs seemed to go on forever. Once he had thought bikinis were sexy, but he would be hard put to find anything more alluring than the way Cassie Averil looked in that emerald one-piece with the sun painting streaks of copper and gold in her hair. He let out a cautious breath, " I am?"

She sat on the edge of a chair to remove her sandals and sunglasses. Shane's eyes followed the bend of her ankle, the shapely arch of her foot. "Sure," she replied. "I shouldn't be doing this, you know. I never socialize with the clients."

“It's a big pool. No point in letting it go to waste."

"No, there's not." Suddenly she cast him an impish grin and got to her feet. "Race?"

Cassie was in the water with a graceful jackknife of slender limbs almost before Shane knew what she was about. She was two lengths ahead and a surprisingly strong swimmer, but Shane had the advantage of height and years of muscles conditioned by hard work. Still, he had to use effort to outdistance her, and was glad when, at the end of the third lap, she braced herself against the side of the pool and gasped, "Okay! Your match!"

He felt absurdly gratified as he turned in the water and balanced himself on the top step, grinning and breathing hard. Generally he didn't like women who competed with him on any level—especially when they came close to winning—but the race had actually been fun. "You're a good swimmer," he told her.

"All-state champion in high school," she replied, her voice a little choppy with exertion and the laughter of exhilaration.

He liked the way she looked with her hair slicked back and her eyes washed a brilliant green by chlorine and sunshine. She smoothed the water away from her face with both hands and, in an unexpected motion, suddenly brought them down flat against the surface of the water, splashing him.

She laughed at his startled exclamation and started to swim away, but he caught her by the arm and a playful water fight ensued. Shane went under more than once and so did she, and when she grasped his shoulders and tried to unbalance him by wrapping a leg around his ankle, he suddenly reversed the positions, catching her under the arms and pinning her close with her leg trapped between both of his.

Their laughter faded into a sort of pleased recognition of the closeness. Shane was aware of the pressure of her fingers on his bare shoulders, the suppleness of her muscles, the curve of her small breasts just above his thumbs. And there was a light in her eyes that revealed she enjoyed the touch as much as he did.

"You don't play fair," she said.

He could see her chest

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