Payne: A Bad Boy Romance: (With bonus book Mine) by Linwood Kim

Author:Linwood, Kim [Linwood, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kim Linwood
Published: 2016-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

6

Liz

The pilot is officially starting to freak me out.

I laugh at something Amanda says, and dart a glance over my shoulder. Yep, he’s watching us again. Knowing my luck, he’s decided we’re the most likely to get voted off first and he’s plotting how to dump our bodies at sea.

Or not, but I bet he has shifty eyes under those glasses.

Now that we’re on the other side of the trees, I can’t believe I didn’t recognize Dirt Rock. It’s amazing how green it is now. When I left, there was nothing here but a few stubborn plants that were refusing to die. The palms shot right up, and under their shelter, everything else has flourished. I want to do a little happy dance that my efforts weren’t in vain, but I’ll have to settle for doing a boogie in my head.

Across the water from us, Frederick Island taunts me. My palms itch to grab a paddle and get going. I’ve done the trip plenty of times, even if it’s been a while.

I’ve been away far too long.

The pilot sets up a couple of portable gas grills, while Blaze bosses the crew around, making them get everything ready for lunch. It looks like burgers, nice and thick. My stomach rumbles as the scent reaches me. It’s been weeks since I had the money to buy anything that fancy.

Cassie, one of Elena’s sidekicks, pipes up, “Are there veggie burgers?” Someone else asks to check the nutritional information on the rolls.

I sneak past a couple of girls standing around the condiments discussing how superior chutney is compared to ketchup, and hold out my plate.

“Medium rare?” The pilot asks, not quite looking at me.

“Perfect. Just so long as—”

He snorts. “You can’t hear it mooing?”

I pause, surprised. Was it that predictable a joke?

“Next!” the pilot snaps rudely, motioning to the next girl in line.

What a jerk. Definitely creepy.

The camera people are like gnats, swarming around us while we get our food. Meanwhile, the pilot’s relaxed and friendly with everyone except me. Maybe he just doesn’t like me for some reason. Whatever. It’s not like it matters.

We spread out. Already, cliques are firming up and the leaders jostling for position. Elena obviously for the Barbies, though Bianca and a lawyer named Meredith are strong contenders.For Megan and me? Definitely Amanda.

She’s so sweet it almost hurts my teeth, but that open smile and soft southern belle voice draws people in and gets them talking. The next thing they know, they’re fetching her napkins.

And by they, I mean me.

I grab a couple extra—I needed one too, it was only logical that I get up—and decide to snag a roll while I’m at it. The pilot-slash-cook is sitting to one side, not quite a part of the crew. He’s between me and my grains, so my plan is to just walk right by him, but he speaks up in spite of my lack of eye contact.

“You look familiar. What’s your name?” With the bushy facial hair and the reflective lenses of his aviators, he’s impossible to read.

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