Pura Vida by Sara Alva

Author:Sara Alva [Alva, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: M/M Romance, Love Has No Boundaries, contemporary, new adult, summer love, travel, vacation, family, turtle preservation
Publisher: M/M Romance Group @ goodreads
Published: 2013-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“Something for you, señores?”

Simon heard the voice before he saw him, still several sprawled beach-goers away, and his heart reacted in a way that was starting to become familiar. Beat, beat, beat beat beat beatbeatbeatbeat.

Juan approached them a minute later. Only a small right-left flicker of his eyes betrayed any emotion. Simon was counting on the dark frames of his sunglasses to shield his.

“Something for you?”

“No thanks,” Simon’s mother responded with practiced ease, not even a slight glance in Juan’s direction.

Simon’s heart returned to a normal pace, but he kept watching the black backpack as Juan strolled away. And as happy as he was that they’d both played it cool, it was clear something had shifted between them. They’d gotten too personal the night before— sharing a bed, watching a movie together… very nearly cuddling as they talked about relationships. But whatever Juan had taken from the night wasn’t something that made him happy. There’d been no crooked grin, no lifted brows, not even a hint of a teasing spark in his eyes.

And the further his black backpack went into the distance, the worse that made Simon feel.

“Be right back, Mom.”

It only took him a few running footsteps to catch up to Juan, who turned toward him with wary eyes.

“Hey.” It was then Simon realized he didn’t have a reason for chasing after him. Wasn’t like they could hook up now, in broad daylight, with his mother a few feet away waiting to spend quality time with her son.

“Hi.” Juan kept walking. “You want to buy something?”

“What? No, no. I uh, I just wanted to ask if… you were coming over again tonight.”

Juan drew to a stop. There was a little bit of stray white sand on his lip, and Simon had to clutch a handful of his shorts to keep himself from brushing it off.

“I don’t know if that is a good idea.”

Right. There were a lot of reasons why it’d be better for them both to spend a night apart. But when the number of potential nights was so finite…

“Just think about it. ’Cause, I mean, I like spending time with you. And not just… you know.”

Heat traveled to Simon’s face and forced him to drop his head. At least shielding it from the sun would provide some relief, if he couldn’t get his internal functions under control. What was he even saying?

“Esto es lo que temo,” Juan muttered.

“Hey, no fair answering in a language I don’t understand.” The laughter in Simon’s voice quavered a little too close to nervousness. “What does that mean?”

“It means…” Juan took a long, deep breath. “I can come. Maybe at eight, so I can leave afterwards to check the beaches? I’ve been… missing some work there, since we… you know.”

Relief finally cooled Simon’s blush. “Great. I can, um, still keep you company on that, too, if you want.”

Juan’s grin spread slowly, and a rush of air left his nostrils. “Okay, Simon.”

****

Simon waited out behind the suite. Eight was a little early… he didn’t know why he’d agreed to that.

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