I actually had not heard that, but mostly because I wasn’t the type of person who regularly tossed my electronics into large bodies of water.
Clearly she was.
“Does that actually work?”
She shrugged. “We’re about to find out. This camera cost me two months’ wages. I’m not going to let it go without at least trying.”
Skye picked up all the electronic components and laid them in the bucket before using her hand to scoop some of the rice on top.
She’d changed, as she promised, out of the little red bikini. Now she wore a short pair of cotton shorts and a tank top in a striking shade of teal.
She wasn’t wearing a bra, which was something I shouldnotbe noticing.
But again, she was more practical than anything else. Extra layers in the heat didn’t make sense, especially since the sunburn on her nose extended down over her shoulders.
“You didn’t wear enough sunscreen today.”
She glanced up at me and a smile split her face. “Let me guess, you’ve got aloe vera with you.”
“Of course I have aloe vera with me, I keep it in my first-aid kit.”
She cocked her head to the side. “Do you want to put some on me? Would it make you feel better?”
Her words landed somewhere below my belt buckle.
Slathering aloe vera on her shoulders would actuallynotmake me feel better. It would make me feel horny, and that was the last thing I needed right now. But the search and rescue officer in me couldn’t just leave that burn exposed the way it was.
“Stay there,” I barked, and turned back to my cabin.
Inside I grabbed my first-aid kit from under the sink. Might as well just leave it out, I’d be needing it again with the way Skye worked.
Grabbing the small bottle, I stomped outside and moved to stand behind her. She grabbed her long blonde hair and pulled it off her shoulders.
“Why weren’t you wearing sunscreen?”
“I was,” she said defensively. “Do you know how hard it is to put sunscreen on your own shoulders? It’s not like Kyle can rub it in for me.”
I could rub it in for her.
That traitorous thought crossed my mind and I shoved it away.
Instead I squirted some aloe onto each of her shoulders without touching her skin. “Rub that in.”
“Your bedside manner leaves something to be desired,” she said, but she did exactly as I asked.
I set the bottle on the table beside her. “Put some on your nose when you’re done. I’m going to cook dinner. What are you having? You did bring food with you, didn’t you?”
She looked over at me as she was rubbing the aloe into her nose. “You realize I do this all the time, right? Of course I brought food. I’ve had chili cooking in the slow cooker all day.”
My stomach chose that moment to growl…loudly.
“Would you like to share it with me?” she teased.
Was opening that door a good idea?
She shares her food, I share my aloe. We might as well be sleeping side by side.
The idea had my cock wanting to stir in my shorts.
