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And she noticed the way Janelle was stealing glances at her figure, too. She had a pretty sound guess as to why Janelle had never settled down with a man—and she was sure it was the same reason as hers.
Her musings were quickly interrupted by Janelle’s flashy smile. “You laughed! I’m so glad. Does that mean you’ve decided to like me?”
“I don’t think I have a choice,” Kayla said, feeling only a little defeated. “We’re so much alike, it would be a shame if we didn’t hang out.”
Before Janelle had a chance to reply, Kayla took some decisive action. She had to find out if her hunch about the other woman was right, and if it was, she was definitely going to enjoy her time here. She sat up on the edge of her lounge chair and whipped off her cover-up in one fluid motion.
“I think I need a dip. How about you?” she asked.
Janelle was having a hard time keeping her eyes from wandering. She was taking in every curve of Kayla’s figure, letting her gaze fall first to her chest, then to her shapely hips, and back up her belly before making eye contact once again.
Her brown eyes were wide and a faint flush was touching her cheeks. She was clearly embarrassed by that visual undressing.
“I think I’ll just stay here,” she said sheepishly. “And watch.”
“Suit yourself,” said Kayla.
She went slowly over to the edge of the pool, taking care to shake her hips just enough when she walked so that it would look natural.
She could feel Janelle’s gaze burning into her, and she smiled confidently to herself. It was clear that she and Janelle had more in common than she had at first realized.
She bent to hop into the water, and as soon as she plunged neck-deep into the pool, she felt all of her worries wash away. It was hard to be concerned with anything while floating serenely in a sun-warmed pool in the tropics.
So what if she had to go back home in two weeks? That was a lot of time to have fun, and to loosen up a little bit, too. And now that she was sure that Janelle was into her, she knew things were about to get a lot more interesting.
CHAPTER THREE
Her mother had been trying to push her toward finding a man, but Kayla had been secretly trying to find a woman for herself for over a year.
Ever since she had finally admitted to herself that the reason she was so uninterested in dating was because she wasn’t looking for the right gender, she had been leaving her hometown every Saturday night and traveling almost sixty miles away to try to meet women at a popular LGBT bar in the city.
So far, she hadn’t succeeded in anything more than two one-night stands. They had both been with nice women, but her own nerves had prevented her from ever calling either of them again.
But here, in the Bahamas, so far away from her disapproving family and concerns of her coworkers finding out, Kayla felt like she might finally have a chance at cultivating a little something more.
Janelle wasn’t exactly her type, but in the afternoon that they had spent together, she had come to realize that there was something undeniably intriguing about the other woman.
Floating on her back in the pool, eyes closed against the bright sunlight, Kayla could think of no one else that she would rather spend her little holiday with than this sassy new friend of hers.
“Hey!” Janelle called from the side of the pool, once again breaking into Kayla’s thoughts.
She righted herself in the water and opened her eyes. “What?”
“Come to dinner with me tonight,” Janelle called to her. “Meet me at the sushi place at seven. You like sushi?”
“I love sushi,” said Kayla.
“Good. Because you don’t have a choice.” Janelle showed off her smile again. “I’ll be waiting.”
Kayla didn’t want to protest. She just nodded, with a smile of her own, and watched Janelle stroll away from the pool.
CHAPTER FOUR
It had never occurred to Kayla how sexy sushi could be until she was seated across from Janelle at one of the dark wood tables inside the dimly lit restaurant.
As a matter of fact, she had always thought of it as one of the most unpleasant foods to watch someone else eat.
Shoving a whole slice of a sushi roll into her mouth never felt very attractive from her end, either. But something about the way Janelle ate sushi was all at once endearing and hot.
