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“Christ, Simon.” Eric bit his lip, his hips pumping deep inside Charli’s sex. Suddenly there were too many sensations, too much pleasure, and Charli felt her body catch fire and burn like a newborn star.
“She’s coming. You’re squeezing my cock like a fucking fist, baby.”
“I can’t wait anymore.”
“Charli, babe.”
It was amazing. She could feel them all coming against her, in her. Together. Her body was alive in a way she’d never experienced before. Climbing, white water rapids, nothing came close to this exhilaration. Every nerve ending was tingling, her blood pumping through her veins. Alive. And hopelessly in love.
But with who?
“Wow. There is no way I can compete with that. You two have my vote for winning.”
“Tim.”
“Well, they do.”
Charli tried to hide her body, blushing furiously as the magical bubble burst around her and she realized where they were. Outside. In public. A public that had apparently stopped having sex themselves to watch them.
“You’re a jackass. Anyone ever tell you that?” Rafael went to stand in front of her, Simon and Eric spreading out to surround her on all sides so she could get dressed.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know she was shy. I mean, the four of you were—”
“If you don’t shut your mouth, I may have to shut it for you.” Simon’s growl was menacing. Charli pulled her shorts on with trembling hands, grabbing her tank top and patting Simon’s back at the same time.
“Calm down. We weren’t hiding or anything. It’s fine. It’s over anyway.” Simon tensed beneath her hand, as if sensing her train of thought. She was a wreck. She just needed a moment to breathe. To be alone.
“I’m going to go, freshen up, okay? I’ll be back.” She ducked under Eric’s arm, eluding Simon and racing around the corner.
“Charli!”
She refused to look back, diving headfirst into a waiting Florenz. Shelly was right beside him, and they both looked a little mussed, as if they’d been participating in the last challenge themselves. “You okay, Charli? We heard what happened, couldn’t help but hear. I’m sorry if one of the other racers embarrassed you.”
“It isn’t that. I think my experiment with the wild side just got a little too…wild. Could you get me a cab? Alone?”
Her guides shared a look over her head, and Florenz disappeared around the corner. “Of course. Florenz will go see to the others, and I’ll get you back to the ship.” Charli let herself be guided by the now-subdued young cheerleader, wondering where she was running. Aunt Kelly? Connie?
The people she’d always gone to for advice were the very ones she couldn’t face right now. If she’d been with other men, maybe. Maybe then she’d tell them that what she experienced tonight had shattered her. Changed her. Made her want something she’d realized she could never have. And that plain and simple truth had transformed her world forever.
How could she live and work, day in and day out, wanting and never having? Watching them move on, maybe Raf and Eric getting together, maybe Simon finding another curvy blonde, his usual favorite. And Charli. Alone and in love with her best friends. Friends. Plural. She laughed a little hysterically, and Shelly squeezed her hand.
“The cab is here.”
“Thanks.”
“Charli? Are you sure you’re all right?”
Charli slipped into the cab and tried to smile, but it came out like a sob. “No. I don’t think I am.”
It took less time than she imagined it would to get on board and talk to the purser. She was on her way to the airport in less than an hour. Charli told herself it was luck that had her in the air and on her way to Denver before anyone came looking for her. She was happy they hadn’t come.
The stewardess handed her a complimentary tequila midway through the flight. Maybe she wanted to ensure that the other passengers stopped complaining about the woman who wept the entire flight home.
Chapter Six
“Damn it, Charli, if you don’t open up this door, and I mean now, I’m going to break the thing down.”
He wasn’t going to stop. She knew Simon too well. He’d shred her door to pieces, and she’d have to explain it to the super. She stomped over to it and flung it open. “Don’t you dare!”
