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“Yes, ma’am.” He grinned at her. “Okay if I join you?”
She pretended to consider. “Will you rub suntan lotion on my back and fetch iced tea when I require it?”
“Absolutely.”
“Okay. Let’s go.” She started toward him, wrapping the towel around her waist. “I take it you need to talk?”
“Might be a good idea.”
“For everyone up here.” As they fell into step she gave his arm a sympathetic squeeze. “Don’t worry, I’ll be the easiest. Go put on a suit, I’ll meet you at the beach.”
He changed into his bathing suit and joined Sandra, settling beside her near the water. She had a point about the beach today. The temperature was perfect, the sun’s heat tempered by a steady breeze that also kept away insects.
“First, my lover.” She held out the lotion. “We must always use protection.”
He spread the cream onto her back, keeping his touch impersonal without any effort. His head was so full of Allie that he wasn’t tuned into Sandra’s body the way he usually was. It was quite a body, too?narrow waist, flat stomach, full breasts and curving hips. A real woman’s body, one he’d enjoyed a lot. But the sight of Allie, hazel eyes shining, cheeks flushed, standing proudly, her nakedness barely hidden by material so transparent it didn’t seem possible it could hold together, had taken over his brain in an all-out assault. The combination of sexuality and sweetness had nearly undone him. He had no idea how he’d managed to get through lunch.
Luckily, his brain had enough sense left in it to realize that if he wanted her...no, that wasn’t the question. He wanted her so badly he’d been half-erect for the last two hours. But before he acted, there were two people he cared about deeply who’d need to be okay with him and Allie getting together.
“So.” He took off his shirt and started spreading lotion on himself. “Talk time.”
“Yes, it’s okay with me if you and Allie screw like possessed bunnies.” She lay back on her towel and exhaled blissfully. “God, it’s fabulous out. Why in hell haven’t you brought me up here before this?”
He recovered from his surprise. “That’s it?”
“What’s it?”
“Come on, Sandra.”
“What do you want me to say? No, no, please don’t be with her, I couldn’t bear it, my heart would shatter into a million—”
“Sure, why not?” As usual she’d nailed him. Sandra didn’t tolerate male ego. Or female, but that didn’t apply to him so he didn’t care. Since that intolerance was one of the things he respected about her, he’d better not get pissed off about it now that it was directed at him.
“Dream on.” She reached over and smacked his arm. “You know how I feel about you. I adore you. And I know we both talked about things working out ultimately between us. But in the meantime, we both have full license to try to find someone more suitable. So you need to do what you need to do.”
“It won’t bother you?”
She turned to him, lowering her sunglasses and peering at him over their bright red frames. “Would it bother you if our situations were reversed and you thought I had a real chance to be happy?”
He narrowed his eyes, turning that one over, remembering her face inches from Erik’s. “Well...no. But I wouldn’t want to watch.”
“Exactly.” Sandra pushed her glasses back up. “I will not suffer, I promise you that. Your happiness is important to me. And Allie seems fabulous. Okay? Are we good now?”
He leaned over and kissed her cocoa-buttery cheek. “We are good.”
“Next item.”
“Yeah.” Jonas settled back onto the sand. “Erik.”
“Mmm, you leave him to me.”
He gave a startled laugh. “What do you mean?”
“I have plans for Erik.”
A queasy feeling started in Jonas’s stomach. “What kind of plans?”
“Plans that will make him forget he ever wanted your Allie.”
He felt a sting of jealousy. “Jeez, Sandra, you’re going to sleep with my brother?”
“No one’s asking you to watch.” She repositioned her head, smiling smugly. “Maybe yes, maybe no. But I’m definitely going to make him desperate to sleep with me.”
“How are you going to—” He shook his head, trying to process the concept of Sandra going after his brother. “Never mind, I don’t want to know.”
“Smart boy.”
“But I do want to know one thing.”
“Mmm?” She turned her face more directly toward the sun.
