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I blushed at her comment as I glanced at Alec, then we lifted our two shot glasses and clinked them together before lifting them to the screen where Iris held her wine glass. I tossed the shot down my throat and spat as it burned its way down until it made a warm pool in my stomach.
“Ack! Gross!”
“My swig of wine was delicious, but I really want that tequila.” Iris frowned.
“Well, I enjoyed it for you.” Alex grinned.
“Okay, first-round down. Now, I have a question for you, Alec,” Iris said.
He leaned on the bar. “Okay, shoot.”
“Are you good in bed?” she asked flatly.
His eyebrows shot to his hairline. “What?”
“Iris!” I scolded and spun the phone away. “Oh my God, Iris! What the hell?”
“Oh, come on, Ivy! The best way to get over a man is to get under another one. Take our hot friend Alec here for a spin tonight to shake off the stench of that cheating asshole, and then he can tell you if you’re bad in bed. Kill two birds with one stone!”
My jaw nearly dropped to the bar as I looked up at Alec and turned to what I assumed was a lovely shade of purple.
“Iris!” I shrieked.
She grinned into the camera and waggled her eyebrows. “Why not? You’re on vacay, you’re single, and you’re hot hothot,so I know Alec must be attracted to you. Isn’t she beautiful, Alec?”
I could barely look at him as he answered. “Yes. She’s incredibly beautiful, and as much as I’d love to be the man to get under her while she gets over him, I think my girlfriend would wholeheartedly object.”
“Ah, damn it.” Iris swung her fist through the air. “A girlfriend. Guess I should have asked that first. And hey, good man, Alec. Way to not be a slimy ass like Jimmy. Stay true to your girl.” She held her fist out to the screen, and he gave it a bump.
“You shouldn’t have askedanyof this in the first place! I am mortified.” I grabbed my margarita and took a healthy swig.
“Oh, come on, sis. It’s exactly what I would do if the situation were reversed. I’d go find the hottest dude on the isles and use him to rid myself of all the bad Jimmy juju.”
I snorted. “Yes. I know you would. But I’m not you. I don’t do one-night stands.”
She twisted her lips into a playful pout. “Yeah. And which one of us is having more fun?”
“Um, don’t go home with strangers is like rule number one. Literally what has been drilled into our heads since we were kids. Don’t talk to strangers, don’t get in cars with strangers, don’t go home with strangers, and definitely don’tsleepwith strangers! Jeez. They could be a serial killer!”
“Okay, don’t go home with strangers was valid when we were kids, but you’re a grown-ass woman now. And grown-ass women have needs... needs that are often best satisfied by taking a tumble with some sexy stranger you’ll never see again.” She waggled her eyebrows.
“Don’t go home with strangers. Rule number one. It worked as kids, and it still works now.”
She rolled her eyes. “You and your damn rules. Time to toss those babies out the window and go have some fun. Just make sure you don’t pick a serial killer, and all will be well and fine. Easy peasy.”
“I’m not going to just go screw some random stranger—a random stranger I have tohopeisn’t a serial killer. I bet the girls who went home with serial killers and got serial killed wish they would have followed rule number one. Don’t go home with strangers.”
“Don’t knock it ‘til you try it. A one-night stand can be incredibly liberating. I would know. I’ve had plenty.”
Iris grinned a smile that would make the Cheshire cat blush. Much of what Iris did would make just about anyone blush. She was completely fearless in her life choices, and she never apologized for any of her wild decisions. I envied her, honestly. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to just follow my heart and my gut wherever it led. Kiss who I pleased, go where I pleased, and do whatever, and in this case, whoever I pleased. Iris was a force to be reckoned with, but I wasn’t.
I was Ivy. The good sister. The responsible sister. The sister who followed all the rules and did things by the book. And the book would never tell me to grab some hot island hunk and drag him to bed to make myself feel better. In my book, sex only happened after dating and deciding that there was real relationship potential. Like I’d done with Jimmy.
MarriedJimmy.
Ugh.
Maybe my lengthy list of life rules wasn’t so great, considering I’d ended up as the other woman in a horrific love triangle. “You know that I think that your ability to be free and loose and have all the wild sex you want is enviable, but I don’t have it in me, Iris.”
