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“That, Mr. Heart, is blackmail. It’s against the law in all fifty states,” Reanna reminded him. “If I had my cuffs on me, I might have to detain you for—”
“Oh, I like the sound of that.”
“Detain?” she asked.
He chuckled. “Cuffs. Maybe you can borrow a set from the San Diego police department and we can try them out on the flight back.”
“You’d let me handcuff you? I have a hard time believing that.”
“Why is that?” he asked.
“Because you don’t seem like the type of man who relinquishes control,” she stated.
He leaned over and said, “I believe when I let you pour chocolate fudge down my chest and lick it off, that was relinquishing control.”
Reanna laughed. “Are you forgetting that you flipped me on my back, and proceeded to do the same with the ice cream?”
“Oh yeah. I guess you’re right. So maybe we put the cuffs on you,” Jerry suggested.
“Me?”
“Yes. Saves time and it’ll be more fun,” he added.
“Fun for who?” she asked. “I’m not fond of being restrained either.”
“Then I guess you’ll just have to agree to the beach without any consequences for me.”
“I’ll go with you to the beach, but only because you were kind enough to fly me three thousand miles for nothing. I won’t even hate you if a shark does bite off my pinky toe.”
“I’ll kiss it better if he does,” he smiled then got up. “Now let’s hit the beach before anyone else gets there.”
“We are really going to walk the beach in the dark. It doesn’t sound smart.” Or safe.
He took her hand and said, “I’m sure you’ll protect me.”
Reanna glared at him. “You’re laughing at me again aren’t you?”
Jerry nodded. “Sorry. I’ve had you quivering in my arms and moaning with pleasure. You’ll always be my delicate flower to me,” he said.
Your flower? He was sending some serious mixed signals. Friends. Lovers. Have to be in Boston, and yet here with her. Why? Did he have a girlfriend and she was the one on the side? Shit. I never even asked. It was a bit late to do so. And if he did, wouldn’t Shanda have told her? Then again, how would Shanda know, she was just marrying into the family. This was all new to her as well.
This was something she needed to talk to him about. Clear up what was going on between them. Of course this might not be the moment for that. Definitely when we get back.
“Hope the water is warm,” she said.
“Why am I getting the feeling you’re not fond of the ocean.”
“I’m not,” she said flatly.
“You live in the ocean state,” Jerry commented.
“And I saw enough shark movies as a kid too. They never end well. I’m not about to make national news because I was eaten alive,” she stated firmly.
“You do know I said we were only putting in our feet right?” he asked.
“And you obviously haven’t watched enough movies to know that sometimes that’s all it takes.” She noticed him biting back any more comments, but she also saw the smirk. Let him laugh, but I’m the one going home with all ten toes.
When they got back to the Heart Jet, Reanna finally relaxed. There was no way she was going to admit she’d been scared the entire time on the beach. It was an irrational fear, and she understood that, but it didn’t make it any less real. What Jerry didn’t know was sharks were only one of them.
