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I winked. “It’s my room number. Stop by whenever you’d like, and I’m happy to show you what’s underneath anything I’m wearing.”
CHAPTER 8
Nora
“WELL, WELL, WELL.”I slid my sunglasses to the edge of my nose to get a better look at the man approaching my beach chair. “Whadda you know? The suit owns a pair of shorts. I never would have guessed.”
Beck’s lip twitched. “I just bought them at the gift shop. The only shorts I own are for running.”
“What do you wear when you go to the beach?”
He raised a brow. “The beach?”
“Oh my gosh. When was the last time you were at a beach?”
Beck put his hands on his hips and looked out to the ocean. “Not sure. A long time ago.”
“You don’t know what you’re missing.”
This time Beck pushed his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose. His eyes dropped down to my body and slowly skimmed their way from my toes to my neck, lingering at my breasts for a while, before he pushed his glasses back up using one finger. “It might’ve been easier if I didn’t.”
I smiled. “Finish all your work?”
“The critical things.” He looked around. “Where’s my grandmother?”
I pointed down the beach. “She’s taking a calypso dance lesson.”
He nodded. “Sounds about right. Mind if I sit?”
“Are you going to take off that T-shirt?”
“It’s hot. I was planning on it. Is that a problem?”
“Nope.” I motioned to his torso. “Go ahead. Just do it before you sit so I get a good look. What’s fair is fair.”
Beck chuckled. But he also reached back to the collar of his T-shirt and yanked it over his head.
Oh my.Damn, he was pretty all over. Tanned skin, bulging biceps, washboard abs, a V that made my mouth water, and pecs I had the craziest urge to lick. He held his arms out. “Well?”
I downplayed my approval. “Not bad.”
He grinned and suddenly his pecs were dancing, the muscles bouncing at a rapid speed.
I covered my mouth. “Oh my God. You’re one ofthoseguys.”
Beck laughed. “Actually, I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off anymore. I haven’t done that since I was sixteen. I taught myself in an attempt to get my buddy’s older sister to notice me.”
“Did it work?”
“She was twenty-three and dating a guy in med school. I was getting my how-to-attract-women advice from Ronnie onJersey Shore. What do you think?”
I chuckled.
Beck sat down in Louise’s lounge chair next to me. His eyes dropped to my cleavage, and his face changed, so I knew he’d noticed my scar. When his eyes rose, I could see he was deliberating mentioning it, so I saved him the struggle.
“I had heart surgery a few years back.”
“Your ex mentioned something about that. When I told him about my grandmother and the reason for the trip, he said it made sense considering the health scare you’d had. Could I ask why you needed surgery?”
