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“Ooh, yay,” Ruby replies sarcastically with a roll of her eyes, all sense of that laughter tucked far away.
“Some people have never been pampered, and it shows,” Eileen says as I step back, taking one last look at the photo before dropping my phone to the bed beside me.
I don’t understand the seed of disappointment that settles in my stomach. Where is Nick, and why didn’t he join Wyatt for the half-naked butler routine? This whole thing was his idea after all.
Grabbing a bikini from the drawer, I excuse myself and disappear into the bathroom, getting changed whilst they finish up. It didn’t make much sense when he suggested it, but there might be something to letting her in after all. I’ve seen more interest and happiness in Ruby in just the small hours she’s been here than I have in all our other interactions.
Eileen is packed up and gone when I come out, Ruby sitting awkwardly with her backpack in her lap.
Leaving my clothes on the vanity chair, I dig out a blue cover-up, sliding it over my side-tie bikini, the royal blue cover a gorgeous combination with the turquoise.
“Ivy, we’re heading down,” Tamsin says from the doorway. “I think Wyatt’s going to walk you down, is that okay?”
“Yeah, that’s great. Thanks, chick,” I reply. “I’m sure we won’t be long, Ruby just needs to get changed.”
“Don’t forget to bring towels,” she adds over her shoulder as she leaves, the rest of the girls already on their way.
I guess forgetting to turn the sauna and steam room on in the first place put Ruby and me behind. Oops.
“It’s all yours,” I offer, gesturing to the bathroom and stepping out of her way.
Clearing away our glasses, I carefully place them in the kitchen, Liselle and Amy mid-conversation in the living room as I make my way through. Wyatt appears from upstairs, clearly having the same thought as he places an empty bottle in the recycling.
“Thank you for this, you didn’t have to,” I say quietly, hoping to keep this conversation between us, despite the others in the room.
“What else would I be doing?” he replies. “Nothing as fun as this.”
Before I have a chance to reply, Ruby pokes her head out of my bedroom door, bag clasped to her chest.
“Two minutes,” I whisper, waving to get her attention. “You can leave that here, it’ll be safe in my room.”
Nervously, she looks towards Amy then back to me, and one of Eileen’s colleagues appears from the entranceway, massage table in hand.Good job those things fold down, they look heavy.
Ruby nods, disappearing back into my room as I pull a couple of towels from the stack Aimee left out in preparation and head towards the glass doors and our supposed relaxing afternoon. Ruby reappears, the black chiffon cover-up almost floor length and coming to her elbows. She’s got it tied as tightly as she can manage, but the see-through fabric doesn’t help her in that respect.
Her black high-waisted bikini bottoms almost meet the matching tankini, seemingly attempting to cover as much skin as physically possible. I get it, not everyone is comfortable in their own skin, it’s a work in progress.
“Let me just get some scissors,” I say, stopping us all in the doorway as something catches my eye.
“Here,” Wyatt says, pulling a pocket knife from his trouser pocket and opening it up.
I gesture to the tag, a blush creeping over Ruby’s cheeks. Whether that’s embarrassment at her brand new attire or the proximity of Wyatt and his exposed muscles, I’m not sure, but her voice is breathy when she asks, “So, which Devil are you?”
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NICK
“Leo says she’s fine, just looks a little shaken up,” Jacob says, placing his phone on the table as he grabs a drink. “But she’s otherwise totally fine.”
“He better keep his hands to himself,” I grumble, attempting to cover the relief that pours through my veins.
“I’m just surprised you let him go at all,” Taylor comments.
“Or Wyatt for that matter,” Oliver adds, fucking around between matches. “There’s no way I’d be letting them anywhere near my girl, especially not missing half their clothes.”
“Don’t trust her?” I ask with the cock of an eyebrow, turning back to the screen to adjust my loadout.
Of course I wanted to fuck up Wyatt’s face for scaring the shit out of her in the first place.
