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He stared at me incredulously for a second, and then his lips curved into a smile, and suddenly, we were both laughing. Yeah, okay, that was a ridiculously stupid question.
“I kissed you for one reason only—to shut you up, you fucking brat,” he murmured, still smiling at me. “And it worked.”
“Still feel like making me shut up?” What the fuck was I saying?
“Do you want me to shut you up?”
“N—no. I—I don’t.” I was so confused.
His expression shuttered, and I couldn’t get a read on him. “I don’t, either. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
“Neither of us were thinking. It’s probably the weather or the mosquitos or something.” Backing away from him, water sloshing around me, I shook my head. We needed to take our minds off this confusing, weird set of events that had transpired today. “Race you to the waterfall.”
Before he could respond, I dived under the water. There was no way I was going to let him win.
* * *
By the time we made it back to the recovery centre, my stomach was protesting at the lack of food. Luckily, our clothes were more or less dry, so for the second of our two daily forced activities, I suggested grabbing some food in the restaurant. We ate in silence for the most part, and when we did speak, we kept to safe topics. The weather. How annoying mosquitos were. What the best exercises were for getting more defined abs.
It was…surprisingly okay. Things still weren’t comfortable between us, and we still loathed each other, but for us to even be able to eat in the same room without tearing each other’s heads off would have been unheard of before today. Maybe Flora did have a point.
When we got back to the villa, it was fully dark. Opening the doors onto the deck, I switched on the infinity pool and deck lights, leaving the lights inside the villa off. Kicking off my trainers and peeling off my T-shirt, I stood in the doorway for a moment, thinking, before I turned around.
“I’m gonna have a quick swim. Might be nice before bed. The extra exercise and fresh air’s good for making you feel sleepy.”
Theo gave me a short nod. “Have fun.”
What was I thinking? He wasn’t interested in spending any more time with me, and I’d had enough of him today, anyway. Stepping out onto the deck, I peeled off my swim shorts and then lowered myself into the illuminated pool, naked. The warm water rippled around me as I swam to the far side, hooking my arms over the infinity edge and staring out into the darkness.
There was a splash behind me. I smiled.
“Flora wants us to share some things we’ve learned about each other.” Theo’s voice was hushed in the night. “Shall I tell her that I found out you’re a bit of an exhibitionist? First last night, and now this?”
I turned around, watching as he swam towards me. My gaze dipped lower, into the rippling water. “I could tell her the same thing about you.”
When our eyes met again, his were blazing with blue fire, burning me alive. He planted his hands on the lip of the pool on either side of me, leaning in. “Why do you love the attention so much, Jordan?”
“Are you really a prude, Theo?” I countered, angling my hips forwards. Just to see if my suspicions were correct. “Or is that aloof, stuck-up persona a front?”
He didn’t answer me, but I could feel the proof against my thigh. Strangely, I wasn’t scared. More…intrigued. Theo Lewin was hard because ofme. What that meant, I didn’t know, and it was too big of a thought to wrap my head around. But what I did know was that it was very fucking flattering. Theo, if I looked at him objectively, was hot. Really, really fucking hot, if I tried to view him through the lens of a straight woman or, I dunno, someone that was attracted to men.
There was that coal-black hair and matching brows and lashes. Those light blue eyes that flashed with fire whenever I riled him up…and maybe when he was turned on. That fucking fit body, chiselled to perfection, and—and his big dick.
Fuck. Was it bigger than mine? That couldn’t be possible; he’d lord it over me forever.
“It seems as if you love the attention.” His head lowered, his nose brushing over the skin beneath my ear. I shivered involuntarily, my cock hard and aching. This had to be one of those sex-starved situations, right?
“It seems as if you love that I love the attention.”
“What?” He pulled back, arching a brow at me, and I curled my fingers around the back of his neck, stopping him from moving any further away.
“I don’t know. I—I…” I forgot how to form words.
What in the actual fucking fuck was happening?
“It’s fascinating.” Lifting his hand, he traced a finger across my lips, his gaze dark and hot. Pressing closer, he moved under the water, his erection sliding against my thigh. “How can I loathe you so much, and yet you have this effect on me? Why do you insist on fucking with me like this, Jordan?”
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