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Going back up wasn’t an option, and straight below me was a harsh drop-off that would certainly end in a broken leg or two.
I hugged my knees and clutched the grass, trying to figure out how to get myself out of yet another mess I’d thrown myself into. From around a fallen tree, voices floated up. I ducked behind the tall grasses.
Clambering over the trunk of the tree, little Penny came into view. My heartbeat ticked faster as I looked for her dad.
Then I heard his deep, commanding voice before I saw him. “Just be careful, Pickle.”
I hid lower, praying they would just walk by and I wouldn’t have to admit that I’d gotten myself stranded on the side of a sand dune that was determined to kill me.
Wyatt had on dark sunglasses and a pair of swim trunks that did nothing to hide his ridiculous body. His languid movements came into view, and my breath hitched. His hair was tousled and lifted in the breeze. He was so much more thancute—he was absolutely, ridiculously gorgeous. His brother Lee walked beside him, and the pretty redhead from the book club—Annie, I remembered—bent to look at something Penny had found in the sand.
My thighs burned from crouching, and the heat from the sand was starting to become unbearable.
“Please keep walking. Just leave,” I whispered to myself.
It was a quiet stretch of beach, but I hoped none of them would spot my bag or look up and see my helpless and stupid self, clinging to dear life on the grass.
I’d rather die.
The group moved closer and I closed my eyes. Maybe if I pretended to be invisible, they’d just keep walking and I could succumb to my death in peace.
“Planning to stay up there all day?”
My eyes opened to see Wyatt directly below me, his hands on his hips and a frown across his stupid face. He looked like a cranky dad—Penny’s incredibly hot, cranky dad, actually.
“I’m fine.” The fake cheeriness I tried to infuse in my voice sounded crazed in my ears.
“Looks to me like you’re fucked.”
I adjusted my feet, and more sand trickled over the cliff. Wyatt sidestepped the curtain of debris that fell and let loose a heavy, annoyed sigh.
He held up his arms. “Come on.”
“What?” I stared down at him as I clutched the grasses that were the only things keeping me from falling off the dune.
Wyatt flicked his wrist. “I said come on. I’ll catch you.”
I shook my head. “No way.”
He lifted a shoulder. “Fine. Break a leg. Just don’t come hobbling over for help or you’ll scare my kid.” He turned away.
“Stop!” More sand shifted below me, and panic started to set in. “Okay, fine. Please.”
He turned, and a ghost of a smirk crossed his face. “Come on then.”
I stared down at him. If I continued forward, Wyatt could reach up and pull me down, but my boobs would be right in his face. If I turned around, he would get a face full of my ass. Indecision gnawed at me.
“What are you waiting for?”
I looked around and noticed we’d caught the attention of Lee, Annie, and Penny, who were now watching the whole scene play out.
Of fucking course we did.
“Give me a minute!” I tried to adjust my grip on the grass, and a small squeak escaped me.
“What are you doing? Just come down.”
I swallowed hard. The firm line of his lips was making my insides all gooey, and I couldn’t get the image of his large hands wrapping around me out of my stupid head. “Boobs or butt?”
