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“Well, I did swim all the way out here. The least you could do is let me aboard.”
Water splashed all around us as Fox clumsily climbed into the raft, nearly sinking us when one side dipped and water started to fill the raft.
“Hey! I was sleeping, man!” Max shouted.
“Sorry about that,” Fox grinned, holding out his hand. “People call me Fox, but you can call me Lo.”
I rolled my eyes when Max shook his hand as if they were old chums. What a fucking joke.
“So, what’d I miss?” Fox asked, finally taking a seat.
“Well, just as you were about to attack us, Eli was professing his…” Kavanaugh frowned, looking over at me. “What exactly were you doing? Was that a declaration of love?”
“Nah, couldn’t be love,” IRIS said. “Trust me, I’ve seen a few love scenes from Jane’s novels. They’re more in-depth than that.”
“Jane writes mysteries,” Fox said in confusion.
“Yeah, but since she met me, I’ve convinced her to add some love stuff,” IRIS said, waggling his eyebrows.
“Sure,” IKE snorted. “You can believe it was you.”
“And I suppose you think you sparked her sudden interest in writing something a little more romantic.”
“Alright,” Red cut in. “Trust me, I’ve read her romance. It sucks. Now, if you want to know how to play this right, I could ask Zoe to give you some pointers.”
I glared at him, wondering why the hell he would think I would want to go to his woman for tips on how to tell a woman I loved her. If I even loved her, which I was pretty sure this was more of an infatuation.
“I think I got it, but thanks.”
He winced. “I don’t know. That whole thing about you protecting her? It was a little cheesy.”
“I actually told her thatyouwould protect her.” Geez, couldn’t he even get the details straight?
“Yeah, but you did say you were committing this great act for her. That, in and of itself, is you protecting her. Now, here’s how I see it,” he said, shifting in the raft. “Let’s say you’re with a woman—”
“Ooh, that’s me!” Sarah piped up, once again smiling.
“Right,” Red grinned. “And you’re about to save her life. Maybe try to look less constipated when you’re speaking.”
I caught IKE nodding out of the corner of my eye. “Yeah, you know you did have that look.”
“I did not,” I snapped.
“It was kind of that look like when you think you need to fart, but you might shit yourself instead,” IRIS added. “Definitely don’t want that look while you’re professing your love. Am I right?” he laughed.
“Dude,” Fox winked at me. “You were really going to tackle a shark for your lady friend? That is so…beautiful. They should write a musical about you.”
“Sarah,” I bit out. “Not lady friend.”
“Oh, right,” he said, standing and holding out his hand. “Nice to meet you.”
“You too. I liked your costume, by the way. Very convincing.”
I pinched the bridge of my nose, ready to lose my shit if someone didn’t come rescue us soon. It was bad enough that I had to sit on this raft with all these guys, but now Fox joined us. And that made my head snap up.
“Wait, how are you out here?”
“Seriously? I tracked you.”
