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“What’s life without a little risk? But let’s change the subject.Um.” I hesitate. “How does it feel being so far away from home?”
“Well, besides having to dress like Adam Sandler?” She points at her outfit.
The comparison gets a laugh out of me. Lily’s wearing one of my clean tees, a pair of basketball shorts, tall white socks, her combat boots, and a New York Yankees baseball cap. It’s entirely too adorable and strangely sexy.
Despite her somewhat boyish attire, every tourist and local with a pulse stared at her the entire journey over here.Strangers gawking has already left me irritable on more than one occasion. If this is how possessive I feel from one kiss, maybe taking this trip togetherwasa bad idea.
“Honestly,” she continues, “I’m not sure if it’s hit me just yet. One minute we’re in New York, drinking all the top-shelf liquor at the Mademoiselle. Then we’re in San Francisco and my best friend is suddenly someone’s wife, and now we’re here, across the world. Is this what your life feels like all the time?”
“Yes.” I swallow away the dryness in my throat. “I live for waking up in different beds, in different cities, never having to live through the same day over and over.”
Her head tilts. “And the mornings where you wake up and don’t know where you are?”
“Never been a problem.”
She shrugs. “I guess you can’t beat a king-sized mattress overlooking the ocean.”
Or the fact that Lily Rodin is sleeping a few feet away from me for the next month.
“You’re five-six, Lil. Why would you need so much space to begin with?”
“More room for extracurriculars.”
“Is that what they’re teaching in college nowadays?” I nudge her slightly.
Lily gives me a mischievous look. “It seems to be my most-attended lecture.”
“Safe to assume you’re still perpetually single?”
A playful smirk eclipses her lips. “Interesting follow-up question.”
“Trying to stay distracted, remember?”And find out if you’re actually available or if I’m way over my head.
It’s got to be the latter.
“Of course I’m single, Nico.”
“Not of course. You’re like a modern-day Morticia Addams mixed with Brigitte Bardot.” The comparisons do her effortless sex appeal absolutely no justice. Lily Rodin is in a league of her own.
“You’re forgetting about the generous sprinkle of suburban dad.” She winks and tugs at my basketball shorts around her waist.
I want to kiss her again so fucking badly. Just to see what would happen if there weren’t any interruptions.
I don’t blame my brother for trying to keep us apart for the last two years because there’s definitelysomethingbetween Lily and me. Likely a buildup of sexual tension that we both need to release, but regardless of what this might be, I need to explore it.
Exploreher.
We’re both adults who like to have casual sex. We could manage a no-strings-attached situation. But if the kiss between us is any indicator of how we’d be in bed, then I’m not sure a summer fling would satiate my craving for her.
“I’m surprised people don’t just throw themselves at you,” I muse.
“Oh, they do.” Her mouth quirks into a smile, but it deflates almost instantly. “But dating’s been exhausting lately. Some days, I want to fuck, load up on snacks and bowls of ramen, then spend the evening rolling around in bed without any of the awkwardness. Plain and simple.”
My kind of woman.
“We can start right now.” I grab her wrist and pretend to descend the stairs in the direction of our hotel.
Lily plants her feet firmly, yanking me back to her.
