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Lance shakes his head and picks up some bottles. “Luce?”
“Cosmo, please.”
He starts to unscrew a bottle top. His eyes flick back to me. “And for Scarlet?”
The way he says my name sets off an explosion of fireworks in my gut. Thank God I didn’t take my makeup off already; it’s putting in a shift for my cheeks right now. “Umm… uh… Aperol spritz?”
“Oh, can I get a splash of prosecco in mine!”
I chuckle. “It’s not a virgin if you add prosecco, Megs.”
“No, it’s not a virgin if you add cock, and there’s no cock and balls going into it. We’re all good.”
“Jesus,” Lance mutters, pouring Lucy’s Cosmo. I wait for his smile, his lip slightly turning up at the corner, but it’s as far as it goes.
I’d give anything for that smile. Just to know that he’s okay.
To know that I didn’t hurt him as bad as I think I did.
“Megan’s trying to hold on to her virgin cocktail like Nina is her ass card on a Tuesday.” Luce sips her full drink as Megan snorts out a laugh.
I shake the thoughts from my head and chuckle with them.
“Ass card?” Lance frowns, confused. “Like…”
“Like cock and balls in the ass on a Tuesday, Lance,” Megan confirms. “I don’t recommend it.”
She looks at me, her eyes saying sorry before her mouth can. “Sometimes I wonder what you must think of me, Scarlet. Nina’s terrified we’re corrupting your innocence.”
Lance sniggers and my body flushes with heat.
Our eyes meet as he adds the soda to the drinks, and then he lifts them onto the counter. Megan reaches for hers, moaning and telling the whole plane how good it is before insisting Luce try it.
My eyes are still stuck on Lance, though, following him as he steps around the bar and heads for his seat at the back of the plane, where he stays for the entirety of the flight.
We decided to all stay in one lodge while we’re on the island. The Montgomerys’ lodge is a little further down the coastal path, and although it would make sense to split the group and take a room each, we decided we could rearrange the beds to make it work.
Megan, Lucy and I are sharing the main bedroom. Nina and Mase have a room to themselves, and then Lance, Elliot and Charlie have their own rooms.
“Scarlet, how is this your life?” I follow Megan out onto the balcony with a gentle smile on my face, loving how the warm sea breeze rolls over the cliff tops and whips through my hair.
“We don’t come out here much anymore. Mase uses it with the guys yearly. I haven’t been in a while.”
“You used to come with your parents?”
“We came together once, but I don’t remember it. I was a tiny baby, and my mum was sick. We came here a lot with Frey and Glen growing up.”
“It’s beautiful,” Lucy tells me, stepping up beside me and peering over the railing. The firepit is directly below our room to the right of the pool.
“It’s good to be back. You girls are going to love it here.”
“What time did Mase say we were meeting for dinner?” Megan asks.
“Eight.” I smile.
“Can we go for a swim in the pool?”
“You don’t need to ask, Megs. Anything you want to do, just do it.”
