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“Is he all right?” she asked Jack.
“I’m not sure. At his advanced age, it is a bit of a worry.”
“I can hear you both.” He pointed at Maggie. “You are in big trouble. You are not ever to float on the bottom of the pool like that again, understand me? It’s dangerous.”
“Remember, he growls because he cares,” Jack murmured, rubbing the towel over her.
He wasn’t helping the heat building in her body again. She shivered.
“All right. I promise.”
“Do you know what could happen? What if you started to get into trouble? I’m not scolding you just to hear my own voice.”
She was pretty sure he loved the sound of his own voice.
“I won’t do it again, Ian,” she told him.
“If you hold your breath too long, you could pass out. Do you think I like lecturing you?”
Um. Yes. It seemed like his favorite pastime. Maybe she should introduce him to golf? Or darts? He really needed a better hobby.
“Yes,” Jack muttered.
She stepped toward Ian and put her hands on his chest. He immediately stilled and stopped blustering. Maybe this is how she stopped him from lecturing her from now on.
Right. Because you’ll get so many opportunities to put your hands on his bare chest.
Shame. It was a really nice chest. Firm and strong. Manly.
There was even a light smattering of hair.
Sexy. She could imagine how safe she’d feel being wrapped up in Ian’s arms. She might even be able to get a full night’s sleep.
“Maggie? Little one, are you all right?” Ian asked.
“Of course. Why wouldn’t I be?”
Jack moved in behind her, making her shiver as his heat hit her back. Without her permission, her head dropped back to rest on his shoulder.
“You seem a bit spacey, baby girl,” Jack murmured in her ear. “You’re supposed to be relaxing, remember? Not stressing.”
“I feel pretty relaxed right now,” she said. In fact, she felt like she was floating.
“Don’t do that again,” Ian told her, his hands going to her hips.
“I won’t, I promise. I didn’t mean to worry you. I’m sorry.”
“I like you like this,” Ian told her.
“What? When I agree with you?” She grinned as Jack let out a small laugh.
Ian smiled. “Yeah. Definitely that. But I also like you between us. Soft and sweet. There are so many things we could do to you like this.”
“I want that.” The words came out of her unbidden.
But they were the truth. She wanted to be between them. To see what they could do to her.
Uncle Willy wouldn’t be back for a few hours. She hoped he was all right.
