Page 14 of Break: Vol. 2

“Can you text on a cruise ship?” Cody asked.

Darren shrugged. “I’ve got wifi so why not?”

The rest of us finished out our tabs which were conveniently taken care of since our suite had come with all access wristbands to the bars. Apparently, we could get up to fifteen drinks a day without paying. I was sure they must have cost a pretty penny—for which Dex probably provided—but I was already too tipsy to care.

“I’m hungry,” I announced.

“We’re going to dinner,” Darren said. “Dex said he’s at a restaurant called Cordelia’s.”

“Sounds fancy,” I commented.

“It probably is,” Cody said, wrapping his arm around my waist as he led me towards the elevators.

“Should we get changed?”

“Do you want to get changed?”

I debated as Taylor ambled ahead to get to the elevator button and by the time we stepped inside, I had decided. “Nope,” I announced with a pop to my ‘p.’ “I’m too fucking hungry to care if we show up like animals to Dex’s mom’s fancy restaurant.”

“Dex’s mom’s restaurant?” Darren leaned forward as we slowly ascended back to the main floors.

I wavered back and forth as we moved, my hand coming out to grasp onto Cody’s strong arm. He was such a gentleman, always helping me around.I really should have been rewarding him more often, I thought.

“I don’t know about that look guys,” Darren said, eyeing me.

“Look?” I parroted. “What look? I don’t have a look. This is my normal look.”

He smirked. “Uh huh.”

Cody looked down and I sighed as he settled me comfortably against him. “It’s the prettiest look in the room,” he said.

I leaned up and kissed him. I would have liked to do a hell of a lot more than that, but the elevator doors were already opening.

“He only said that because you were the only chick in the room,” Taylor said with a laugh.

I turned and slapped his stomach. Then when he merely chuckled and walked by, blowing me a kiss in his lazy, carefree, manner, I slowly pulled my hand back to my side and rubbed the soreness from it.Damn rock hard abs. Abs of steel. Abdomen of pain.

“How many drinks have you had?” Cody asked.

“None,” I said immediately. “I mean one. Two? I don’t know, why?”

“Because you were just muttering about abs of steel.”

“I was?”

“You were.”

I nodded. “Interesting.”

“Is it?” Cody’s cheeks were flushed with amusement as he led us after the other two. “I’ll have to take your word for it.”

“Jamie!” My head jerked up as Dex’s voice carried across the crowd. He stood outside the restaurant entrance with his hand in the air. We headed straight for him and Cody unloaded me at his feet.

“Dex!” I swung my arms up and went to my tiptoes as I smacked a kiss right on his lips. “I missed you!”

“Jesus, how much have you had to drink?” Dex’s eyes darkened as he shot the other guys a look.

“She’s fine,” Darren assured him.

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