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“What? No! That’s not what I meant by—” I stop, realizing what she’s doing. I smile. “You’re good, Harper.”

She laughs. “If you don’t tell me anything, I have to assume that means it’s bad.” She sits back in her chair. “You sure you want to marry him? I mean, sex is a big part of your relationship and if it’s that bad—”

“It’s not bad!” I’m laughing, too, now. I look out at the ocean and just seeing Garret out there on his surfboard gets me all hot inside. I turn back to Harper who’s still waiting for a response. “It’s good, okay? It’s more than good. It’s amazing. Better than I could’ve ever imagined. That’s why we do it all the time. There. Are you happy now?”

“I knew it. You guys are too perfect.” She smiles as she says it.

“We’re not perfect. We’re just lucky we found each other. That’s all.”

We sit outside and talk until the guys come back an hour later.

“Ready to eat?” Sean asks Harper. He leans down to kiss her and all I can think about is the two of them together. Not the visual I want in my head. This is why I don’t talk to Harper about sex!

“Dinner’s on us tonight,” Garret says, standing behind me and rubbing my shoulders. It quickly wipes the Sean and Harper images from my head. “What do you guy’s want?”

We decide on Chinese food and Garret and I head back to our place.

“Can you call in the order?” Garret asks. “I’m going to take a quick shower.”

“Yeah, okay.” I order the food, then go upstairs to our room. He’s in the shower and the earlier sex talk I had with Harper has got me all worked up. I strip my clothes off and meet him in there.

“I thought I should rinse off,” I tell him. “You know, from being on the plane earlier. Those things are filthy.”

He smiles. “Then let’s get you cleaned up.” He takes some soap from the bottle and starts lathering me up, taking his time with certain spots while we kiss. “You know, you could’ve showered earlier. I was gone for over an hour.”

I kiss his chest. “It’s way more fun with you.”

“It is, isn’t it?”

I look up to see his cocky smile and it gets me even more turned on. He lifts me up and pins me against the wall for a quick round of shower sex before the takeout guy arrives.

“Garret, do you think we have a good sex life?” I ask him as we get dressed.

“Yeah, why?” He looks concerned. “Are you thinking we don’t?”

“No, that’s not what I’m saying. I just wondered if maybe you were getting bored and wanting to try something new.”

He comes over and kisses me. “Our sex life is great. I have no complaints.” He stands back a little and smiles. “But I’m always up for something new. You have something in mind you’d like to try?”

“No. It was just a question.”

He’s still smiling as he crosses his arms over his chest, staring at me and looking like he’s thinking. “You know, you’re right. We should mix it up a little. I’ve got some ideas. We’ll try them later.”

“What? No. Really. I’m fine with everything as is. We have a good sex life. We don’t need to try anything new.”

He shakes his head. “Sorry, Jade, but ‘good’ is not at all how I want you to describe our sex life. It’s gotta be better than good. It needs to be incredible. Amazing. Mind-blowing.”

“It’s already all those things. I just didn’t—”

“If it was, you would’ve said that before.” He gives me a quick kiss. “I’m glad you brought this up. I’ve been slacking off in this area. Doing the same old thing. But no more. I’m gonna get to work on this. We’ll be married soon and there’s no way my wife is using ‘good’ to describe our sex life.”

“But, Garret, I didn’t mean—”

The doorbell rings. “That’s our food.” He lets me go and takes off.

I did not at all intend for him to take that question about our sex life as a challenge. But I should’ve known he would. The guy loves a challenge.

CHAPTERTHIRTEEN

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