Page 32 of What Happens in Paradise

‘Did they just ask us to join them for some sort of orgy?’ Jasmine asked when we were out of earshot.

‘I think so.’ The corner of my mouth turned up.

‘Well, that’s a first!’ She laughed.

‘Perhaps for you.’ I smirked.

‘Really? You’ve been asked to have a foursome before?’

‘A foursome: no. A threesome: once or twice,’ I said casually.

‘Wow. You’re right. You reallyaren’tas innocent as I thought. And did you take them up on their offer?’ Her eyes widened.

‘A gentleman never tells.’

‘But according to you, you’renota gentleman…’ she replied.

‘True.’ I smiled, impressed she’d remembered what I’d said in the car.

‘Don’t let me cramp your style. If you want to “have fun” with Mindy and Joe.’

‘Thanks, but they are not my type.’

‘What is your type?’ she replied quickly.

‘I like smart, confident women.’

‘I’m guessing young and pretty goes without saying too, right?’

‘Not always. If a woman is pretty, it is a bonus, but if she looks like a supermodel, but has an ugly heart, that is very unattractive. And as for her age, that is also not important, as long as she is legal. But most of my exes were older than me.’

Jasmine’s eyebrows shot up to her hairline.

‘What, like by a year or two?’

‘No.’ I shook my head. ‘Usually by several years.’

Her eyes bulged. Just as Jasmine’s mouth opened to say something, a loud voice boomed around us.

‘Jasmine! Alejandro!’ I spun around and saw Bob standing next to his car.‘Come yah suh!’

Jasmine was still rooted to the spot.

‘Are you coming?’ I asked.

‘Y-yes,’ she stuttered.

As soon as Jasmine got inside, she pulled out her phone. From the corner of my eye, it looked like she was scrolling through emails. She let out a deep sigh.

‘Something wrong?’ I turned to face her.

‘No!’ Her voice went higher. ‘All fine! So, you enjoyed the activity, yes?’

‘Sí. Very much.’

‘Good. Great. So… if you had to rate it, hypothetically speaking of course, because naturally, we went there for research, as colleagues, but if say you went there with a girlfriend… if you were one of our guests, how do you think you’d rate it in terms of… romance?’ Her gaze shifted. She was acting strange, like she was nervous to ask me. ‘It’s to help with my report. I need a man’s perspective.’

‘The views were amazing and it is always nice to take a date somewhere beautiful, no?’

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