Page 100 of SEAL Summer Escape

“I’ve got you, sunshine.Let’s go up there, and you can rest.”

She took a timid step forward, and then they were closer to the tree line.

“Hello!”Noah shouted, his gaze scanning the empty beach.“Is anyone here?We fell overboard!”

He paused for a moment, listening.A few seagulls swooped through the air, the waves crashed on the shore, but there were no signs of any people.

Picking their way amongst the shells on the sand, Noah gestured to a spot ahead for them to rest.

“Let’s dry out our clothes,” he said.“The temperature will drop later on.”

He dropped his backpack to the ground, rooting around.“Is everything dry?”Bailey asked, shivering as she tugged off her hoodie.Her nipples pebbled against her hot pink bikini top, and then she was tugging down her denim shorts, standing there wearing only that skimpy string bikini.

She squeezed the water out of her hair and then wrung out her hoodie.

“I’ve got a spare sweatshirt or something,” he said.You can put it on.

She nodded, reaching out to him with shaking hands.He handed her the sweatshirt he’d pulled from his backpack.“Turn around, sunshine,” he said, nodding at her wet top.“I won’t look.”

She turned away from him, reaching back to untie the strings of her bikini top.It took everything in him not to walk over and help.Despite all they’d been through, he was still attracted as hell to her.Not that this was the appropriate time to be lusting after her.

Her fingers trembled, working at the tie at the back of her neck.A moment later, she tossed her top to the ground, and as she tugged his sweatshirt over her head, he caught a brief glimpse of the side of her breast.

His groin tightened, and he cleared his throat, rummaging around his bag.Trying to look anywhere but at her.

Pulling his own wet shirt over his head, he laid it out to dry in the sand, weighing it down with some drift wood.

Bailey brought her own clothes over, wringing out her bikini top so that it would dry faster.Warmth flooded through him as he glanced up at her in his Navy sweatshirt.It was massive on her, hanging down to mid-thigh, but she looked cuter than hell.Happier, too, now that she was warm.

“Sit down,” he said, patting the sand beside him.“Let’s eat something, and then I’ll see if I can light a signal fire.The driftwood on the beach is soaked from the storm.Hopefully we can find some dry wood or something to use in the wooded area.”

“Do you think someone will be able to see it?”

“That’s the hope.If we can build the fire high enough, they should.We’ll have to light it out on the beach though so we don’t catch the trees on fire.”

“Well they’d definitely see that,” she said wryly.

“Yeah, but we’re stuck here.We don’t want to burn things we could potentially use.”He grabbed two bottles of water from his backpack, handing one to her.Bailey’s hands shook as she tried to twist the cap off, and Noah opened it for her.

She took a few gulps, and he held a hand up, indicating for her to slow down.“Easy, sunshine.Just go slow.”

“I feel kind of sick,” she admitted.

“We were out in the sun for a long time.You shouldn’t drink the water too quickly.Just eat a little bit to settle your stomach.Besides, you need to keep up your strength.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

He took a long pull from his own water bottle before replacing the cap and setting it down beside him.“I’ve got two more water bottles, and an empty canteen.Hopefully we can find some water—a pond.A waterfall.I’ve got enough purification tablets to last a week—not that I expect to be out here that long.”

She nodded, swallowing.He searched her face.“Are you okay?”he asked.

“Just tired,” she said, stifling a yawn.Her hair was beginning to dry in the warm sun, and she looked completely exhausted.

“All right,” he said, rummaging through his backpack.“I’ve got protein bars and two MREs.”

“Just two?”she asked.“That won’t last very long.”

“Hell, we can fish if we have to, sunshine.Maybe look for some fruit trees.I’m hoping to get the hell out of dodge today though.”He glanced down.“Your choice—spaghetti with meat sauce or cheese tortellini.Let’s start with these, and then have the protein bars later.”

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