Page 131 of Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds
“Did CeeCee steal from you?”
He laughed humorlessly. “Technically, yes, but it wasn’t her idea. I should have seen it coming.”
“Your ex-wife.” I didn’t realize I’d spoken out loud until Trevor nodded.
“Funny thing is,” he said wistfully, “I still love her.”
“Your ex.”
He looked a million miles away, but he nodded and turned to leave. I asked abruptly, “Did Diana Harden blackmail you?”
He harrumphed. “She tried, saying she would call Krystal—my wife—and tell her about CeeCee. I said go ahead, I wasn’t the only one on vacation with another woman.”
Then he left.
Brie found me as I was thinking about the exchange with Trevor Lance.
“Tell meeverything,” she demanded, grabbing a grape off my plate.
“What?” I asked, confused.
“Come on! Everyone heard you were stranded on the other side of the island last night with Jason. What happened? I want details.”
“Nope.”
“Nothing happened? Don’t believe it.”
“I’m not giving you details.”
“One thing. Just give me one juicy tidbit so I can live vicariously through you.”
I said, “Jason is a romantic.”
“Duh. That’s not a detail.”
“He kisses better than anyone I’ve ever kissed,” I said honestly.
“Kisses,” Brie said bluntly. “Just kisses?”
I made a motion of zipping my lips and throwing away the key. Brie laughed. “Okay, fine, don’t share. You have ten minutes to finish up.” She ate a strawberry.
“Ten minutes for what?”
“Snorkeling. You promised to help me with Sherry.”
I groaned.
“Youpromised,” Brie whined. “Just a little flirting. I’m not asking you to sleep with him.”
“Brie!”
She laughed. “I know you can do it. You flirted with Jason.”
I did a lot more than flirt, I thought, and bit my lip. “That’s different. I’m going to see Jason again. I don’t want him to think I’m flirting with other men.”
“Youreallylike him.”
A lot. More than I wanted to, if I was going to be honest with myself. Not that I would say that to Brie.
