Page 136 of The Hookup
“It’s going to be a Marvel film, isn’t it?” Savannah asked.
“We can watch Wonder Woman, mommy.”
“It’s not the same as a rom-com, honey,” said Savannah. “I’m outnumbered already.”
“We’re going to have to make some girls next time, just to even the numbers,” Tobias declared, rising from his chair while Jacob raced ahead of him.
“That’s a lot of leveling to do,” Savannah replied.
“I’m all for it.” He gave her a kiss, and the intimate moment between them made Kay look away.
“Are you coming?” Savannah asked her, making her turn her attention back.
“Not yet,” Kay decided. “I want to sit out here for a while. I’ll come in later.”
“Okay.” Savannah cleared her throat. “You’re sitting out here for a while are you?” she repeated, in a slightly louder-than0-usual voice.
Kay looked up, puzzled. “If that’s okay with you.” For a moment Kay wondered what was wrong with Savannah. She put it down to lack of sleep and baby overwhelm. “I just want to sit out here,” she said, looking up at that stars, so bright in the inky satin sky. “We can watch a rom-com in the other room, if you want.”
“Not tonight,” Savannah replied. “I’ll give Wonder Woman a try.”
When she disappeared into the main villa, Kay walked over and sat on one of the sun loungers. Looking up at the sky, she took a deep breath. This was beautiful, and peaceful, and perfect. She gazed out at the sea, at the lit up beach area with its fairy lights. Savannah had liked them and Tobias had asked that they be put up again.
It was beyond pretty. Turning her head, she glanced at the bar area again and memories of Luke came flooding back.
Holy shit.
She blinked, and her heart almost jolted right out of her rib cage. She blinked again, then jumped up in shock. “You?” she exclaimed, staring at the vision behind the bar.
This wasn’t real. Itcouldn’tbe real.
There, in his signature black t-shirt, was Luke. She battled shock and surprise and a tiny ball of excitement as she walked towards him, still shaking her head, still blinking and expecting the mirage to vanish any minute now. She told herself she was suffering the effects of jetlag, and she was overtired, and … losing her mind.
But he stood there, smiling back at her. The image refused to disintegrate.
“Luke?” she asked, tentatively, resting her arms on the bar, just short of touching him.
“Hey,” he replied.
“What are you doinghere? When? How?” It was too much to take in. She stared at him, losing all sense of reason, and logic. Every bone in her body numbed.
“Sorry to mess up your relaxing evening. I didn’t know when to come out,” he said, as if he hadn’t just upturned her world. Those lips, those eyes, that face—staring back at her, as real and as handsome as ever. A swarm of butterflies fluttered around in her stomach, and in the back of her mind she was still trying to process the information, still trying to get a handle on the shock of him being here. Luke Hunter, cool and undeniably sexy, stared at her with an intensity that shook her to her core.
“Come out?”
“I didn’t mean to startle you,” he said, in his familiar, understated way.
She snorted. Her heart beat furiously, and her insides shook as if they were having their very own surprise party. She was pleased, and angry, and excited.
“Say something,” he said, when she was speechless again.
“I…I don’t understand…you…here…Savannah never said…” she grappled for words, then took a hold of herself. “Whatare you doing here?” Max and Briony were coming, and Izzy and Xavier had been asked. She wondered if the stay at the island had turned into a couples vacation, and nobody had told her.
“Savannah and Tobias asked if I’d like to come out.”
“With who?”
“Excuse me?”
