Page 36 of Sunsets at Seaside
Caden laid his cards facedown. “You guys are too hot for me today. I’ve got to pick up Evan at TGG. Anyone need anything in town?”
“Condoms, Jamie?” Tony asked. “They sell ’em small.”
“Yeah, that’s why I can’t buy them at the same places as you.” Jamie clasped his hands behind his head and relaxed back in his chair. “They don’t carry triple XL.”
Kurt shook his head. He threw his cards on the table and leaned closer to the others. “I think Tony’s jealous.”
“Pfft. I’ve got women coming out my butt.” Tony ran his hand along his muscular pecs.
“That’s the problem.” Caden rose to his feet. “They’re not supposed to be coming out of anywhere, especially your butt. I’ll see you guys later.”
Kurt pushed out from the table. “Hold up. I’ll walk with you. I have to get some writing done.”
Jamie’s phone rang. He watched Jessica walk over to the pool steps and stick her toe in the water. She held on to the metal railing and stepped down onto the first stair, looking beyond sexy in her pink bathing suit. His phone rang again.
“Get your phone, bud.” Tony pushed the ringing phone closer to Jamie.
He answered the call from Mark, but his attention was focused on Tony as he joined Jessica on the steps of the pool. Tony’s dirty-blond hair had sun-kissed streaks of lighter blond. His muscles glistened in the sun, and Jamie knew the way he was leaning against the concrete edge of the pool, his palms flat, elbows behind him, was a purposeful pose to pump up his enormous biceps.Bastard.
“Sorry, Mark. What were you saying?” He’d been too busy watching Tony to catch what Mark had said.
“Come on, Jamie. Focus. This is important. There’s something going on with the search engine, and it’s worse than we thought. A bug. Every time kids search for…” Jamie lost focus on Mark’s voice as Jessica walked into the water and Tony reached for her hand, drawing her deeper.What is he doing?
“What do you think?” Mark asked.
“What?” Jamie snapped, angry about Tony messing around when he knew Jamie was with Jessica. Tony never did stuff like this. Jamie didn’t know what was up with him today, but he was acting like he was looking for a fight.
“Come on, Jamie. What are you doing? This vacation was a mistake. I told you it was. You should be here dealing with this headache,” Mark seethed.
“It’s my first vacation in eight years, Mark.”
Tony grabbed a raft and lifted Jessica onto it. His hands wrapped around her waist, and when she shifted, her butt was about an inch from his face. Jamie shot a look at Amy, who was scowling, unlike Bella and Jenna, who were rolling their eyes.
“I’ve got to go, Mark. You can handle it however you see fit.” He ended the call, stalked to the deep end of the pool, and dove in. He broke the surface on the other side of Jessica’s raft and shot Tony a dark stare.
Jessica reached for his hand. “Hi.”
“Hey, babe. Enjoying the sun?” He shifted his eyes to Jessica. It was a good thing he was in the water, because he was getting turned on just looking at her, despite his annoyance at Tony, who swam away.
“Yeah. It’s nice. Want to climb up with me?” She patted the raft.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
She wrinkled her brow; then her eyes bloomed wide as understanding dawned on her and she dropped her gaze to the pool with a sexy smile. “Oh.”
Bella, Amy, and Jenna jumped into the water, splashing both of them. Jamie pulled himself up halfway on the raft to shield Jessica from the splashes.
“Mr. Chivalrous, look at you,” Jenna yelled as she doggie paddled around the deep water.
“Lame excuse to get closer,” Tony hollered.
“What’s up with him today?” Jamie asked Bella.
“Ames had a date last night.” Bella swatted Jenna as she tried to cling to her. “He’s been grumpy ever since.”
“Poor guy. He had his chance. How’d it go, Amy?” Jamie climbed off of Jessica but kept his hand on hers.
Amy had a foam noodle beneath her arms as she floated around the pool in her baby-blue bikini. “It was nice. We’re going out again tonight.”
