Page 60 of A Wanton Adventure
She wondered what he was up to. She tilted her head up to the sky and closed her eyes, smiling. Her mother was going to be horrified when Diana called on her in Tuscany. Diana’s skin had changed from a pale pink to a golden color with a smatteringof freckles. Her whole life, she’d been told to avoid the sun, and yet, after a couple of weeks of forgoing a hat, she never felt more lovely.
“Ready for the surprise?” Devons asked.
Diana opened her eyes, startled to find him standing next to her. “Of course. You are being so mysterious.”
He winked at her. “I needed to make sure it was just right.”
She glanced around and noticed that Porcu was climbing back into the wagon. Diana’s eyes swung back to Sebastian.
“He will be back.”
Laughing, she followed behind him. They moved down the beach and rounded some rocks. She gasped as they reached the other side. It was a pool of water that went all the way into a cave and in the center of the ceiling was a massive hole where sunlight beamed through.
“It’s breathtaking,” she murmured.
Sebastian walked to a basket and bag. “While I’m glad you find it beautiful, that isn’t the primary reason I brought you here.”
She frowned at him puzzled. He smiled. “I brought you here to swim.”
Her eyes widened and she clapped, delighted, but then her common sense kicked in. “What if someone discovers me here?”
“This is on Porcu’s family’s land. He assures me, no one will see you.”
“I have nothing to swim in.”
Sebastian pulled a rolled-up dark men’s shirt out from one of the bags. “You can wear this.”
Diana took the shirt from him. A blush formed on her cheeks. The moment felt far more intimate than she suspected Devons was aware of. She was being naïve. Absurdly, she wondered how many women had worn one of Devons’s shirts.Stop, she told herself. They were only friends. It didn’t matter if all the ladiesin London were familiar with his shirts. It was none of her business.
Devons started to walk back to the other side of the rocks. She frowned. “Where are you going?”
“I will wait beyond the rocks. When you are done swimming and dressed, I will join you for a luncheon.”
She didn’t want to swim alone. The shirt was long enough that it covered most of her intimate spots. Devon was a known rogue. It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen a woman’s legs before. “You aren’t going to join me.”
“Diana, I don’t think that is prop—”
“Devons, we are in the middle of nowhere. Who will know that you saw my legs? A man who has seen hundreds of legs.”
He flashed her an annoyed look. “Not hundreds.”
She didn’t want to enjoy this moment alone. They were friends. They could swim together. No one would be the wiser.
“Please. You can stay in your pants.”
He seemed hesitant but finally, he nodded. “I will give you some privacy to change. Do you need help untying anything before I leave?”
“Yes, please,” she said and turned her back to him.
He released the ties of her dress and then huskily said, “Tell me when you are ready.”
Diana shimmied out of her dress and the rest of her garments before pulling Devons’s shirt over her head. She giggled at how massive his clothing was. She was a curvy woman, but Devons’s shirt almost made her feel dainty.
Diana was behaving scandalously but she reassured herself that no one would know, and the female body was nothing Devons hadn’t seen before.
“Ready!” she yelled.
He walked back around the rock, taking Diana’s breath away. Nicely dressed, Sebastian Devons was a sight to see, but thisbare-chested man left her weak in the knees.Stop it, she told herself.Friends. Friends. Friends.She chanted the word over and over in her head. Not trusting her eyes not to peek in places they shouldn’t, she spun on her heels and ran to where the water met the rocks.
