Page 86 of Under Her Skin
“The joys of a good relationship are all we wish for you,Shelly.”
I can see the men all sitting around the edge of the swimming pool as we get to the glass patio doors. With no shirt to hide him, I see Blake is covered in muscles. Sharply I pull in a breath and tighten my hands into littlefists.
“Holy crap!”Peyton hisses. “Would you look atthat?”
“He’s gorgeous,” I mutter. “So manymuscles.”
Peyton has to tug me along as my feet have stopped working for some damn reason. “Come on, let’s go play with thekids.”
I wanna play with something, but it’s not anykid!
Blake
Kip let’s out a long whistle as he looks back over his shoulder. I turn to see what he’s looking at and my eyes nearly pop out of myhead.
“Oh my God!” Iwhisper.
Rachelle’s legs aren’t as long as Peyton’s or Lexi’s but they are perfectly formed for her body. She looks like a little doll, perfectly proportioned. Her breasts fill the little, red bikini top and the bottoms mold around her curvyass.
“Breathe, Blake,” Max whispers as he jabs me in theribs.
Peyton and Rachelle walk straight into the water, joining Lexi as she pulls little Zakk and Pax in a little inflatable boat. The twins swim around with floatieson.
Me, Max, and Kip sit on the side of the pool with our legs dangling in the cool water. I watch Max’s son, Zane, swim right up to Rachelle. He wraps his body around hers and I’m suddenly real jealous of thekid.
“Hi,” he says. She smiles sweetly at him and runs her hand over his littlehead.
“Hey there,sweetie.”
Kip nudges me with his elbow. “She’s great withkids.”
“Huh? Kids?” I stammer as I watch her interaction with the littleboy.
Max pullshis shades off and hands them tome.
“Here, put these on so she doesn’t freak out that you’re staring at her. Then you can stare, but she won’tknow.”
I put on the dark sunglasses and try to move my head so she’s unaware of how much I’m checking her out. Her little, hot body has me feeling heat in places it’s been a while I felt heatin.
“What’s she really like, Kip?” I ask. “Is she sweet or a complete bitch? Please tell me she has some terrible flaw I could never deal with. Because she’s stealing my heart way tooquickly.”
“I wish I could help you out, bro,” Kip says. “The fact is she’s pretty selfless and quite nice. She’s funny and the best cook. I’ve asked her to become our personal chef, but she refused. She wants her own restaurant once she graduates though she knows it’s a pipe dream for her. Her family doesn’t have that kind ofmoney.”
Her head turns to look at Zoey as the little girl shrieks for someone to watch her swim like a fish. Her dark, silky strands flow over her shoulder in slow motion and her chest rises with her intake of breath and it’s all in slow motion for some damnreason.
“Is anyone else seeing things in slow motion?” Iask.
They both laugh at me. Maxsighs.
“You remember the first time you ever laid eyes on Peyton,Kip?”
He nods and picks up the beer sitting on the patio next tohim.
“Like it was yesterday. I know you remember the first time you sawLexi.”
Max leans back on his palms and looks up at the clear bluesky.
“That was so fantastic. Well not the first time I saw her. The poor girl didn’t have a clue and was hidden behind clothes that were too big and a nerdy look. Once I got her out of those clothes and the damn bun pulled out of her hair that was when I knew she was the one forme.”
