Page 45 of Muse (Fighting Fate)

She chanced a glance up at me and smiled. It was only a little smile, but it was relaxed. Thank fuck. “I will.”

We reached Kaeli’s set up and I had to force myself to keep walking. “Hi, Kaeli. See you both later.”

I threw my towel down with the guys and pulled my shirt off, sinking down on the sand so my body was half turned so I could see Mia.

“Holy shit, man. When the fuck did you get a tattoo?” Ryan said, sticking his hand out for a bump.

I looked down at my arm. I’d forgotten about that. “Oh yeah. I got it Friday, after the gig.”

“That’s fucking awesome. How long did it take?”

“I don’t know…about four hours?”

The other guys started crowding around trying to get a look, so I turned my arm to show them, hoping to get it over and done with.

“Oh, man. Nice!”

“Fuck, did it hurt?”

“That’s wicked art man. Who did it?”

I glanced over at Mia to see her deep in conversation with Kaeli while I answered all their questions. My sunglasses helped me stay covert, so I kept watching for a while. Kaeli looked surprised by something Mia was saying, her hand flying up to cover her mouth. I almost smiled when she threw a quick look my way. Mia had to be telling her about me.

I saw Aiden stand up out of the corner of my eye and turned to watch him and Carly go down to the water’s edge. When he was out of ear shot, the comments started.

“Fuck, did you see Mia?”

“How are those fucking legs? Damn! Who would’ve thought she’d be packing those babies,” Ryan said.

Cain nodded. “Yeah, she’s hot, hey.”

“Fuck yeah. You won’t get anywhere near her though. Aiden will beat the shit out of anyone who just looks at her,” Matt said.

Cain sighed. “Fuck, I reckon I’d cop a beating just to tap that.”

Yep. That was it. That was about all I could take. I knew it would be hard to sit back and listen to their shit, but fuck me! I wanted to rip all their fucking heads off.

Someone groaned half under their breath and then I heard Lachlan choke out an, “Oh, fuck.”

I looked up to see what they were on about and followed their line of sight to where Mia and Kaeli were now standing, stripping off their clothes. God damned motherfucking shit!

“Ah Jesus, I think I’m getting a boner,” Corey groaned, and I was pretty sure my control just fucking disappeared.

I looked over at Mia, wondering if I could just grab her and run.

Her light blue bikini fit her perfectly, and the blue agains

t her skin made her look even more tanned than she was. Her body looked incredible. It was amazing up close, but from a distance, she was staggeringly close to a fucking supermodel.

I shook my head a little. She didn’t even realize how beautiful she was. She wasn’t looking around to see who was watching her, or trying to cover bits like she was embarrassed. She just didn’t know...

I watched her gather her loose curls up into a messy bundle on top of her head as she waited for Kaeli to finish stripping off. I gave Kaeli the once over, realizing she had a pretty good body too – not quite as good as Mia, but attractive just the same.

The other guys obviously agreed with me too, because they soon started dribbling about how fuckable she was too. I was just glad the focus was off Mia, but then the girls started walking down to the water, and they were suddenly on the fucking catwalk – well, that’s what it felt like to me, because it seemed like the whole fucking beach was ogling my fucking girlfriend.

Both of them were completely oblivious too, just chatting and giggling as they casually strolled down the sand.

“How’s that ass,” Ryan said.

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