My Favorite Souveni- Penelope Ward , Vi Keeland Page 0,17

could say that.”

“I really envy that. It does take a lot of courage to know when to stop. I didn’t realize this trip would be sort of like that for me until I got stuck here. In just the two days we’ve been hanging out, I’ve realized so much about myself—my truest desires, how much I’ve missed living spontaneously.”

“I’d say we accomplished a lot in a short amount of time, sis.” He winked.

“Yeah.” I smiled.

I knew there was so much more than met the eye with him. He’d said he lost someone. I’d never pried about that, but I certainly wondered what happened. I’d almost asked him just now, but ultimately, I didn’t want to spend our last moments together on a subject that might have been upsetting for him.

We’d been so immersed in our conversation that we hardly paid attention to little Georgie, who continued to flap her arms to stay up in the water. A few minutes later, her parents gathered their things and came over to the hot tub.

“Georgie, are you ready? Come on, honey. We’re going back to the room.”

The little girl suddenly pointed to me and proclaimed, “She’s a hooker.”

I felt a rush of blood to my head. Her parents stood frozen for a moment before hurrying little Georgie along.

Of course, just as she’d said it, I’d been taking a long swig of my wine with my tits hanging halfway out of my bathing suit.

Milo snorted, then lost it in laughter after they walked away.

He rubbed his eyes. “That was a fucking perfect way to end this night.”

With Georgie and her parents gone, the two of us were now completely alone in the pool area.

Milo shocked me when he took off his shirt and began to undo his pants.

“What are you doing?” I swallowed, catching myself admiring his bare chest.

“I’m continuing our impulsive streak with a dip in the hot tub in my boxer briefs. It’s to celebrate you being mistaken for a whore.”

I barely got a glimpse of his impressive bulge before he immersed himself in the water next to me.

Chapter 5

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Matteo

I didn’t know why I hadn’t thought of this sooner. Boxer briefs weren’t all that different from swim trunks.

I took a swig of my beer and breathed in the hot steam. “This is the life, huh?”

Maddie closed her eyes. “Sure is. I’m really glad you convinced me to stay today. Thank you again for taking me out on the slopes.”

“It was my pleasure. It had been a really long time since I was out there. It was much needed.”

Now wasn’t the time to bring up the reason why I hadn’t skied in so long. Although a part of me wanted to open up to her, I didn’t think it was a good idea to darken the mood tonight. We were buzzed and half naked in a hot tub. I needed to enjoy that fact and not bring real life into the fantasy we’d been enjoying for two days. You’re Milo, not Matteo, right now. Remember that.

She chuckled. “The only bad thing about you joining me in here is that we no longer have anyone suitably dressed to fetch us more drinks.”

“I’ll dry off and put my clothes on if I have to. Then come back in,” I said.

“You’re such a good sport.”

“Well, you don’t seem to mind watching me dress and undress, right?”

Her face turned beet red. Shit. I might have pushed it too far with that one.

“I’m just kidding, Maddie.”

She blew out a frustrated breath. “You know what? The old me would have denied that I ogled you this morning. But given that I’m supposed to be carefree on this trip, I will say yes, I do admire your physique. But it ends there. I’m not looking for anything, certainly not sex with a virtual stranger. Or my brother. I hope you know that.”

Ouch. Virtual stranger. I thought we were a bit beyond that.

Things went silent.

Well, this was a downer.

I hadn’t meant to make her uncomfortable or defensive. I was a little drunk and loose with my words.

“I apologize for making you uncomfortable. I was just joking with you.”

“Okay. Well, I didn’t want you to get the wrong idea. I’m just coming off a bad breakup, and maybe a part of me is a little lonely and vulnerable, but not enough to lose my inhibitions with you, in case I insinuated anything.”

Man, she was tense all of a sudden. It sort of made me want to kiss her, take her