Third Chances (Men Of Manhattan #2) - Ivy Smoak Page 0,22
sunscreen on my hand and sat down on the edge of his pool chair.
Rob crouched down next to Matt and whispered something in his ear.
"Nope," Matt said.
Rob looked up at me and winked.
Was he trying to get me out of this? That was really sweet. None of my friends had tried to help me.
Rob whispered something else in Matt's ear.
"Seriously?" Matt sat up and stared at him
"I swear."
Matt looked at me for a second and then stood up. "Why do I feel like I'm going to regret this?"
Rob smiled. "Because she's beautiful."
I knew I blushed at his words. When our waiter had said it last night, he was talking to all four of us. But Rob was saying it directly to me.
"Okay, well, thanks. I'll just...here," I said and put the glob of sunscreen that was in my hand onto Matt's hand. "You should still apply that. You don't want to get burnt. Especially on your shoulders. Actually, you're going to need more than that. So just bring this back when you're done." I put the bottle in his other hand. "And I'm just going to go back over to my friends. It was nice meeting all of you." I turned away from them.
"Not so fast." I almost jumped at the touch of a hand on my waist and the warm breath on my neck.
I looked up at Rob. His face was close to mine. I noticed how his shaggy hair stuck a little to his forehead because of the heat. My eyes wandered down his face to the alluring deep brown of his eyes, which were intently staring at me.
I gulped. I wasn't one to get flustered over a guy. "Well thanks for saving me from that, Rob." I awkwardly stuck out my hand to him.
"Well, don't thank me yet. I didn't save you." He lifted up Matt's card. "I'm just taking Matt's place because I can tell you'd rather it be me."
Chapter 8
Rob
She gaped at me. Her jaw actually dropped. Like that was the most shocking thing anyone had ever said to her. She was clearly in need of some fun. But I barely noticed her gaping, because I was completely transfixed by her green eyes. They looked like emeralds in the sun. I had never seen eyes that color before. It felt like I had been waiting to see her without her sunglasses forever. And now here she was, the girl in the grass. I shouldn't have been surprised that her eyes were the very color of the grass she used to lay in.
I had been dreaming about this girl for over a year and now she had just shown up out of the blue. She was literally about to fall into my lap. I had blown my first chance with her. I wasn't going to blow my second chance. Especially to Matt. I lightly touched the bottom of her chin.
She snapped her mouth shut and took a step back from me. She looked flustered and her cheeks were rosy. If there was one thing I loved besides fucking, it was making girls blush. This girl was even better than I had even hoped.
"I wouldn't rather it be one of you versus the other. I would rather just not do it at all."
"I don't think that's true. Ever since you walked over here, you haven't been able to keep your eyes off me."
"That is not true, sir." She pressed her lips together like she regretted what she had just said.
Sir? Did she just call me sir? I smiled. She was clearly a lot kinkier than I would have first guessed. I wasn't really into BDSM, but I certainly wouldn't mind spanking her firm ass. And she could call me whatever she wanted as long as she spread her legs for me. "Rules are rules, Daphne. Where would you like to put your hands all over me? Is here good, or should we go somewhere a little more private?"
She shook her head. "Neither is good, because I'm pretty sure I don't have to do it now. Because you can't go switching cards around. It's against the rules."
I smiled. "Against the rules? I'm not sure that's true. Besides, you did steal all your friends' bracelets."
"I did not steal my friends' bracelets. They put them on me while I was sleeping."
"Minor detail. Regardless, if switching cards is against the rules, surely wearing your friends' bracelets is too."
"I know. And I tried to make that point to the man at the