Third Chances (Men Of Manhattan #2) - Ivy Smoak Page 0,37

down at them and smiled before putting them in his pocket. "I guess you'll find out later."

"Aren't the rules that I have to do the action on the card before you take off my bracelet?"

"I just did you a favor. Now you don't have to worry about a bunch of guys on your tour trying to hit on you."

"But I have to worry about you instead."

He smiled. "Just me." He lightly touched the bottom of my chin. "That's the whole point, beautiful." He stopped touching me just as quickly as he had started and he turned around without another word. I watched his perfect male form run past the pool to catch up with his brother who had walked away awhile ago.

"Damn," Kristen said. "He's almost as hot as his brother."

"Almost? He's just as hot as Professor Hunter," I said more defensively than I realized. But Kristen was so far gone in her own obsession that she didn't even realize my tone.

"He asked me to call him James. How sexy is that? I'm on a first name basis with Professor Hunter." Kristen squealed.

Alina laughed and sat up. "I'm guessing that you didn't notice that he looked super uncomfortable around you?"

"What?" Kristen asked. "He didn't look uncomfortable. I thought he looked happy to see me. Plus he remembered who I was."

Alina laughed. "Sure. But what we should really be talking about right now is how Daphne can't keep her hands off of Professor Hunter's little brother."

"That isn't true," I said. "He was using his stupid cards on me. I didn't have a choice."

"Mhm. How did the Javier talk go? I'm guessing not great since you still had your bracelets when you came back."

"The talk didn't go great, but I stole some cards so that I could take the rest of those stupid bracelets off." I threw their bracelets back at them. "Don't you dare put those on me again."

"Wait, you stole something? You broke the rules? Are you feeling okay, Momma Bear?"

That was basically the same thing that Rob had said to me. That I didn't know how to have fun. "I know how to have fun, you guys."

"Does that mean you're going to have some fun with Rob later?" Layla had decided to jump in on their teasing too.

"No. Absolutely not."

"It sounded like you already shared a pretty spicy kiss," Kristen said.

"He was exaggerating," I lied. Because it was true. Just thinking about that kiss made my head spin. "Besides, we're probably never going to see him again. He didn't even ask where we wanted to meet. Or what room we were in. Or anything." As I said it, I realized how I hoped it wasn't true. No, I didn't want to hop in bed with him. But I wouldn't mind sharing a few more of those kisses.

"I'll just go tell Mason our room number then," Layla said and stood up. She had already walked over to Mason before I could tell her to stop.

"We should probably go get ready for our rainforest tour," Alina said. "I can't wait to see the waterfall Rob told us about. I hope the tour guide will take us there. I'm even going to keep my bikini on under my clothes in case we're allowed to swim."

"That's a great idea," Kristen said as she stood up and stretched. "Hopefully we get back in time to shower though. I have to look amazing for my date with Professor Hunter tonight."

"You don't have a date with Professor Hunter tonight," I said. "And what would Tim think if he knew you were talking about another guy like this?"

"Tim and I each have a few people on our 'allowed to fuck' list."

"Your what?"

"Our lists of people that we're allowed to have sex with outside of our relationship."

"That's not a thing."

"Of course it's a thing. It's mostly celebrities, obviously. But Professor Hunter is at the top of mine. Tim's fine with it."

"You two have the weirdest relationship ever."

"Whatever you say, Momma Bear. I am going to be totally selfless tonight though. You haven't gotten laid in forever. So my main goal tonight is for you to get in Rob's pants."

"I don't want your help with that."

"Mhm." She winked at me.

"Kristen, I don't. I'm not going to sleep with some guy I just met this morning."

"Mhm." She winked at me again.

"Stop winking at me."

"We're all set," Layla said as she joined us again. "Mason's going to call our room tonight to let us know where to meet them. You're welcome,"