alongside her. “You know I’m just teasing, right?”
“Of course.” She glanced up at him and his perfect smile.
“I mean I’d say something like that even in front of Felix.” He laughed. “Just to piss him off, but I hope I didn’t offend you or anything.”
“No, not at all.” She realized she was blurting out her auto-responses but she wanted to be perfectly clear on this. This was nothing more than innocent flirting. He was just being playful after having spent the entire day with her. Secretly she was surprised, not only by how thrilling it was but how she in no way wanted to discourage it.
The main lodge to the resort was just up ahead, she’d been so distracted by his teasing that the time it took them to get there just flew. “Felix says things like that all the time, too. Nothing shocks me anymore,” she lied through her teeth.
“Yeah, but he’s your boyfriend.”
She shook her head. “But I get it. You two are funny. There’s nothing you can say that will weird me out. I promise.”
The teasing smile was back and she braced herself.
“You’re making a lot of promises today.”
That confused her and she searched his eyes then he laughed. “God, those eyes of yours, Bianca.” This time he shook his head. “Back there, you promised I’d be sore tomorrow.” She started to smile remembering but then stopped when she was caught in those molten eyes of his again. “I’ve made that same promise a few times.” He stared at her a bit longer and harder before his lip lifted into a sexy crooked smile. He finally turned away with a soft chuckle leaving Bianca no choice but to laugh along nervously.
By the time they were in the car, she managed to appear cool and collected on the outside but her insides were out of control.
Gio rolled his neck and massaged his shoulder with his hand. “You know soaking in the hot tub is starting to sound real nice now.”
“You should. It’d do you good.” She smiled innocently, pushing away the visual of Gio near naked in the hot tub.
“Will you join me?”
Was it possible that he knew blinking in that slow motion sort of way had a hypnotic effect on girls? Maybe it was just her weak resolve. She nodded, not looking away and praying her voice wouldn’t crack. “Sure. I’ll be sore tomorrow, too, you know.”
The second her words left her mouth, she saw that evil twinkle in his eye and she fought the flush already creeping up her nape. “You promise?”
Damn him . She wouldn’t squirm and he wasn’t winning this one. Throwing out the mental note she made earlier she licked her bottom lip and his eyes were immediately on her tongue. “We’ll just have to wait and see, now won’t we?”
His startled eyes were back on hers and she smiled, hoping she looked as smug as she felt. Got ‘em.
~*~
Unquestionably, what Gio was doing was technically against the man-code between him and his friends. They’d never actually discussed one but was still firmly in place. Coming on at all to one of his friend’s girls was clearly breaking all kinds of rules. Rules he never would’ve dreamt of breaking before Bianca. Not only had he just come on to her, he came on strong. He meant to rattle her. He loved what it did to her. Her reaction to his teasing had completely thrown him.
He couldn’t have planned it better if he’d tried. She’d walked right into all his comments but she’d practically challenged him to try to weird her out. He heard it in her voice—saw it in those eyes. She could go from Bambi to bewitching siren in a second and he was hooked. He never would’ve thought it about sweet little Bianca but she had it in her. She probably didn’t even realize she was even doing it and damn it if that didn’t make it an even bigger turn on.
Her licking her lip the way she had, had nearly done him in. It took everything in him to laugh with her when she did but Felix better hurry his ass up and get there already. His being there
“Of course.” She glanced up at him and his perfect smile.
“I mean I’d say something like that even in front of Felix.” He laughed. “Just to piss him off, but I hope I didn’t offend you or anything.”
“No, not at all.” She realized she was blurting out her auto-responses but she wanted to be perfectly clear on this. This was nothing more than innocent flirting. He was just being playful after having spent the entire day with her. Secretly she was surprised, not only by how thrilling it was but how she in no way wanted to discourage it.
The main lodge to the resort was just up ahead, she’d been so distracted by his teasing that the time it took them to get there just flew. “Felix says things like that all the time, too. Nothing shocks me anymore,” she lied through her teeth.
“Yeah, but he’s your boyfriend.”
She shook her head. “But I get it. You two are funny. There’s nothing you can say that will weird me out. I promise.”
The teasing smile was back and she braced herself.
“You’re making a lot of promises today.”
That confused her and she searched his eyes then he laughed. “God, those eyes of yours, Bianca.” This time he shook his head. “Back there, you promised I’d be sore tomorrow.” She started to smile remembering but then stopped when she was caught in those molten eyes of his again. “I’ve made that same promise a few times.” He stared at her a bit longer and harder before his lip lifted into a sexy crooked smile. He finally turned away with a soft chuckle leaving Bianca no choice but to laugh along nervously.
By the time they were in the car, she managed to appear cool and collected on the outside but her insides were out of control.
Gio rolled his neck and massaged his shoulder with his hand. “You know soaking in the hot tub is starting to sound real nice now.”
“You should. It’d do you good.” She smiled innocently, pushing away the visual of Gio near naked in the hot tub.
“Will you join me?”
Was it possible that he knew blinking in that slow motion sort of way had a hypnotic effect on girls? Maybe it was just her weak resolve. She nodded, not looking away and praying her voice wouldn’t crack. “Sure. I’ll be sore tomorrow, too, you know.”
The second her words left her mouth, she saw that evil twinkle in his eye and she fought the flush already creeping up her nape. “You promise?”
Damn him . She wouldn’t squirm and he wasn’t winning this one. Throwing out the mental note she made earlier she licked her bottom lip and his eyes were immediately on her tongue. “We’ll just have to wait and see, now won’t we?”
His startled eyes were back on hers and she smiled, hoping she looked as smug as she felt. Got ‘em.
~*~
Unquestionably, what Gio was doing was technically against the man-code between him and his friends. They’d never actually discussed one but was still firmly in place. Coming on at all to one of his friend’s girls was clearly breaking all kinds of rules. Rules he never would’ve dreamt of breaking before Bianca. Not only had he just come on to her, he came on strong. He meant to rattle her. He loved what it did to her. Her reaction to his teasing had completely thrown him.
He couldn’t have planned it better if he’d tried. She’d walked right into all his comments but she’d practically challenged him to try to weird her out. He heard it in her voice—saw it in those eyes. She could go from Bambi to bewitching siren in a second and he was hooked. He never would’ve thought it about sweet little Bianca but she had it in her. She probably didn’t even realize she was even doing it and damn it if that didn’t make it an even bigger turn on.
Her licking her lip the way she had, had nearly done him in. It took everything in him to laugh with her when she did but Felix better hurry his ass up and get there already. His being there
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