Kiss This by Hadley Quinn Page A

Tell me about it. No, wait… Let’s reenact it.”
    She bit the corner of her lip and glanced
down his body. “Okay, take off your clothes.”
    His jaw dropped playfully. “Another naked
dream, huh? Holy hell, you have it bad for me.”
    She smiled good-naturedly. “Apparently I’m
at least attracted to you.”
    “Hell, I’d say so. The feeling is mutual,
beautiful.”
    They stared at each other for a few seconds
without saying anything. Teague was probably waiting for her to
continue the banter but she finally shrugged and asked, “So what’s
up? Why the hell are you here interrupting my dreams about
you?”
    “Because the real thing is better than a
dream.”
    He smiled, stepping back to give her a
better view as he motioned to himself. He even turned around to
give her the entire view, and if his ass in a pair of jeans made
her mouth salivate, she might as well bag the idea of seeing him
naked. She’d never be able to handle it.
    “But actually,” he continued, turning around
to face her again, “we’re gonna go hang out for a bit. You can have
my body later, but right now, you’re heading to the dunes with
me.”
    “The dunes?”
    “Yep. You’re gonna drive your first dune
buggy.”
    Laughing, she said, “I thought you were
joking last night.”
    “Nope, I never joke about playtime.”
    “What about my surf lesson? You said we
could do that while I was here.”
    “I said maybe we could. But this will
be better, trust me. Even in a 5/3 wetsuit you’ll probably feel
pretty cold. And I’d rather you not learn with so much thickness
fighting against you.”
    She barely shrugged. “Okay, whatever all
that means.”
    “It means we’re going dune buggying.”
    “Okay,” she chuckled. Looking down at
herself she said, “So what do I wear, then?”
    “Well let’s head to your room and I’ll…”
    He left it at that and smiled at something
behind her. Camryn turned around to find Kyah cautiously descending
the stairs.
    “I don’t even want to know,” Kyah joked,
waving them away.
    “Hey, Ky,” Teague greeted her
confidently.
    “Morning, Teague.”
    Camryn was speechless because she had no
idea how much of their conversation Kyah had heard. It was obvious
that Teague didn’t care, but he waited until Kyah made it to the
kitchen before he said, “Okay, go get dressed and we can stop for
breakfast along the way.”
    “Um, okay. But really, what do I wear?”
    “Just layer it—jeans, sweatshirt, and a
coat. I’m sure Ky has one you can borrow, or we can stop at
Columbia and grabbed you one.”
    She shrugged. “Alright. Be back in a
few.”
    “Oh Camryn?”
    “Yeah?” she turned back around.
    He reached for her hand and placed something
on her palm. “I brought you a gift.”
    Looking down, she paused as she stared at
the white heart in her hand. Then he took his finger and traced
around it. His touch not only tickled her skin, but it traveled
low, all the way to the very bottom of her abdomen.
    “Your bar of soap, beautiful girl,” he
winked at her.
    She walked back to her room still holding
her palm flat with the carved heart carefully in place, like she
was afraid to move it. She could still feel the heat of his touch
on her skin, as if his heart had been permanently etched on her
hand…
     
     
     
    ***
    After breakfast, Teague took Camryn to meet
up with a few of his friends at Sandlake, including Jay. Their
buddies had a pair of dune buggies that the group was sharing, and
Teague couldn’t wait to take Camryn for a ride.
    “I’m the only girl here,” she observed as
she climbed into a vehicle with him. “Are you sure you want me
tagging along? Maybe you’d rather just hang out with the guys—”
    “No way,” he scoffed, putting an arm around
her from the driver’s seat. He pulled her to him and added, “You’re
way more fun than any of them,” and kissed the top of her head.
    “You sure you’re not humoring me for other
reasons?” she asked as he helped her