“Mental healthbreak?”
More like a physical health break. “I’m onvacation.”
“And you came back to wherewemet.”
She laughed. “Also known as a fun resort where I had a good time with two of my girlfriendslastyear.”
“And an even better time with a certain sexy sailor…” He flashed her a rakish smile. He wasn’t wrong. Their secret hook-up had been spectacular. But it had also been a mistake, one she had no intention of makingagain.
“I remember splinters?” She screwed up her face in thought. “And it was over prettyfast,too.”
“I made you whimper my name for hours,” he said, lowering his voice to a threatening burr. “Hours.”
She ignored the thrill that danced through her at the private tone. “Minutes. And it was more of a giving instructionssituation.”
“Like, ‘more, Grady, yes, Grady, ohmyGod—‘“
“Grady!” She clapped her hand over hismouth.
Helickedher.
She squealed and pulled herhandback.
“Yeah, I remember that sound, too.” He leaned right in. Not touching her, but…close. “And I want to hear itagain.”
“No.”
“Whynot?”
“Because it’s been a year. And that’s too long. So…no.” Unexpected heat prickled behind her eyelids and she spun aroundagain. Nope. Not crying over a one-night-stand that wouldn’t berepeated.
Did phone sex count as a repeat? Okay, a one-night-stand and a follow-up-phone-call,neither of whichwould berepeated.
“I missed you,” he said from behind her. “I know that’s notenough,but—”
She nodded definitively, feeling his eyes boring into the back of her head. “It’s not. So…I don’t know whatyou and Tegan thought would happen, but I’m going in search of a Lake Waawaatesi Iced Tea, and I’d prefer you notfollowme.”
She didn’t get far before he called out to her. “You didn’t tell heraboutus.”
Tegan? No, she hadn’t told her best friend that Tegan wasn’t the only person to hook-up with a Navy SEAL last summer. Because Tegan’s fling had turned into the real deal and Priya’shad fizzled before it had really gottenstarted.
“It wasn’t any of her business,” she tossed back over hershoulder.
“I’m not following you,” he hollered, his voice getting louder as she put distance between them. “But I’ll be sitting on the porch when you get back. Bring me adrink.”
