And that’s to be all-in.
25
Theo
“Oh my god, we’re flying!”
I grin at Laney in the seat next to me beneath our parasail as we rise higher and higher above the sea. Her eyes are huge. Her knuckles are white on the bar in front of us. And a split second after her shrieked exclamation, she tosses her head back and laughs. “We’reflying!”
Beneath us, the ocean’s a brilliant blue against miles and miles of beach, with more appearing as we go higher. Palm trees. Black lava rock fields. The volcano watching over the island. Clouds lingering beyond it.
The boat pulling us below cuts a path through the water, leaving white wakes in its trail as we climb to altitude.
And Laney laughs again. “This is insane!”
“This isfun.”
She looks at me, eyes sparkling. “This isinsane.”
“Like it?”
“Depends on the minute.”
Her hair whips around her head, but she doesn’t let go of the bar to push it back. “Do you do stuff like this all the time?”
“As often as possible.”
“It’s soprettyup here. You can see forever. Like being on top of a mountain.”
“But a little warmer.”
She laughs again.
And it’s gorgeous.
All of that pink rising high in her cheeks. The wild hair. Swimsuit under her life vest.
That smile.
I want to put that smile on her face every day for the rest of her life.
Not that I’m fooling myself about her place in my future.
Her parents get here later today. No matter where she’s at in figuring out she can’t live for them, I don’t see her picking me over them.
And even if she did, the minute she finds out about my side hustle with GrippaPeen, it’ll beyou can’t do that and date me.Your side hustle or me, Theo.
If it’s not a flat-outI cannot believe I slept with a porn starwith a heavy dose of horror.
Either one is a relationship-killer, and a major part of why I’ve dated less and less the bigger my channel has grown.
But I have today. I have this moment. And I have something I can give her that she won’t find anywhere else.
A morning of fun. More orgasms. The full-on, best-of-the-best Theo Monroe treatment.
“Theo.Look.” She points down at the water where a huge dark shadow is moving. “Is that a whale?”
I settle an arm around her and lean over into her space as much as I can in our parasailing seat while I look too. “Dunno.”
