That little half smile played around his mouth. “Never better.”
She glowed from the inside out.
“You’ve got dip on your, uh...” He gestured.
“Oh.” She wiped it from her hip. “Thanks.”
She tucked her boobs back into her bra.
“Luke’s wedding is Monday,” Jack said.
“Yes, I know. Kate—well, Meg, really—invited me. Isn’t that sweet?” She adjusted her bra straps, glancing at the deserted shoreline. “You don’t think anybody saw us, do you?”
“Not unless they were spying from a low-flying aircraft,” Jack said dryly. “Your reputation is safe.”
“I was thinking about your reputation, Chief.” She rolled to her knees to wriggle her skirt back over her butt. “You wouldn’t want it getting around town that you were performing lewd acts in public.”
“I don’t think the fish will report us. So, Monday... You need a ride to the church?”
Her heart stumbled. She stopped fussing with her clothes to stare at him. “Are you asking me to be your date to the wedding?”
Another quirk of his lips. “You got a dress?”
His teasing made her feel warm all over. “Do you have a tie? Or do you go everywhere in uniform?”
“I own a tie.”
“I can find a dress.”
Their gazes met. Held.Oh, brother. Her breath went and her pulse quickened and little spots danced in front of her eyes. Like a panic attack, only better. Worse.
Jack cleared his throat. “So, I’ll pick you up at four,” he said, his voice husky.
Do not read too much into this. Rebound relationship, remember?
“Do you dance?” she asked. “Or are you strictly a prop-up-the-wall-with-a-beer kind of guy?”
“I dance. But I don’t shag.”
She laughed. “I think we’ve just established that you do.”
“Not Austin Powers shagging. It’s a Carolina thing. A dance.”
“Never heard of it,” she said cheerfully.
“Good. Then you don’t know what you’re missing.”
“You could teach me.”
He shook his head. “I’m too old to learn new tricks.”
She smiled up at him, big and dependable and dark against the sunset, and all the soft places in her body reminded her that this was a man who Knew Things. “It’s never too late to try something new.”
His gaze met hers, and the earth moved. Or maybe that was the boat rocking. “I’ll remind you of that later.”
She forced herself to speak lightly. “Lucky for you, I’m a big fan of wedding sex.”
Another of those contained, heart-stopping smiles. “Then it’s a date.”
