Chapter 66

I obeyed, secretly turned on by his protective side.

I pulled it on and he arranged it so it would hang over my upper thighs and cover my cleavage.

"So what are you reading?" he asked and suddenly I was nervously sweating.

"Uh, nothing. Just some cute romance book thingy."

"It’s about sex isn’t it?" he asked and intertwined our hands as we walked towards an ice cream parlor on the pier.

"What? No, psh, no."

"It is, because every time you’re uncomfortable talking about something with people, your eyes crinkle and you pull your head tilts to the right."

"No it doesn’t."

"You did it again."

"Fuck."

"Hey, there are children around here!" he laughed.

"When are the others leaving?" I asked leaning into him.

"Um, I think right after me mum’s wedding."

"Which is?"

"On the 23rd."

"Oh."

"When are you leaving?"

"On the 29th."

"And-when are you coming back?"

"I don’t know?"