“How about lunch?” she said, trying to resist the slightly sweaty, extremely sexy man in front of her. It was not anything near what she really wanted at that very moment. But her mind kept telling her she hadn’t known him very long. He grinned at her and walked back to the bench to pick up his shirt. She let out a sigh of relief. If he’d kissed her instead of walking away, her resolve would have completely melted away.
“Come. I hungry too. We find something,” he said and she followed him back to the house.
“You sit,” he motioned to a large hammock on the porch. “I be right back.”
He tossed his t-shirt in a lounge chair on the way through the door. Zoey sighed. She hoped he would put it back on. She found his chest and shoulders very desirable and she felt a little weak now that he was shirtless. She had to make a conscious effort not to touch him. She felt sure that he knew it too. She sat on the hammock carefully so as not to tumble out of it. It was not too hard though. It was quite large – large enough, in fact, for two people. She got up quickly and sat at the table instead. The breeze picked up slightly and she took in a deep breath. The air was so clean out here. She detected the sweet scent of red currents from the garden off to the left behind the basketball court. It was quiet and peaceful. Zoey had no doubt that Alex must love summers here.
“Okay,” Alex appeared in the doorway, surprised to find her at the table instead of where he left her. “You know, it not much. I don’t cook. We could go out.”
He sat a place of cold cuts and cheese in front of her and sat beside her at the table.
“I find these too. You like berries?” he added a bowl of strawberries to the presentation.
She smiled over at him, “They are my favorite.”
He gifted her with that incredible smile and she felt the need to repress a sigh.
Lunch was a quick affair, but just perfect. He even softly wiped the juice of a strawberry from her lip. She was surprised that something so cliché could actually be so sexy. She found herself wishing at that moment that he would kiss her. It seemed like he was going to, but then he pulled away and got up from the table. He moved over to the hammock and lay down putting his hands behind his head. She had to avert her eyes from his well-toned body to keep from betraying her desire.
“You know, there is much room here. You should come join me,” he smirked.
She chuckled. “I am quite comfortable right here.”
He nodded his head to the side and smiled as if to say he knew she wanted to, regardless of what she said.
A gust of warm wind blew in across the porch. She placed her hand on the back of her neck. She was getting warm and the pond out back was looking more and more attractive.
“We could, you know, swim,” he suggested. “Come, change clothes.”
She let herself be persuaded and followed him back inside. She quickly pulled off the t-shirt that had begun to get sticky and donned her orange bikini. She didn’t wear it often. She had a red tankini that she wore all the time, but this one made quite an impression. If he was going to tempt her, well, turn about was fair play, after all.
“I be outside,” he called from the other side of the door, as she was tying the up string around her neck.
“I’ll just be a minute.”
A moment later she was out in the sunshine on his deck looking out over the pond. He wasn’t out there anywhere that she could see. The sun was quite warm and she lifted her long hair up off of her neck. She turned around to see Alex standing with another man just inside the porch. They were standing still, both with their eyes on her. Just as she was beginning to feel self-conscious, Alex moved down to the deck toward her ushering the man with him.
“Вы привносите мне подарок, Sasha,” the man grinned over at Alex. You bring me a gift.
Alex slammed an open hand into his friend’s chest.
“This is Zoey,” he said to his friend and then turned to her, “This my best friend, Mishka.”
Mishka looked at his friend questioningly, “американский?”
Alex dismissed his friend’s surprise at Zoey’s nationality.
Zoey smiled and Mishka took her hand and kissed it softly. “здравствуйте, happy to meet you.”
Alex took her hand away from his friend and said, impatiently, “Yes, she happy to meet you too. получить назад .”
He led Zoey away to the edge of the deck. “He not bad guy. His English not too good. It okay if you not want to swim now,” he said, looking over her body. Feeling his eyes travel over her body was enough to make her blush. The suit had the effect she was looking for, though, she hadn’t expect to wear it for his best friend as well.
“You look very beautiful,” he said quietly. “I promise, he is harmless, if you still want to.”
She definitely got the feeling that he didn’t want to change their plans just because of Mishka.
She grinned up at him. “Okay, so you are ready to cool off?”
He smiled, “Need too cool off.”
She stepped closer to him and shoved him off the end of the deck into the pond below.
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