“Not a chance in hell.” She sticks her tongue out and dives beneath the water, swimming right through his legs. I feel her brush mine, so I widen my stance, and she surfaces right between me and the side of the pool where I’m holding on. “Hello there,” she says, waggling her eyebrows.
“Hello yourself, baby.” I peck her lips and try to catch Ryder’s reaction without being obvious. I still don’t believe he is all about this. He looks…. fine. What the hell? Did someone body snatch Ryder?
Gage makes a grab for her around me, and I cage her against the side of the pool, protecting her, which is f*****g laughable.
“That’s not f*****g fair,” Gage pouts. “Two against one.”
“Aw, poor baby,” Alessa pouts back.
He jumps up and pushes us both under. We spend the next fifteen minutes wrestling in
