Lifeguard
Chapter One
"DON'T MOVE," I said to Tess, sweaty and out of breath. "Don't even
blink. If you so much as breathe, I know I'm gonna wake up, and I'll
be back lugging chaise longues at poolside, staring at this gorgeous
girl that I know something incredible could happen with. This will
all have been a dream."
Tess McAuliffe smiled, and in those deep blue eyes I saw what I
found so irresistible about her. It wasn't just that she was the
proverbial ten and a half. She was more than beautiful. She was lean
and athletic with thick auburn hair plaited into a long French
braid, and a laugh that made you want to laugh, too. We liked the
same movies, Memento, The Royal Tenenbaums, Casablanca. We pretty
much laughed at the same jokes. Since I'd met her I'd been unable to
think about anything else.
Sympathy appeared in Tess's eyes. "Sorry about the fantasy, Ned, but
we'll have to take that chance. You're crushing my arm."
She pushed me, and I rolled onto my back. The sleek cotton sheets in
her fancy hotel suite were tousled and wet. My jeans, her
leopard-print sarong, and a black bikini bottom were ... read full excerpt from: Lifeguard ebook
