on her lips. Those lips. Hales has lips of an angel, so soft and sweet. I feel myself getting hard and I know if I don’t stop staring at her, there will be no hiding how much I want her. Liam will so kick my ass.
I feel a hard smack to the back of my head. “That’s my little sister, fuckstick!” Liam says.
Rubbing the back of my head, I explain, “Yes, but she is not little anymore and she’s fucking gorgeous.” The words are out of my mouth before I realize what I said. Oops, I need to be more careful.
“Yes, she is,” is all he says in reply. However, he is looking at me trying to figure out if there is a hidden meaning behind my words. If he only knew.
“Hales, what the fuck are you wearing? You need to go change,” Liam barks at her.
“Uh, no! Not happening. I bought this for this trip and you are not dad. You don’t get to tell me what to do. I will be twenty next week.”
Liam mumbles to himself something about stubborn females.
I laugh as I turn my back to Hales, because I have no other choice. I need to get myself in check. This leaves me facing Allie. She smiles at me and winks. Yep, she is totally onto me. I hope she can keep it quiet. Allie pulls her shirt off also and has the same fucking bikini on as Hales. Except hers is green, the same green as her eyes. These two are going to be the death of me. I hear Liam growl behind me and my face breaks out into a huge grin. This is going to be fun.
“Hell, no! You can’t wear that out here, beautiful.” He is trying to be nice, but I can hear the anger in his voice just waiting to be unleashed.
Allison smiles sweetly and pats his arm. “Sure I can. Hales and I bought these just for this trip.” She tries to act all innocent, but she knew that Liam would go nuts.
Liam wraps his arms around her as if he is trying to shield her from the world. “Baby, I won’t be able to handle other guys seeing you in this…this thing you call a suit,” he whines.
Allison smiles and places her hand on his cheek. “It doesn’t matter; I only have eyes for my fiancé.”
Liam pulls her tight and crushes his lips to hers. I feel Hailey step beside me. “Catastrophe averted,” she says, laughing.
Without thinking, I reach out, put my arm around her waist, and pull her against my side. I bend down and whisper in her ear. “What are we gonna do with the two of you?” I ask her. She laughs and I tickle her side.
Hailey twists and turns to get away from me, and then takes off for the water. I hear Liam laugh and I turn to look at them. “What?”
“She’s a handful, that’s what.” He laughs.
“Oh really?” Allison asks.
“Yes, really,” he counters.
“Well then.” Allison wiggles out of his arms and takes off running after Hailey.
Liam just stands there shaking his head, with a huge smile on his face. “That’s my future wife,” he tells me.
I laugh. Liam has changed so much since meeting Allison. Dude is whipped.
I wiggle out of Aiden’s arms and take off running for the water. I have to get away, get some distance. When he pulled me into his arms, it took everything I have in me to remain standing. Aiden does that to me, makes me weak in the knees. I make it to the water and dive straight in. The water is warm and inviting. I love the ocean, being on the beach.
I surface and see Allison has joined me. “Those two are ridiculous,” she says, laughing. “They know we don’t want anyone but them. Can they not cool the alpha male bit?”
My mouth drops open and I can’t speak. I know Allison has suspected that I have feelings for Aiden for a while now, but she said Aiden knows. Shit!
Allison is still laughing; this time, it’s at me, not with me. “You seriously thought I didn’t know? Hales, you are my best friend, of course I know.”
“But you said they know. Aiden can’t find out,” I plead with her.
“Relax. It was more for your benefit; I just wanted you to admit