“I don’t know. What do you want?” She pictured a lot of things coming out of his mouth, things that made her blush even though she hadn’t said them out loud.
It took him a moment to respond. He sat up and pulled his glasses off. “If I win, you have to jump in the lake.”
She raised a brow. “Really? I was going to do that anyway, but whatever.”
“Naked.”
Her mouth instantly went dry at his words. “What?” God, was that her voice that sounded so breathy? His grin was seductively slow as it spread across his face. His straight, white teeth flashed, and she knew he was having one hell of a good time torturing her. “You’re kidding, right?”
That damn eyebrow cocked up at her words.
“Not afraid, are you?”
She looked at the lake and watched William do laps. Her face felt like it was on fire, and she was afraid to look back at Rys. His chuckle was fully amused, and she felt her face redden even further, if it was at all possible.
“It’s all right if you’re scared.”
She turned and looked at him just as he laid his head back on the chair and covered his eyes with the sunglasses. He looked completely at ease.
“Fine,” she replied, and he slowly smiled and lifted his wrist up to look at his watch. “But if I win, what do I get?”
“What do you want?” He was watching her now, and she licked her lips, knowing she was playing with fire.
“You have to go in the lake. Naked.”
A pause settled before he answered, “Fine. How ’bout we call it at noon?”
He didn’t look at her, didn’t even open his eyes, but she could tell by his voice that he was pleased by the turn of events. It was a little surprising. They had skinny-dipped before, but they were seventeen and it was dark out. She thought she might have seen something, but that had been nearly ten years ago. Could she really be brave enough if she lost and get naked in front of them?
For the next three hours, that was all Jane could think about. The temperature kept rising, and she knew before it was even noon that it was well past eighty degrees. When William found out about their little wager, he seemed a little appalled, but she didn’t miss the way he swallowed and cast a glance over at Rys. Damn their secret twin communication. She climbed out of the water, but right before she could take a step onto the grass, William had his arms wrapped around her waist, and a second later, she was flying backward. She screamed in surprise as she sailed through the air. Her back hit the water, and she instinctively held her breath as water covered her head.
A moment later, William was pulling her up. She sputtered and coughed, and then she spun in his arms. Hair stuck to her face, and she pushed it away. His laugh was soft and extremely close.
When the hair was successfully out of her eyes, the first thing she realized was he still had his arms around her waist. Her body was pressed against his from chest to thigh. It was extremely intimate, and after a moment, William’s laugh died as his eyes dipped to her mouth. Jane could feel every dip and hollow of his chest, every defined and hard muscle that was right below his smooth skin. Her pussy clenched, and she swallowed with the force of her arousal. It came on strong, and the longer he stared at her mouth and kept her body tight against his, the higher her desire for him climbed. It was like everything else around her disappeared.
She could see his head lowering, heard him murmur her name, and right when his lips were an inch from hers, the sound of Rys’s voice pierced through the foggy haze of lust that surrounded her.
William cursed and closed his eyes for a second before he scowled at Rys. He let her go but kept a hand on her waist as he led them toward the shore. Rys was standing at the edge of the water. His shirt was now off, and his stormy expression matched William’s.
“I thought we talked about this, Will.” Rys’s voice was hard as he looked at his brother.
Jane looked from Rys to William and back when she was on the shore. A tense moment passed between them. “What has gotten into you guys? You’ve been acting weird for two days now.” She wasn’t talking about the way William almost kissed her. Now she knew she hadn’t been imagining it in Rys’s truck last night. She shouldn’t encourage it, but dammit, she wanted it. The only thing missing was Rys touching her, kissing her.
Rys looked down at her. “Nothing. It’s nothing.” He watched her for several moments, and then a grin split his lips. He lifted his wrist to show her his watch. It was noon. She didn’t need him taking her hand and dragging her over to his truck. She didn’t need him turning the truck on so the dashboard lit up. And she sure as hell didn’t need him pointing to the thermometer in the truck that showed the outside temperature. But he did all of that anyway. “I can’t see that very well. What does it say, Jane?”