Unbreakable (Haven Falls 6) - Page 47
Dad groans before letting out a defeated sigh. “Fine. I’ll even throw in the dishes too.”
I hold out my hand before giving dad’s a firm shake. “Then you have yourself a deal.”
Chapter 13
“Man, this is the life,” Tully says, propping herself up on her elbows as she looks out at Broken Hill lake. We lay side by side on our towels on the hottest day of the summer, soaking up warm rays while sipping on cocktails as everyone parties around us.
Aiden pops up on my other side before reaching for the suntan oil and slathering it over his body as though he’s about to make an appearance in a cheap porno. “You got that right,” he says, keeping his eye on Jesse Ryder as he wakeboards behind his boat, driven by his best friend, Tyson. “I live in the wrong town.”
My mind instantly takes me to Noah, thinking about his deep, green eyes, his strong, defined body, his tattoos, and that piercing, and for the first time since meeting Aiden, I find myself unable to agree with him. Don’t get me wrong, there’s certainly some nice looking man meat in Broken Hill, but Haven Falls is where I need to be. I couldn’t possibly imagine myself anywhere but there.
The more time that passes, the more clearly I can picture our future. A nice house with my degree framed on the wall, maybe a couple of kids, a dog as big as a horse, and a spare bedroom for Tully to come and visit. You know, assuming Noah doesn’t get locked up in prison right beside Anton. Though, if he did, it’d be like a two for one deal. I could visit both in one trip, but I have a slight inkling that I’m not going to be making a habit of visiting Anton behind bars.
I grin across at Aiden. “You couldn’t be more wrong.”
“Trust you to say that,” he grumbles. “You’re practically blinded by Noah. I’d bet every last thing I have that you haven’t even noticed all the hot muscle around here. Literally, every guy is strutting around shirtless with one of those cocky attitudes that you love so much and they’re invisible to you.”
“Believe me, they’re certainly not invisible to me,” Tully says, sitting up a little higher with a predatory smirk on her face as she watches the guys in the lake. “Especially those deep ‘V’s’ that are practically an arrow pointing towards the goods.”
“Fuck, yeah,” Aiden grins before high-fiving Tully over the top of me.
I shake my head and take another sip of my cocktail before laying back down on my towel. “You’re both idiots. I don’t know why I hang out with you.”
“What the hell are you doing here?” a deep voice questions from above me with a disappointed scoff that instantly puts me on high alert, ready to kick some major ass. You know, just as soon as I figure out which one of us the comment was aimed at.
I find a dirty blonde guy standing before us, staring down at Aiden with a cocked brow and the body to go with it. He looks big like a football player or some kind of athlete. His body is ripped with blonde floppy hair and a pair of thighs to die for. He’s exactly the kind of guy that would land himself on Aiden’s ‘to do’ list.
I look to Aiden and see him cringing as he watches the guy standing above us. “Oh, hey…umm.”
“Barker,” he says, clearly irritated.
“Barker. That’s right,” Aiden says, getting up.
“So, I’m guessing you were lying about visiting your sick grandmother today,” Barker accuses. “In fact, I’d dare say you don’t even have a sick grandmother.”
Aiden quickly glances down at Tully and I, clearly embarrassed as we gape at him in shock. He turns back to Barker with an apologetic look. “Guilty,” he confesses. “Nana’s doing fine. But look, I’m not the ‘boyfriend’ type. I’m the ‘have a little fun while things are still interesting’ type. I only said I was visiting my grandmother to let you down easy.”
“Let me down easy? Dude, I’m not interested in being your boyfriend. I only asked what you were doing today so I could invite you here in the hopes of fooling around a bit more. Don’t get me wrong, but I assumed you were down for that.”
Tully and I shoot to our feet, both of us stepping in front of Aiden to take over his little game. “Hi,” I beam, holding out my hand. “I’m Henley.”
Tully barges my hand out of the way and holds out her own. “I’m Tully.”
Barker grins a delicious grin as he takes both our hands and plants a kiss on each. “Barker, but trust me, no introductions are needed. I know all about you two ladies. You’re practically famous on my side of the tracks.”
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