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I’m not usually so tongue tied. He takes a sip of his juice and leans back in his chair.
    “What are you up to today? I have nothing planned, so if you wanted to do something…with me?” He looks slightly nervous, waiting for my answer.
    “I haven’t really got anything planned. I thought you would’ve had plans with Maddison.” Her name tastes funny on my tongue. I don’t look up as I don’t want him to see the green-eyed monster reflected in my eyes.
    He chuckles before replying, “Nah, nothing planned with Maddison today.” There’s silence between us for a few minutes and I’m at a loss of anything to say. I feel his eyes on me and I’m afraid to look up. My face is heating up and I must look like a tomato. “Why Lily…are you jealous?”
    I snap my head up and see a smirk plastered across his face. He’s clearly enjoying himself at my expense.
    “What? No, of course not. Why would I be jealous of you and Maddison? I couldn’t care less if you two are seeing each other or are sleeping together. It’s none of my business.” I finish eating my toast and I relax back into the seat, drinking my coffee.
    “I’m thinking about relaxing in the hot tub for a bit. I haven’t tried it out yet…maybe you want to join me?” What the hell am I thinking? My palms are sweating, waiting for him to reply with something, anything.
    “That sounds good.” He gulps the rest of his orange juice before giving me a killer mega-watt smile.
    “Okay…I’ll just go and put my bathing suit on. Be right back.” I make my way inside and go to my wardrobe and rummage through the drawers. I packed a few different bikinis, but I’m not sure which one to wear. My heart is hammering in my chest. I can’t believe he agreed, but I have to keep cool because I don’t want anything from him…right? I just want to have fun and get to know him. Finally, I choose a pale blue bikini, I especially like the bikini bottoms because there’s a little tie on each side. I change quickly and look at myself in the mirror. Yep, I’m looking really good. I fluff my hair and keep it down so it hangs around my shoulders. I have to compose myself before I make my way back outside. Brandon isn’t sitting at the table anymore, so I make my way around the corner toward the hot tub and I see him starting it up. It’s a beautiful white square shape hot tub and I can’t wait to finally try it out.
    “Is it ready?”
    Brandon spins round and stops dead. He looks me up and down and I see him swallow hard before smiling.
    “Yep, all ready.”
    I walk over to him, he takes my hand and helps me in. The water is really lovely and warm, perfect.
    “I haven’t started the bubbles yet, but I will in just a second. Wait right here.” He walks off and I’m confused. While I wait, I relax and enjoy the calming effect the water is having on me. It doesn’t take long before Brandon arrives back with a two flute glasses and a bottle of champagne.
    “I thought this would be nice to have while we are relaxing.” He doesn’t wait for me to answer before he pops the cork and pours some into one of the flutes before handing it to me. He pours himself one before climbing in the hot tub taking the seat opposite me. I’m a bit disappointed that he didn’t sit next to me. He stretches his legs out and his legs tangle with mine under the water. I glance over at Brandon and see a small smile on his face as he sips from his glass. My skin feels like it’s on fire just from his legs, touching mine. He doesn’t look affected and all, and I feel embarrassed that he must see that it’s affecting me because it’s written all over my face. I take a sip of my champagne, trying to keep myself together.
    “This hot tub idea was a good one, Lily. I’m happy you invited me.” He smiles and I’m pretty sure I’ve melted.
    “Yeah…yeah, I think it was. I’m surprised you haven’t been in the hot tub with Maddison.”
    He laughs a deep rich laugh. God, I love