Crazy For You Alexander, S.B. (ebook reader 8 inch .TXT) 📖

bag, which had my towel and wallet inside, on Georgia’s sun-kissed stomach.

She sat up. “What the…” She removed her sunglasses, squinting up at me, ready to break my nose. “You’re lucky this isn’t heavy.” She tossed my bag on the sand.

“That’s for sending me to the wrong location.” Playfulness weaved through my words.

She rolled her big green eyes as she rested back on her elbows. “You love me.”

No question about that.

Mia popped up from her spot next to Georgia and adjusted a strap on her white bikini top, which was blinding against her tanned skin. “Took you long enough.”

I threw both of them the finger.

A laugh bounced around as the three of us giggled. I snagged the striped towel big enough to be a blanket from my bag and spread it next to Georgia. Then I shimmied out of my frayed denim shorts and my black tank top.

Mia tried to whistle. “Girl, Colton is going to drool over those sculpted abs.”

A blush stained my cheeks as I stole a look at the whitewashed mansion behind us. Colton had seen me in my tiny top and sleep shorts with no bra, so I guessed a bikini wasn’t any different.

“She’s right,” Georgia said. “Colton will not be able to take his eyes off you.” She sighed. “I wish I could find someone who made me all wet and gooey.”

I sat cross-legged on my towel, facing both of them.

Mia tilted her head at Georgia, and when she did, thick strands of her brown hair fell from her hair clip. “I could arrange something for you.”

Georgia straightened and picked up the bottle of sunscreen next to her. “Thanks, but no thanks.” She proceeded to lather the lotion on her shoulders and chest, careful not to get any on her red swim top. “I’ll pick my own.” Her voice was a tad sad.

I knew she was thinking of Kyle, a guy with hair as dark as night and eyes the color of the shores off Bora Bora. Sadly for Georgia, Kyle had only been a fleeting crush. He was a tourist who had spent the summer in one of the rental homes in town. They really hadn’t done much beyond groping, but he’d stolen her heart much like Colton had mine.

I reached out and touched her thigh. “You should text him.”

She capped the top of the sunscreen. “Nope.” Her resolve was strong. “Kyle is dead to me.”

Mia and I swapped a pained look for our dear friend.

“Skye, care to dish about why Colton is talking to Grady about you?” Mia changed the subject quite quickly.

I could feel my eyebrows dipping down. “He told Grady about last night?”

Georgia’s somber expression disappeared into the salt air as she reared back, her smile galvanizing. “You had sex with Colton?”

Mia whipped off her sunglasses. “’Bout time. How was it?”

With my hands, I gave them a coach’s time-out signal. “Slow your roll, you two.” I quickly glanced at Grady’s house just to be sure Colton wasn’t lurking—or Grady, for that matter. We were far enough away that they couldn’t hear our conversation even if they were outside. “I wish. But we did have a moment. A very sexy one.” I had a permanent blush, which wasn’t going away as long as we kept talking about Colton.

Georgia adjusted her bikini top around her breasts, checking to make sure her ladies weren’t falling out. She had Mia and me beat in the chest department. “Start from the beginning.”

Automatically, I, too, checked my swim top. I was a bit self-conscious ever since they’d fallen out one summer at the water park.

Georgia tapped my leg. “Details.”

“Wait,” I said. “What did you learn that involved me?” Obviously, it wasn’t about my sexy moment with Colton. So what did he tell Grady?

Georgia exchanged a somber look with Mia.

My nerves perked up. Maybe he’d told Grady he’d gotten laid. Friends did tell friends that, and in some cases, they lied about it.

“Don’t deflect,” Georgia said so seriously. “Spill your guts about that sexy man.”

Mia and Georgia leaned in, salivating for all the juicy details.

“I’m adopted.” I wanted to start there rather than give them a play-by-play of Colton and me. I would tell them eventually, but right now, I had to get the adoption news off my chest.

Shock slammed into Georgia’s expression, then volleyed to Mia, whose chin hit her bright orange towel.

Georgia’s wide eyes were glued to me. “What the fuck? For real?”

I picked sand off my ankle. “It’s true. My dad told me yesterday.”

“You don’t seem freaked out,” Mia said.

I hiked one shoulder up to my ear. “I’m still processing.” I didn’t know how to unpack my feelings on the topic.

Georgia rubbed her lips together. “I have no words.”

My eyebrows climbed to my hairline. “Now that is a shocker.” A light, playful tease colored my tone. Usually my BFF always had something to say, even if she was caught off guard.

“I don’t know whether to say sorry or… I don’t know. That had to be extremely hard for your dad to tell you,” Georgia said.

My head started bobbing like an idle boat riding the waves. “He was gutted. It broke my heart. One of the reasons I’m not ready to deal with the whole adoption thing. I feel if I do, I’m hurting him. He deserves to be as happy as he can be with the time he has left. The good news is that Nan is going to be my guardian.”

Georgia clapped and squealed. “That’s great news. That means you don’t have to move.”

“Exactly,” I said as movement caught my eye on Grady’s deck.

Georgia and Mia both looked behind them.

Colton sauntered down shirtless, wearing royal-blue swim trunks low on his hips. I wished I’d worn sunglasses so he couldn’t see me drooling—that prominent V disappearing into his swim trunks was making me squeeze my thighs together.

Grady stopped him, and they chatted.

Mia pressed her lips into a thin line. “Colton’s father is a monster.”

I bobbed my head. With Colton in close proximity, I didn’t want