Aloha Fantasy

“Well, I guess we’d better get out of here,” he said. “Wouldn’t want to keep you up all night after traveling across the country to reach our shores.” He pictured them up till the wee hours of the morning, those long legs of hers wrapped around his waist as they made love like there was no tomorrow.

“Yes, I suppose I’d better get some sleep so I can have the energy to get through the rest of the trip.”

“I agree.” Boyd met her eyes, wanting to read into them more and more.

Danica wondered if the sexual innuendoes passing between them meant anything or if they were just plays on words. She, for one, could blame it at least partly on the wine. But what about the other part of her, that found the man as sexy as they came?

* * *

Boyd walked Danica up to the lanai. What he wanted to do more than anything was to sweep her up in his arms and take her to bed. Of course that would be a bit presumptuous of him, though the sexual chemistry that sizzled between them couldn’t be denied. That didn’t mean she was ready to have him jump her bones on day one.

“Ashlyn asked if I would show you around to help you get acclimated,” he said. “Tomorrow’s a good day for me, if you’re game.”

“I’m definitely game.” Danica flashed him a smile, happy to have her own personal tour guide. “What time?”

“Whenever you’re ready. Just get a good night’s sleep.”

“I intend to.” But she also didn’t want to waste too much time doing what she could do back in Chicago. “How does eight o’clock sound?”

“Perfect,” Boyd said. “I’ll see you then.”

“I’m looking forward to it.” She hoped she didn’t sound too eager, given that it wasn’t her intent to suggest it was him she wanted to see. Or maybe it was.

Though he knew it was the time to make his exit, Boyd was nevertheless honed in on Danica’s mouth, wanting badly to kiss her. Would it be crossing the line if he did? Or was it a line she wanted to be crossed?

“You probably have the most desirable lips I’ve ever seen on a woman,” he threw out.

Danica couldn’t help but laugh. “I think you may have had one glass of wine too many.”

“Be that as it may, I’ve never been more serious.”

“Looks like the charmer in you is coming out.” Ashlyn had warned her that Boyd could be extremely charming when he wanted to be.

“Does that mean I can see for myself if my theory is true?”

“Go for it,” she said, admittedly curious to see how he kissed. Something told her the man could back up his charms with sweet and tender action.

Boyd didn’t waste another second. He tilted his face and moved down onto her mouth with a kiss that wasn’t intended to knock the lady off her feet as much as to give her a taste of what he had to offer. His lips played with her soft ones, parting them slightly and enjoying every moment before ending the kiss abruptly.

Danica had to catch her breath. “Well, what did you think? Did I pass the test for the most desirable lips or not?” She hoped it wasn’t a letdown for him that she’d held back from giving the kiss her all, not wanting to get too carried away this early in their new friendship.

“You definitely passed,” Boyd declared. “With flying colors.”

“Flying colors, huh?” She chuckled, masking the tingling of her lips. “You’re a pretty good kisser, too.”

He blushed. “I try to do my part effectively.”

“And effective you are.”

“Ditto.” Boyd sighed. He needed to go before seducing her right there on the spot and having regrets later. She was, after all, his sister’s friend, and he needed to respect that. At least for this night. It would be up to both of them to see if there was any real fire to the sparks. “A hui hou, meaning ‘till we meet again.’”

“A hui hou,” Danica repeated as she went inside.

She touched her mouth and thought about the kiss. What was supposed to be a getaway with no certainty of romance was suddenly filled with the possibility of such. But she wasn’t about to get her hopes up, having done that too many times before. She would just wait and see if she and Boyd connected.

In the meantime Danica planned to make herself entirely at home in this palace that Ashlyn had turned over to her for a month.

* * *

Boyd wasted little time calling Ashlyn once inside his car.

She answered after two rings. “Do you know what time it is?” she asked sleepily.

“Sure do,” he said. At least in Hawaii. He figured he’d woken her up, but couldn’t wait to say this. “Sorry for disturbing your beauty sleep. Just thought you’d want to know that I’m cool with your friend being here.”

“Is that so?” Ashlyn’s voice perked up. “So you two have hit it off, just as I suspected you would.”

“I wouldn’t jump to the wrong conclusions,” Boyd told her, even though he was hoping the same thing. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t still intent on protecting that valuable piece of real estate they owned, seeing it as a big investment that would one day fetch a high price should Ashlyn ever decide to sell her share to him. “Let’s just say she seems like a nice woman, aside from also being gorgeous, from what I can tell so far.”

Ashlyn laughed. “Maybe next time you’ll listen to your little sister and not try to ruin things that are in your own best interest.”

He grinned. “I thought this was about you and Danica switching lives—not trying to play matchmaker.”

“Hey, whatever happens between you two is a fringe benefit,” she explained. “Just like I hope will be the case when I get together with Danica’s friend Hunter.”

“Hunter, huh?” Boyd was not so sure he wanted this dude to hunt after his sister, but he realized she was an adult and he had to trust her judgment just as she clearly trusted his.

“Yes, Hunter. We’re meeting tomorrow for lunch. I’ll let you know how it goes.”

“Spare me the details,” he said.

“So long as you do the same, should you and Danica decide to hook up.”

Boyd pondered the possibility. “My lips will be sealed, if things head in that direction.”

“Okay, now that it’s settled, mind if I go back to sleep?” Ashlyn yawned for effect.

“Go right ahead. Hope you have a good time tomorrow with Hunter.”

“I could say the same for you and Danica. I assume you’ve already made plans?”

He grinned crookedly. “I’m going to show her around a bit, per your suggestion. Other than that, there’s nothing special in the works.”

“If you say so,” she said. “Aloha.”

Boyd disconnected, laughing to himself at his sister’s overactive imagination when it came to his love life. In fact, he didn’t really have a love life at the moment. But then neither did Ashlyn. Did that make them two sorry siblings, or what?

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