Page 84 of Third Chances (Men of Manhattan 2)

"Alina wanted you to wear her bracelet for the rest of the trip. I volunteered to make it happen."

I pressed my lips together. What the fuck was I going to do with two bracelets and no nice guy to remove them for me? Oh God, I'll probably end up having to give some random stranger head in the middle of the rainforest.

"Just get Rob to take them off for you."

He's not speaking to me because I'm a judgmental asshole. "Yeah, maybe."

"Do you think when James gets mad he's a spanker? I bet he is. I want him to spank me so badly."

"Stop trying to get him to cheat on his fiancée."

"Spanking me would not be cheating. His palm on my bare ass would be anything but wrong. I want to make him angry again today."

"You're so weird."

She laughed. "I just want what I want. Speaking of which...do you still want Rob? We can be each other's wingmen today."

"I don't know. I told him some of my concerns about his brother and he freaked out. I think it's better if I just avoid him for the rest of our trip."

"That's going to be kind of hard."

"Why?"

"They all signed up to come zip lining with us."

Chapter 26

Rob

"We should probably get going," Mason said. "The zip lining tour starts in half an hour."

"Is it okay if I just spend the day here?" James asked. "I have a headache from Matt drugging me last night."

Matt laughed. "You said you forgave me."

James smiled. "I do forgive you. It doesn't mean I don't feel like shit this morning though. Besides, I've never been zip lining, and neither has Penny. I want our first time to be together."

"How romantic," Matt said. "You're totally whipped. You do realize that, right?"

"She didn't tell me not to go. I was just thinking it would be nice if I waited to do it with her."

"You're not going to be zip lining during your honeymoon. You're going to be having tons of sex with your woman. Come on, stop being lame."

"I'll stay here with him," I said.

"You're seriously passing on more time with Daphne?" Matt asked. "I don't believe my ears."

I shrugged. "Yeah. She's all yours. Good luck with that."

"Really? What made you change your mind?"

"She's not my type." Maybe Matt fucking her would somehow get that stick out of her ass. Not that I wished that bitch on anyone.

James put his book down. "I thought you really liked her. She seems really nice."

"She's actually not nice at all." She's a total cunt. "But yeah, she fooled me for a bit. Glad I found out early on."

James shrugged. "I guess."

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