Page 92 of Visions of You

“Wait!” April shouted, sliding across the blanket to grab the sunscreen. “You need more sunblock on your back.”

With an impatient sigh, Hailey dutifully returned. I leaned back on my hands and watched as April sprayed her down with sunscreen, then patted her on the rear end. “Go. Have fun and don’t go too deep.”

With a shout, Hailey bounded into the ocean. April turned to me and caught me staring. She raised her brows. “What?”

“I love watching you two together. It makes me very happy.”

“Me too. She’s easy to love.” April crawled toward me and brushed her lips over mine. “And you deserve to be happy.”

She turned around and I pulled her back to rest against my chest. We watched Hailey splash around in the shallows.

“I was thinking about takingIndigo Dreamsout for anotherprivate dive,” I said, resting my cheek against her head. We’d dived together recently, and I wanted to make it a regular thing.

“You don’t have to ask me twice. That new site Maia and Wyatt discovered is fantastic. You want to dive that?”

“I had something else in mind.”

“Okay. What?”

“TheBenson.”

April sat up and partially turned to stare at me. “Really? Are you sure?”

I shrugged, a smile playing at my lips. Those bright blue eyes drew me in. I was lost in them—willingly. “It’s not like it’s out to get me. Or my family. And someone told me it’s a great dive and one of her favorites. Plus, I’ll be with an expert, won’t I?”

“I’d love to, Gabe. Thank you for putting your trust in me.”

I thought about commenting on putting other things in her, but we were in a serious moment. I brushed an errant lock of hair off her face. “That day I drove when you had the incident with Ted was a real turning point. I was so scared something would happen to you. I was just too stubborn and blind to see it. I had to come face to face with losing you to finally admit I loved you.”

“And I had to finally surrender my heart and trust you with it.”

“Trust isn’t easy for either of us. You trust me with your heart, and I’ll trust you with my life. Let’s dive that wreck.”

Her smile lit her from within. I wanted to see it every day of my life.

“We’ll stay shallow and on the outside of the wreck,” she said. “There will still be plenty to explore.”

I made a rumbling noise deep in my chest and leaned forward until our faces were inches apart. Two openings like that couldn’t be ignored. “Explore, huh? Now you’ve got my full attention. What kind of exploring did you have in mind?”

She grinned. “Diving’s not the only thing, is it? We could break out the whisky. There’s still some left.”

April and I had shared a glass of the Macallan 30 the nightHailey and I moved in. Only a single glass, but it had given me an idea. An amazing idea.

I smiled back at her. “Not sure there’s enough for that. There are barely a couple of glasses left. But I’ve got plenty of Macallan 18 if you’re interested.”

“Mmm. Might want to wait until Hailey is sleeping in the Big House or at a friend’s.”

I’d had a talk with Hailey that she was free to come to our room during the night if she needed to, but she had to knock first. And what April was suggesting was something I absolutely didn’t want to be interrupted. “Excellent idea. Now that I’ve got my bed back, I’ve got a lot of time to make up for.”

“I slept in it first. It’s my bed.”

I grinned. “Never.”

“All right. I’ll concede the bed if you bring the whisky. Are you in or out?”

My smile widened. “Oh, I’m in, baby.”

Chapter Thirty-Four

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