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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
BASTIENWASTRYING to figure out a way he could have Mikelina and the house all to himself tonight, but his brain was still mush from the excellent sex in the changing room. He glanced over and smiled at Mikelina fast asleep in her seat. She was beautiful and he was looking forward to finding out all her secrets and getting to know her better outside of the bedroom as well as inside.
He had a bunch of messages on his phone, but he didn’t want to disturb Mikelina by listening to them while he was driving. He didn’t want to take her to her crappy hotel. He wanted to hang out with her at the beach house. Maybe she could help him and Jace ease into a better relationship or something.
Mikelina woke up as they pulled into the beach house. “I’m sorry,” she yawned. “I can’t believe I fell asleep.”
“I can. We’ve had a very busy schedule.”
“We’ve had a very pleasurable schedule.” She glanced out the window. “I shouldn’t be here at the house.”
“We’ll make up a story. We’ll say that you’ve come to check in on how things were doing and how they’re feeling. Jace will want to know that you mailed off the larimar set to Kitty today.”
She considered it for a moment. “All right, that works.”
Good. He wasn’t ready to say goodbye to her yet. Turned out that he didn’t have to worry because the house was empty. Finally. Finally, something was going his way.
“I’m going to check my messages and find out where they are. Keep your fingers crossed that whatever they’re up to will keep them out of the house long enough for us to skinny-dip in the pool and then barricade ourselves in the bedroom all night.”
“I’m going to make some coffee,” she said, smiling. “Do you want some?”
“Damned right I do. I need to keep up my energy.”
“That’s what I like to hear.” Mikelina slapped his ass on the way by.
“Payback is a bitch,” he warned her.
“That’s okay,” she said. “So am I.”
“Feisty. I like that.”
“Check your messages.” Mikelina tossed off her shirt. He liked the sexy lace bra she wore, but he’d like it better on the floor. “We may not have much time. We may have to skip right to the barricading part.”
He saw his father called once. He could wait. His office called twice. They could wait, too. Especially since Mikelina had just tossed her shorts into the room. Bastien had to stop himself from going into the kitchen and taking her on the island like he had been fantasizing about. Thankfully, Jace had texted him a few hours ago. Bastien scrolled down and nearly dropped the phone.
Gone to the casino. Don’t wait up.
Fear shot through him. What if Jace was doing to Kitty what Gina had done to Bastien? He had to check it out. He wouldn’t let Kitty go through the devastation of being married to a gambling addict. Been there. Done that. Burned the T-shirt.
“Mikelina,” he shouted.
“What?” she said, coming back into the room in her sexy underwear, carrying two espressos.
Bastien was completely distracted at the sight. “Wow,” he sighed. She took his breath away.
“Is everything all right?”
He closed his eyes and shook his head to clear it. “No. I’ve got a problem. Where are the nearest casinos?”
“Uh, the Gulfstream is the closet, but it only has slots, poker and horse racing. The Hard Rock casino has all the table games, but that’s about an hour away with traffic. Why?”
“Jace and the boys went to a casino. I need to find him. Let’s start at the Gulfstream and go from there.”
“Why?” She put the coffees on the table. “Why can’t you let them enjoy their night while we stay here and enjoy ours?”
Bastien rubbed his hand over his face. It was so very tempting to do just that. But he’d never forgive himself if he could have warned Kitty and he didn’t. “I’ll tell you on the way. Will you come with me?”
“Sure, but I’m not dressed for the casino.” She indicated her underwear.
