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CHAPTER 54

•~Bella Swan~

"I'll uhh... just go get my trunks," Edward muttered before walking awkwardly into the other room. Had I not seen the evidence of his desire for me with very own eyes, I might have felt bad for teasing him like this, knowing that he was probably making a supreme effort to hide his attraction.

Egotistical much, Bella? Hmm... the guy does have tons of inappropriate pictures of me saved to his laptop – I think I have room to feel a little smug.

Maybe this wasn't the best time to start an inner dialog with myself. Snapping back to attention, I quickly grabbed my brand new, pure white Calvin Klein bikini and navy cover-up from my bags and then began shedding my clothes right there in the front room, secretly hoping that Edward might walk in and find me buck naked. Of course, he took his sweet time getting ready, so my ass was fully covered by the time he returned.

Letting him walk in on me naked seemed too cliche anyway.

It took every ounce of self-control I had not to eye-fuck the man when I noticed how goddamn hot he looked.

Focus on something else. Don't stare at the muscular legs peeking out from beneath his dark green board shorts or that delicious fucking v-shaped muscle you've been fantasizing about... oh God... or his fucking perfectly-sculpted abs and chest.

Shaking my head, I made sure to keep my eyes on Edward's face, which as hot as it was, was a safe enough place to look.

Maybe I should keep letting him catch me eye-fucking him, because it was quite possible that part of the reason he hadn't approached me was because he didn't think this attraction was mutual? There was also the matter that Edward wasn't the type of man to cheat, but I held out hope that, in his mind, Renee's betrayal had been enough to render his vows null and void.

Pushing back those concerns, I decided that the whole eye-fucking idea was definitely something to consider.

"You ready?" I asked quickly, giving him my sweetest smile, which he returned with a crooked grin.

"Of course, Beautiful," he replied, offering his arm like a gentleman.

Now that's the Edward I've been missing!

Without hesitation, I took his offered hand and followed him toward the door.


A/N

Will Edward lose it when Bella loses her swimsuit cover-up? Will he get a nice big tent in his shorts? Thoughts?

Until later...