Her Journey (Her Series Book 2) by Rachael Orman

to take on more than she was ready for. Grabbing a towel, I headed down to the pool.
    “Hey ladies.” I smiled at Ryan then winked at Melia. Her forehead wrinkled as she pulled her eyebrows together in confusion. Smirking, I dropped my towel on an empty chair and stretched my arms over my head.
    “Wrench? I figured you’d be working.” Ryan wasn’t happy that I had joined them. She’d have to get over it because I didn’t give a fuck. I let her rule enough, it was time I did what I wanted.
    “Well, I saw you through my office window. It looked like a good time so I changed into my suit. Why? Am I not welcome in my own backyard?” Putting my hands on my hips, I lifted an eyebrow at her and dared her to tell me no. She sighed loudly and shook her head before laying back on her chair. Melia, however, was still watching me from behind her shades. I could feel her eyes on me, almost as if her hands were running over my exposed skin. I didn’t think she’d seen me without a shirt on before. After giving her a moment to drool, I turned to stretch again so she could admire my back.
    I had tats that covered both my arms, across my chest and across the top of my back. My favorite one was the one I’d gotten for the first bitch that got me to fall in love with her. It’d been her favorite flower. After she broke my heart, I had it turned into a dead flower because that bitch was dead to me after the pain she caused me. Plus it was a good reminder why I never wanted a serious relationship again. She had been a rich brat who had had everything handed to her. Told me she wasn’t like that, money wasn’t everything to her. I even believed her for a couple years, until one day I found her fucking her father’s business partner. She even had the balls to tell me that he had proposed to her and they were going to get married so he could take care of her. I still wondered how long she would’ve dragged me along, draining every penny I made along the way.
    Joke was on her though. He’d ended up being married already and wasn’t willing to leave his wife for her. Too bad she hadn’t found out until after she’d already had a kid with him. It was a blessing, really. She got fat and hadn’t aged well at all. It’d been years since I had seen her, but the one time had been enough. Seeing her with a kid on her hip,with saggy tits and an extra twenty pounds on her thighs had been enough to show me that I’d missed that train wreck just in time.
    Was I being a dick thinking that way? Sure. Did I care? Not at all. The woman had torn my heart out and broke it into so many pieces it’d never be the same. She was the only woman I had truly loved and look at how that had ended. No matter, I didn’t care about her or our past anymore.
    I didn’t need to spend a second more on that whore. I think Melia was more afraid of me than turned on by me, but that could easily change. I’d just have to act like a soft pussy, like Dirty had become with Ryan. Women ate that shit up.
    Turning towards Melia, I let my eyes drag over her sexy little body lounging on the chair. My tongue dragged over my bottom lip as I finally met her eyes, a smile tugging at the corner of my lips. “You want to go swimming?”
    “No, I’m okay right here.” Melia scrunched her eyebrows together as she looked at me.
    “Well, I guess that leaves the whole pool for me.” I shrugged before running and doing a cannon ball into the pool, splashing as much water as I could.
    “Asshole!” Ryan yelled at me when I broke the surface of the water. I smiled broadly at her.
    “What?”
    “You got us all wet!” Ryan was wiping down her legs with a towel, glaring at me.
    “I tend to do that to women.” I winked at Melia, who completely ignored me as she dried off too..
    “You’re a pig.” Ryan picked up her belongings, saying something quietly to Melia before casting me another dirty look. “We are going inside now. Thanks for ruining our relaxation