Alec

Alec burst into laughter. "You are a virgin."

I was so embarrassed but tried to play it off by flipping him off.

"I am not a virgin, playboy. Okay!"

Alec raised his hands. "Okay, sorry." He smiled. "Go ahead and finish your book, don't mind me."

I flushed again making Alec smile. "No, thank you. I'll read it later."

"When we're in bed?" he asked and wiggled his eyebrows.

I gasped at how casually he said that, as if us going to bed together was a natural thing.

"No!" I managed to shout making him laugh again.

My whole body felt hot. It did a moment ago from the book and the scenes that took place in said book, but now I was so embarrassed that I could feel the heat radiating from me.

"I'm going for a swim," I said and stood up.

"In the curtain?" Alec asked me, pointing to my cover up.

I looked away from him. "No, I taking me cover up off so just... just turn around, and don't look, okay?" I mumbled.

"Of course, I am a gentleman after all." He turned around and put his back to me. I hesitantly lifted the hem of my cover up and lifted it over my head. I slowly stepped away from Alec and when I was sure he wouldn't turn around I turned and walked towards the water.

When I heard a loud wolf whistle though I froze and looked over my shoulder. Alec was now turned around and grinning and me while whistling and blowing kisses in my direction.

He was making fun of me, the dick!

I gave him the finger, which he smirked at before he lay back down on the towel under him, and threw his arm over his eyes in an effort to block out the sunlight. I forced myself not to cover myself with my hands as I walked towards the waterline. I dipped my toes into the water and jumped back a little - it was cool.

I don't know why but I held my breath and I dipped my foot into the water again, I pulled it back out a moment later and exhaled. I was such a wuss but I didn't care. I wanted to take my time and let myself get used to the temperature.

The arsehole that slammed into the back of me had other ideas though. I was about to whirl around and punch whoever slammed into me until I realised that my feet weren't on the ground anymore.

I heard Alec's laughter and that turned my panic into anger when I realised it wasn't a stranger.

"You dickhead put me down!"

I widened my eyes when Alec walked us out into the ocean, until my lower half was under water.

"Stop!" I screeched.

Alec loosened his grip on me so I turned myself and wrapped my limbs around his body.

"Don't go out any further, I can't swim very good."

"I've got you kitten, don't worry," Alec murmured and kissed my cheek.

I pressed my face to the side of his as he did this, which made him laugh. He rubbed his head on mine and allowed the water to sway us from side to side.

I relaxed after a moment and pulled back from Alec when he gripped my behind. "You should be holdin' me up by my waist."

"That's true but I wanted to feel your ass."

I laughed. "You're so blunt that it's funny."

I turned and looked behind Alec and out to the ocean. I furrowed my eyebrows and focused on a black spot in the water then widened my eyes when a fin broke the surface of the water, but just as quick as it appeared, it disappeared.

"Alec," I whispered, not taking my eyes off the spot where I saw the fin.

The hands on my arse squeezed me as his lips touched my ear. "What is it, kitten?"

I cleared my throat and in the calmest voice I could muster I said, "I think... I think I saw a fin in the waves behind you."

Alec slowly pulled back from me and asked, "A fin... as in a shark's fin?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Either that or a dolphin, could belong a small whale too-"

I gasped, cutting myself off after the air was knocked out of me and water took its place. I was thrown backwards into the water and flung my limbs around in a panic when I sucked water down instead of air. In seconds, I broke the surface of the water and coughed and spluttered until I was greedily sucking air down into my lungs.

"Shark! Big fucking shark! We're all going to die! Swim for your lives!"

I could barely stand up in the water so I moved my arms and legs until I got my footing and stumbled forward enough until the water was below my waist. I rubbed my face as I turned my body fully in the direction of the beach. I narrowed my eyes and shook my head as I saw Alec haul his arse out of the water screeching like teenage girl while he waved his arms around like it was nobody’s business.

The bastard left me to die!

He threw me to the shark-dolphin-whale so he could save himself.

So much for him being a fucking gentlemen.

"Keela, are you still mad at me?" Alec asked as we walked up to our room after a long day of lying on the beach and eating in the local cafes.

I looked ahead as I sang, "Twinkle twinkle little star-"

"How I wonder what you are?"

"-I wish I could tie you down and run you over with me car."

Alec groaned. "Okay, I get it, you're still mad."

I clicked my tongue and tapped my foot against the floor as I waited for Alec to open the door when we reached our hotel room.

"You've had the entire day to cool off. How can you still be pissed at me?"

Because I'm female and can hold a grudge till the end of time?

"You left me to die, Alec. You literally threw me to what you thought was a shark just so you could save yourself. Some gentleman you are," I said and shook my head in astonishment.

I cannot believe he was still questioning why I was angry with him, it was plain as day why I was mad.

"Excuse me for not wanting to die. It's very sexist of you to insinuate that I should be the one to throw myself to a shark just to save you just because I'm a man. It's also very selfish of you, I mean, why can't you sacrifice yourself to save me?" Alec asked and stared me down with those big blue fucking eyes of his.

I huffed and placed my hands on my hips before crossing them across myself. "It's just the gentleman thing to do. I bet Nico would throw himself to a shark to save Bronagh."

Alec held up his hands. "I'm sorry to disappoint you kitten, but I'm not my brother. I can't just punch a shark in the face and win."

I screeched. "I'm not askin' you to fight a shark, I'm askin' you not to throw me to one just to save yourself!"

Alec used both his hands to push his hair back out his face, but it was pointless because it still fell back and framed his face.

"It was a fight or flight situation and my flight instinct took over."

I sarcastically laughed. "Yeah, I know it took over. I was the one left to be shark food, remember?"

Alec shook his head in frustration. "We don't even know if it was a shark!"

"No we don't, but it could have been, that's the point!"

Alec was about to open his mouth to reply but instead settled on biting his lower lip as he lifted his arms and gestured to my neck with both of his large hands. I snorted because the feeling was mutual - I wanted to choke him too.

"You're the most frustrating woman I have ever spent time with. You're driving me crazy!"

I opened my mouth to snap off a snarky reply, but the ringtone from Alec's phone cut me off. It was on the bed and before he could get it, I dashed onto the bed and rolled off on the other side like a ninja. I lifted the phone to my ear then and answered it.

"Hello playgirl hotline, Keela speakin'. Alec is busy with a client right now, but what can I do for you today?" I purred.

Alec narrowed his eyes and set his jaw while I grinned on the other side of the bed.

"Um hello, Keela. I'm Damien, Alec's brother."

The twin I haven't met.

"Hey Damien, we haven't met but I'm Keela, your brother's fake girlfriend."