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โIโm experiencing it.โ I held my arms out to the sides and looked around. โIsnโt this enough?โ
โNo.โ I wondered if Will looked at everyone the way he was looking at me.
If he had the power to make every girl feel special as soon as he met them.
He reached for me again, and I let him. I didnโt know a single thing about this boy, but something about him made me feel like I could trust him. I knew how stupid that sounded. I was in the ocean with a guy I had never met, surrounded by more people that I didnโt know, and I felt safe with him.
I felt like this moment, smiling with this boy, could somehow make me forget Beck.
I could forget the way he made me feel and the way I had given in to him without him even knowing.
Will lifted me over his shoulder and acted like he was going to jump into the water.
โNo!โ I screamed and laughed, and I heard others laughing from the beach.
โYou sure?โ he asked and I pushed against his back to raise my head.
โYes. Iโve seen enough of the ocean. There are sharks in there.โ
He gently set me back down on my feet, my blood rushing away from my head, and I knew that I still had a stupid smile on my face.
โThere.โ He was right in front of me, and he pushed some of my hair out of my face. โThereโs the smile I wanted to see.โ
โI was smiling at you earlier.โ I laughed because there was a good possibility that he was insane.
โYeah, but that one was fake.โ
I couldnโt stop smiling because he was right. My thighs were covered in saltwater and sand, and small splatters of water dotted my clothes. I hadnโt felt this carefree in a long time, too long to remember, but it felt good.
It didnโt feel forced at all.
I wrapped my arms around his shoulders as a wave crashed into my calves, threatening to knock me over, and I could have sworn he smelled like the sun. He smelled like that moment when you had been out on the water all day and your skin still felt the heat of the sun. When you were tired but perfectly content.
His hair tickled my face as I breathed him in, and for a moment, I forgot. Where I was. Who I was. What I was supposed to be. I just forgot it all and let him hold on to me as he laughed around the sound of the ocean.
Then I looked up, and I saw him.
I didnโt know where he had come from. But Beck stood next to the fire with his hands in his pockets and his callous eyes on me. Had he been here all along and I just missed him?
There was no way.
I would have noticed him. He was impossible to miss.
And it was clear that he hadnโt missed me.
He didnโt hide the fact that he was staring at me, even when my gaze met his, he didnโt look away. He held my gaze, his anger hitting me as harshly as the waves, and I suddenly felt foolish in Willโs arms.
And the fact that he made me feel that way heated my blood far more than Willโs warmth ever could.
Beck Clermont hated me, that much was perfectly clear, and I didnโt give two shits why. I hated him too.
He had forced me to hate him, and he was successful.
He looked like a king standing there. All the people on the beach vying for his attention, but he didnโt move his gaze away from me. Not for one second.
I pushed away from Will, steadying myself on my feet, and I pulled my own gaze away from Beck long enough to look up at him.
โYou okay?โ He was still smiling, and it was so carefree and easy. It was the kind of smile that made you fall for someone. The kind of smile I should fall for.
But I couldnโt help looking back over his shoulder at Beck.
โYeah. Iโm fine.โ I ran my fingers over my shorts, but Will was already looking back to where my attention kept wandering. He looked back to me, his smile faltering slightly, but I noticed.
He reached his hand out for me, and I let him pull me toward him and to the dry sand. โLetโs go get you a drink.โ He put his arm over my shoulders as we walked, and I let him. He was a complete stranger, but I somehow felt safer there under his arm when I had no idea what faced me.
I avoided looking back toward Beck as we made our way over to a giant trash can that was stuck down in the sand. A keg was floating in ice, and Will let go of me as he started pouring me a cup. I didnโt dare tell him that I didnโt like beer. Instead, I gripped the plastic cup in my hand with too much force and I took a deep drink of the bitter liquid.
โItโs cheap-ass beer.โ He chuckled when he saw my face. โBut it does the trick.โ
I nodded and wiped the edge of my mouth with the back of my hand. I didnโt really know the difference between cheap beer and expensive beer, but I knew it tasted awful.
Will was looking back toward the fire, but I was looking anywhere else. โYou know Beck Clermont?โ
I tensed as the name left his mouth. โNot really. Why?โ It wasnโt a lie. I didnโt know anything about him. Not in any way that actually mattered.
โHeโs staring at me like he wants to rip my head off.โ Will chuckled and looked down at me.
I chanced a look over my shoulder, and he was right. Beck was staring Will down as if he hated him as much as he hated me. Maybe he did.
Maybe he hated everyone.
But according to Allie, that wasnโt true.
According to her, she had never seen him act
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