Sea Breeze 03 - While It Lasts

anything other than that diamond ring on Eva’s hand.
    “Sure,” I managed to reply.
    “ Becca , don’t do that. ” Eva’s obvious disapproval surprised me. What the hell was wrong with swimming? Was she against that too?
    “Why not?” she chirped as she began pulling her tank top over her head. WHOA .
    “Then at least go strip in the shadows and not right here in front of everyone. Especially Jeremy . You’ ll make him uncomfortable.”
    Strip? Were we going skinny- dipping?
    “It ain’t like Jere my hasn’t seen me naked, Eva.”
    What?
    “Ugh, just go undress away from us,” Eva replied.
    “I wasn’t exactly complaining. Be cca Lynn has some nice knockers, ” Jeremy piped in.
    It came out of nowhere. I suddenly saw red.
    I reached over to grab Jeremy by the collar and lifted him off his feet. “ Apologize, now you stupid fucker. ”
    Jeremy’s wide- eyed expression told me I’d scared the shit out of him but I didn’t care. He was engaged. To Eva . What the hell was he looking at other girls’ tits for and talking about how nice they were in front of her? Asshole.
    “I’m sorry Becca ,” he croa ked out.
    “Not her you idiot! Eva! Apologize. To. Eva.”
    Why the hell did he look confused? Was he a moron?
    “Uh, sorry Eva. I didn’t mean to uh, say that,” h e stammered nervously.
    I felt a hand on my arm tugging at me but the blood pounding in my ears wa s drowning out everything else. I turned my angry glare off Jeremy to see Eva’s horrified expression as she screamed and pulled on my arm.
    Focusing on her words I took a deep breath in an attempt to calm down
    “STOP IT! STOP IT NOW! CAGE.”
    Slowly , I let Jeremy down and watched as Eva shoved me back and went to fuss over Jeremy like she was his damn mo mma .
    “Are you okay? He’s insane. What was Uncle Mack thinking sending him here ? I’m so sorry, Jer.”
    Jeremy shook his head and gently pushed her hands away. “Eva , I’m fine. He didn’t hurt me. He was just offended by my comment and apparently thought you would be too.”
    Well , hell yeah. Low would have killed Marcus with her bare hands had he said something like that about another woman. Eva was not reacting properly. She was mad at me. Me. Not Jeremy.
    “Because he’s insane. He’s a drunk and he’s had too much to drink.”
    That was it, “Excuse me Mother Teresa but this is my first damn beer in three days and I’ve only had half of it. This is not what constitutes a drunk. “
    She opened her mouth to respon d and snapped it closed again. Then she turned to Jeremy, “Let’s go. I’ve had all the fun I can handle for a night.”
    Unable to control my mouth any longer I had to comment. “You don’t know what fun is Eva Brooks , but baby , I could show you a world of fun if you’d loosen up just a little bit.”
    Her cheeks flushed bright pink and she stiffened her back before turning and stalking off into the dark. Jeremy shook his head and then followed her.
    How was I the bad guy in this?

    Eva

    “Can you believe him? Is he crazy? I mean , he just snatched you up and you let him. Take up for yourself , Jer ,” I was furious and just maybe a little turned on. Cage’s arms had some serious bulging muscles.
    “He thinks we’re engaged,” Jeremy replied.
    I froze.
    “What?” Where did he get the idea that Jeremy and I were engaged?
    Jeremy took my left hand and held it up. “You wear an engagement ring and the only guy you are seen with is me. It’s an honest mistake, Eva. He was taking up for you. Which I gotta say I didn’t get that at first. Then it dawned on me that he wasn’t going all caveman possessive over Becca Lynn but he was pissed that your fiancé had just made a suggestive comment about another woman . He was defending you.”
    Me?
    I replayed in my head everything that had just happened . Becca had been about to strip right there in front of us. I didn’t want to watch Cage’s appreciative gaze take in her very naked body. It bothered me. A lot. Then Jeremy had made the comment about her nice boobs. Which I kn e w he really liked. He had mentioned them more than once. Then… then… Cage had lost it.
    Because he thought I was engaged to Jeremy. In a weird scary way he was defending my honor. It was… sweet. Well , crap. I didn’t need him doing sweet things for me. Especially weird , scary , sweet things. He could have hurt Jeremy.
    “You get it now?” Jeremy asked , reminding me that he was standing there in the