Freefall (Santa Cruz Skydivers Book 1) by Joanne Efendi Read Free Book Online Page A

at the caller ID.
    “Shit, sorry, I’ve gotta take this.” He looked at me apologetically, and then walked outside onto the balcony to take his call.
    Lili and I watched him walked away, his broad shoulders and tight ass filling out his suit very nicely.
    Lili forcefully grabbed me by my arm and confronted me as soon as he was out of earshot. “What has gotten into you? What do you think you are doing?”
    I pulled my arm from her grip. “What do you mean? I’m just trying to have a good time. That’s not a crime, is it?”
    “Well have some decorum about it.” She stood up straight, forcing a tight smile on her face after a guest standing nearby overheard our conversation. She turned so her back was toward the guest and lowered her voice. “This is Scotty’s big chance, in case you have forgotten. This isn’t exactly the place to pick up and slut around.”
    “I can’t believe you just said that.” I was hurt beyond words. “I am not slutting around. Besides, I didn’t exactly notice you missing Scotty while Levi was here.”
    Scotty chose that moment to slide up beside Lili and place a kiss on the nape of her neck.
    “What’s up, girls?” he asked. “Having a good time?”
    “Something like that.” I glared at Lili.
    Lili mumbled something incoherent and pushed Scotty’s hand away from her waist.
    Levi came sauntering back to us, sliding his phone into his pocket. “Sorry, girls, I’m going to have to call it a night. I’ve just been called into work tomorrow. Andi we’ll have to rain check that drinking competition.”
    “Sure thing. Another time.” My head dropped, disappointed that he was leaving and knowing there was no way I’d ever meet him again. And given the way Lili was behaving, it also looked like my night here was over, too.
    Levi noticed Scotty staring at him from behind Lili and stuck out his hand. “Sorry, mate, didn’t see you there.” He shook Scotty’s hand. “Levi. Pleased to meet you.”
    “Scott. Likewise,” Scotty said, returning the handshake.
    Seeing the two of them standing side by side was comical. They were both the same height, but that was where the similarities ended. Levi oozed sex, and even though he was wearing a suit, you could tell by the way it hugged his body he was all muscle. Scotty, on the other hand, was long and lean with fair skin, and his suit just hung off him, like it would a coat hanger.
    “I work for the paper and tonight I’m covering the event.” Scotty held up his camera, simultaneously showing Levi a laminated ID on a lanyard that he had hanging around his neck. “Do you mind if I take your photo for the social pages?”
    Levi smiled. “Sure. Take one of me and Andi.”
    Levi wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me in tight, my head inadvertently resting on his chest. Automatically, I wrapped my arm around his waist. And even though my heart was pounding, and I could barely remember my own name, this position felt natural and right. Being this close to him, my theory about his body was also proven true. It was tight and firm beneath my touch. I resisted all temptation to lower my hand and run it over his ass.
    “Smile for the camera, Andi.” Levi gave me a little squeeze and lifted his hand ever so slightly so it was now resting just below my breast.
    Levi didn’t need to tell me to smile. I was beaming so hard my cheeks were starting to hurt. My knees shook and my stomach somersaulted. It was every clichéd moment I had read about in my romance novels all rolled into one. I didn’t remember ever feeling this way about a guy, not even Ben, or that guy from high school I had so unceremoniously lost my virginity to in the broom closet at Lili’s eighteenth birthday party. Every other guy I had ever crushed on ceased to exist. Levi was all I could think about. My heart was now pounding so hard the material of my dress shook with every beat.
    We both looked at Scotty, who snapped a couple of pictures of us, and then