Riptide (Limitless Book 1) by Kinsey Corwin Read Free Book Online

or babysitter. You know where the airport is. Aaron can drive you or you can catch a cab. Me? Well there are supposed to be some sweet swells here over the next few days that will hopefully last into next week, and since my father went to all the trouble to clear my schedule, I intend to get a few more good rides in before I go home.”
    Somewhere along the lines they’d become friends and she pulled no punches when she dealt with him. It stung at times. The lack of filter in her words when she talked to him had a tendency to cut through all his defenses and excuses. He’d brought it on himself. Not letting her in. Keeping her at a distance. Right now, he wanted to put that horrible day behind him. Forget it happened. The woman who could typically make his worst day on the water disappear, stood just feet in front of him and he couldn’t have her. Water ran down in rivulets over the smooth expanse of her stomach. He longed to lick the salt water from her skin. Reclaim the moments spent in her arms. He rose, leaned in close to her, and brushed his lips against her cheek. “Unfortunately, what I want from you right now, I can’t have.”
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    “W hat do you mean it’s not going well? You’ve been there for two days. Aaron said that Hunter hasn’t even bothered to surf.”
    She watched her father as he paced back and forth in front of the computer in his office. Her father’s impatience infuriated her as much as the fact he had Aaron checking up on them and reporting back on their progress. Between her father’s request for a daily status report by video chat and having an unofficial chaperone, she would never make progress with Hunter.
    “Aaron needs to go back to Oahu.” She picked up the images that were delivered from her photographer from the Park City shoot. Marking out the ones she didn’t like, she set aside the ones she’d narrowed down. “And you need to stop demanding a daily update on my progress. The more time I spend talking to you or playing twenty questions with your assistant, the less time I get to spend trying to get through to your surfer.”
    She watched as the unshakeable Colton Nash sank down into his chair. “Not such a good idea.”
    Frustration ate at her. The more Hunter distanced himself from her, the more she realized that she was desperate to keep him. “Dad, you either trust me to do what is right by you, Limitless, and Hunter Sullivan, or you don’t. When you figure out where you stand, let me know. In the meantime, get some sleep because you look like hell.” Then she disconnected the call. No I love you’s, no goodbyes. The longer Hunter didn’t talk to her, or attempt to touch her, the more she hated her dad for putting her in this position. This whole thing turned into a cluster fuck and she didn’t like it one bit.
    She moved out to the patio, ignoring the ringing from her laptop. Then the cell phone in her back pocket. She pulled it out and looked at it, tempted to chuck it over the railing and into the sand. Instead, she turned it off, dropped it on the lounge chair, and leaned against the railing. The ocean was still today. Smooth as glass. Surfing was out, but perhaps a ride in the boat or on the jet skis. Today she didn’t want to contemplate how to make her father happy because doing so made her miserable. There was a reason he’d pushed her into doing this. She couldn’t figure out why and he sure as hell wasn’t volunteering the information. Guess they all had secrets to keep. The conference line on her laptop started chiming again.
    “I don’t think he’s going to give up.”
    “Holy crap!” She turned and stared at Hunter, who sat on the top stair that led down to the sand. He looked good in his board shorts and no shirt. Like he was ready to hit the waves. Only she knew better. “How long have you been sitting here?”
    “Long enough to hear you hang up on your dad.” He chuckled. “One thing I’ve learned about your father over the past couple