" You know that you have to have a wrangler on the trail with you, right? And Tim and I will be wrangling those Girl Scouts. If you don't want to ride...with them, you can ride in the ring until we get back from the morning ride and I'll take you on the long trail out by the lake for lunch if you'd like."Hmm. Go out on a trail ride with a dozen cute girls who had never been on a horse before or wait and go on a real ride with Hal where we'd get to canter a little. That lake trail was great. No. “Well, now that you’re with Wes and not with me, that changed our agreement. I guess you either should put your credit card on your sign and sail card, or let Wes pay for all your expenses,” I sniped.You’re becoming the worst cabin mate I ever had on a cruise,” she spat.“How the hell would you know? You have not let Wes out of your damn sight. You are spending all your time with him and none with me. For Christ sakes, you haven’t let me touch you since our trip to Florida and the first night. ’ I could feel her stomach fluttering, and she relaxed against me again, her hands fisting in my hair and pulling me gently into her. I have to admit that it was exciting for me too. After a time, I moved slowly over to her breast, licking the underside and looking with anticipation at the hard nipple perched on the tight globe. She was moaning with her head thrown back, and her stomach muscles clenched as I sucked the nipple into my mouth and laved it with my tongue. I felt her hands urgently. Paula was Jeff's ex-wife and the mother of his two kids."Unless you hated the bastard as much as I did," she smirked. "But it doesn't matter really. It looks like you did okay in the end and everything ended up the way it should have from the beginning." She waved at Amanda and then turned to leave.Before she got out of earshot, she threw a last barb over her shoulder. "No matter what his mom says, don't go and look at the body. He doesn't look anything like he used to. His life was hell for.