" Either that, or men are justnaturally paranoid. Anyway, I was pretty sure Alex had told Areeya whathad happened that morning. Not that I cared. I kn...w that Alex keptnothing from Areeya and vice versa.I had moved out to the balcony and was lying on one of the loungers. Theycame and sat next to each other on the lounger next to mine. Areeya saidthat the repairs to the boat were going well. The engines had beendrained and cleaned of the dirty fuel and the batteries replaced and thewiring checked. I brought it up to my face, kissed the back of it, looked at her and said, “Careful there.” She blushed and smiled at me. I said, “Let’s save that for later.” About that time our waiter came with our order. He was followed by another staff member with a bottle of wine and she began pouring each of us a glass, saying, ”Compliments of the chef”.We quietly ate our dinner and enjoyed the wine. When we were done we sat and held hands. I stared into Alyssa’s eyes and stroked the back of her. He couldn't tell if she had on pants or a skirt from where she was sitting behind her desk but he knew he'd no that in just a few minutes when he had Mandy taking off whatever it was she had worn to work.Knocking on the door light, Tom walked in and went immediately around the side of Mandy's desk. He noticed that she didn't even really seem surprised to see him - his morning liaisons with Mandy had almost become automatic now in the several weeks that they essentially had become very intimate. “No, I don’t think that I mind, but you need to be careful with some of the girls on the team. They might not be as understanding. Or their parents would not be so understanding.” “No, probably not. So I guess it is our dirty little secret. Come on, we have a game to win, and are running out of time to get ready. I’ll tape your ankles if you do mine.” “Deal. Lets get going before the rest of the team wonders if we fell in.” ***** The image of a soccer dad flashed through Scott’s head, which was.