“Guess not. Starting with my wife,” Tina felt drawn in by the timbre in his voice, smoky and deep, and found she couldn’t help but return his friendly grin.  Might as well drop the reference to Bette now. “She was done with her work-out by the time the sun rose.”

“Yeah, I heard that about you.”

“About me … what?” Tina asked, head cocked to one side. His eyes were playing with hers, and he was clearly in a certain mood.

“That you’re married to a knockout,” he answered with a small, knowing smile. “A really sexy one.”

Oohhkay. What’s that about? Before Tina could answer, he asked, “Do you have a picture of her on you?”

Raised eyebrows.

He stepped closer, motioning with a hand for Tina to show him what he asked for, eyes twinkling mischievously. “C’mon. I’m sure you know a ton about me. In that department, I mean. It’s unfair that I don’t know much about you in that area.”

His eyes flirted with hers again. Hmm, they’re a very attractive grey-blue. Somewhat like Tom’s (their friend who’d donated his “material” so that she and Bette could have TJ) .  “Even up, blondie.”

Blondie, huh? Said in that a flirty, can-I-help-it-if-I-think-you’re-so-damn-pretty teasing tone, and deep, smoky voice, Tina again had to smile in response. But you won’t get off so easy, Mister. With a shake of her head, she fished her phone out, tapped on it until she found a recent picture of Bette. But not one with her kids. She didn’t want Mr. Handsome here to know more than what he was asking for.

He blew out a low whistle as he lightly passed his thumb over the glass surface, and Bette’s image. “Mmmm, she’s much more than I expected. Beautiful, Tina. That taken here on the island?”

Tina nodded. “Yesterday. We were on the beach; about to go snorkeling.”

“She has a bikini cover on, though.” Did he sound disappointed?

“Before you ask, I’m not showing you a picture of my wife in a bikini, Gavin,” Tina responded with a light laugh. She pulled her phone from him before he could thumb through the next pictures in the “Photo app” of her phone. Pictures of Bette were next, in a wet bikini, rising from the water in all her sexy glory that Tina had snapped after their snorkeling. “Don’t you see enough from the truckload of girls in bikinis sunbathing all around you?”