Chapter 423

Claire felt a sudden warmth rush through her chest. “Done tanning my front, now I wanna cook my back a little.” She spun around and buried her face into Julian’s chest, arms wrapping comfortably around his waist, eyes contentedly shut. The sun was high in the sky, but her real sunshine was right here, in her arms. Julian gently ran his fingers through her hair. “Tanning break it is, good time to soak up some vitamin D.” On the balcony next door, Daniel had just woken up craving a smoke. He threw on some pants, shrugged into a shirt—left it open—and stepped out with a cigarette. His eyes immediately landed on the cuddly couple basking in the sun not too far away. ...Okay, what’s with the PDA this time? Competing to see who gets tan lines first? Julian was fully immersed in Claire’s affection when he caught Daniel lounging on the railing, shirt wide open, smoke between his fingers. That warm sunny vibe? Instant freeze. Cold enough to slice. “Get inside.” Daniel got the message from that