Chapter 14: The Beach Retreat

Kit looked up from her book as she felt her phone vibrating next to her. Her eyebrows shot up in surprise as she noted that it was Luca calling her. She placed the book on the bed next to her and answered the phone.

"Do you know what time it is, Brooks?" she asked in lieu of a greeting.

Luca chuckled warmly. "Don't tell me you were asleep."

Kit rolled her eyes and smiled. "What do you want, Luca?"

He chuckled again, causing a shiver to race down Kit's spine. "I was thinking about what James and Gemma said earlier and I have a proposition for you…"

Kit perked up in interest, her mind racing as she tried to predict what he was about to suggest. "Okay, I'm curious. Keep talking."

"Okay. Let's go away for the weekend," Luca stated.

Kit laughed in surprise. "What? Why would we go away?"

"You seemed to really like being in the Hamptons when we went to see my parents. We can go there for a weekend, get spotted a few times over the course of a few days, and actually have some fun," Lu