My Wife Act Differently Behind Me novel Chapter 1090

All of them strutted to the beach with chairs and parasols in hand. When they had found a spot they wanted, Carl went about setting up the parasol as Harvey arranged the chairs, and Nicole and Tia sat Mrs. Riddle Sr. down.

"Grandma, you can just sit here and watch us play," Nicole said. "Whichever side the ball lands, you can go ahead and deduct points for that side."

Mrs. Riddle Sr. kept nodding her head, but Nicole was not certain if her grandmother actually understood the instructions.

"Alright, let's split into teams." Nicole turned to the rest of them.

"What is the arrangement?" Harvey asked.

"I'll team up with Carl, and you'll be with Tia," Nicole said, not wishing to be in the same team as Harvey.

On the other hand, Harvey wanted to team up with Nicole, but due to the fact that Nicole had already paired him up with Tia, he could not decline. Doing so would only make Tia feel awkward.

"Alright, let's move out!" Nicole said.

"The both of you can decide who gets to go first with a game of Paper, Scissors, and Stone," Carl suggested, whereupon they did.

"I won!" Nicole yelled, and started the game.

With a bang, Nicole struck the ball, launching it to the opposite side. However, Harvey was light-footed and quick to act; he sprinted over and bounced it back to her.

Nicole was well-prepared to strike the ball again. Once the ball had reached her side of the court, she quickly stretched her arms out and launched the ball up and over the net. Once again, Harvey countered and sent it flying back to her. Seeing that Harvey had bounced it back once more, Nicole sent the ball toward Tia instead, and as Tia did not really know how to play, the ball grazed her hand and fell to the ground. With that said, Nicole had won the first round.

In spite of this, Harvey stepped forward and encouraged Tia. "Don't worry, let's try again."

This time around, Nicole eluded Harvey and focused on engaging Tia, and as expected, Tia could not track, let alone bounce the ball back, and thus, Nicole won the second round.

After Nicole had won a few rounds in a row, Harvey stopped the game. "Nicole, I don't think our teams are balanced in terms of skill levels. I think we should reshuffle them."

Nicole asked, "How are we supposed to do that?"

Harvey considered her question for a moment, and after some thought, he decided to seize the opportunity and say, "Both you and Carl are good at this, but the same can't be said for Tia and I. Why don't I switch places with Carl? That would even the playing field."