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"Alexis, you are not the darkness" He stuck his hand back in the water and swished it around until it blazed with light "This is the light I saw in you ere younger and it's the light I've seen in you every day since you walked back intothis ht you here tonight"

He pulled her across to hiainst his chest Alexis closed her eyes when he began to stroke her hair

"I don't kno long I' to have your attention, Alexis I don't knohat your plans are after you leave here, but I'll tell you one thing, I don't want you to go back into the world without knowing how I feel about you, not because I want to tell you, but because I think you need to hear it I have been in love with you since ere sixteen years old Every woman I've been with has paled in comparison and when I dream, I dream of you Now do you think I' a soulless, selfish shrew?"

She wanted to believe he was right, that she was a better person than she believed He was such an a man He deserved a woman who matched his passion for life and love Could she possibly be that woman?

She became acutely aware of his biceps wrapped around her shoulders and the feel of his rock-hard abs pressed against her Her body certainly wanted her to be that wo you all this to put pressure on you," he said in a low voice "I know you have your issues to work through, but…" He didn't get to finish the rest of his sentence as her lips locked onto his He laced his fingers through her hair as she slipped her hand under his shirt to feel the ripple of his muscles

"Alexis," hethe curve of her neck

"What?" she whispered

"We are probably safer doing this on dry land"

"I thought you were all about taking chances," she teased

"Not this kind," he said, giving her a quick kiss before picking up the oar As he rowed thelowing seascape "Thank you, Tyler," she said "I'll always remember this"

"That was the plan," he said

Once they were in shalloater, she clihy and waded back to the sand Tyler pulled the boat out of the surf and rolled it back to the golf cart Alexis ht to direct her She hadn't realized how chilly it had become She'd been sheltered by Tyler and the boat She felt his arer lifted her chin toward hiently at her lower lip and Alexis felt pangs of lust shoot down her legs