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“How do I know that? Girl, where’s your confidence?” he teased her “Let’s just say I always have a hunch about these things, and I’ht about my hunches”

Her voluptuous pretty lips curled into a smile

Just then, he gazed into her ht of hope and spark of interest shone in the there And he liked what he saw…a lot Heck, he liked the way he felt around this wo

Immediately, a scene from the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life” slid into his mind He wanted to tell her like Jie Bailey told Mary, his love interest in the filht there in her hands In Chase’s ive you thefor you,” but he just couldn’t get hi, he was sure she’d think he was stark crazy, and secondly, he didn’t want to believe he’d formed this instant attraction with this woman who’d shared so much interest with him and warmed his heart in a funny way

They had a chemistry that was pleasantly indescribable Chase never felt this way around any woht about finding that special one and knowing it the moment you met her?

He noticed goose bu wind blew hard Abbi was only wearing a short-sleeved blouse and long skirt The e in a heartbeat around there, he’d noticed these past feeeks Especially when evening fell

“You look a little chilly,” he said Actually, she looked hot as sin froht to himself He could see the rounded peaks of her nipples shape through her blouse and his groin reacted

Oh, no That kind of sweet distraction was the last thing he needed to see right now

Instinctively, he took off his work jacket and wrapped it around her His hands brushed her skin and he felt an instant pulse race through his body

“Thank you,” she said softly

Chase was just inches frout He wanted nothing more than to reach over to her, hold her firmly and press his lips to hers His heart raced in his chest

This is crazy I’ve only just ot a connection to stars and sci-fi flicks She’s a co-worker Nothing more

Abbi’s soft brown eyes looked drea But he was a complex man, and someone entirely different than who he’d told her he was This was so wrong on sohimself that he wasn’t Chase Belmont, the heir in control of this empire; instead, he was Chad Rivers, the help

He turned his face to the darkness of the ht sky and took a deep breath “Sure you don’t want to join the others in the lodge living room?”

“Oh, right I heard about the living rooht?”

“Yeah, guests and so out there and share stories It’s kind of cool, for those ant to uests in the resort area”

“Maybe we can hang out soht,” she said, a shadow of disappointment slid across her face She chewed her full lower lip and it drove Chase crazy with all sorts of naughty thoughts about her luscious lips and howhe wanted to do was get into trouble He had to shift his focus back to work and back to the real reason he came down there undercover

In other circuirl would have knoho he was and probably thrown herself at him And in the past, he’d ht stand oftold hi for fun and adventure She was more than that And he’d probably want to know her better, too, only his hands were tied

He was someone else

What a way to start knowing so foot with an identity deception

He lifted up her binoculars again “You can get a good view of Venus over there but she’s a little difficult to see She’s easier to spot in the earlyMars is usually easy to track with ood pair of binoculars”

“Go figure,” she said, playfully rolling her eyes

“Go figure?”

“Yes The irony of your statement Didn’t that famous relationship expert say that women are from Venus and men are from Mars?” Abbi hitched her brow

He chuckled “I see your point” She itty and charure

Abbi could feel herself getting aroused by this gorgeous guy before her Their eyes locked in a ical embrace A soft ro fros really spoke to as in the heart and kne to capture eht now and she just couldn’t understand it Of course, what could be e near a body of water and the eous man by your side—who’d happened to save your neck fro you enjoyed in life Talk about kismet