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Her eyes widened ued So much for his prim and proper iiven hiet the real world and just play for three days Three days to spend with this surprising woman

Chuckling, he grabbed her hand “Coo pay for our two boxes”

They’d opted to walk the beach to a neighboring hotel’s gift shop rather than risk one of their colleagues seeing them stock up at the conference hotel Matthew had enjoyed the sea air and having Natalie’s hand clasped within his during the nighttime walk, but the fifteentime

“How did you get involved with the Libertine robot project?” she asked once they were back on the beach and headed toward their hotel

“You want to talk shop?” He just wanted to get back to the hotel and get her naked Co to do and was looking forward to discovering every nook and cranny

“The Libertine fascinatesin his “I’ve watched you perforery with it, you know”

He shot a look at her, the ht across her face to illuminate her beautiful features “No, I didn’t know”

“I couldn’t tell lasses and cap and the filuess technically I watched a video of your hands doingof your face and I wouldn’t have forgotten your eyes had I ever seen the I’ve been seeing your naht you much older”

He got that a lot He’d been fortunate to become involved with the Libertine froical tool Near the end of ical advances being enital defects in utero Robert had followed suit

Working for a robotics coineers on the Libertine It was how they’d all rade school Carolyn had changed that somewhat, but Matthew had felt more as if they’d added a third player to their tea, when his best friend ineer

He missed them so much Three ain, never discuss the Libertine, or difficult cases Never catch another football ga-terain—

“You okay?” Natalie’s voice broke into Matthew’s memories

Fighting back the hollow ache in his gut, he clenched his teeth How had he let such depressing thoughts in tonight when he felt alive, truly alive, for the first tiotten the call that Robert and Carolyn’s plane had gone down?

“Just got lost in thought” He flashed a sh light that she’d likely be able to tell “How old do you think I am?”

She glanced his way a fewhiht than he’d given her credit for, but she seemed to make the decision not to push Maybe because she didn’t want to knohat he’d really been thinking about