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Yet he didn’t want more than mutual physical satisfaction with any woman Not even Faith Just look at how his few relationship atteood and not so he’d repeat
“I don’t know the answers to your question, Faith,” he answered honestly, struggling with his conflicting desires where Faith was concerned “Like I said, you aren’t like other women”
“Because I work for you?”
“Maybe” He enjoyed working with her, enjoyed the sharp way her mind tackled problems, came up with innovative solutions, the way her eyes lit up when they operated successfully, when they discovered a new abnorenerated on their Parkinson patients
“I likemyself in a position where I’d be forced to relocate”
That said it all A weekend ro his relationship with her either Was that why he’d let her feign sleep when he’d wanted nothing s and lose hi spent the night tor so close to her yet so far away, he’d lost sight of that So he couldn’t allow himself to do Otherwise he’d seduce Faith before the weekend ended, and then where would they be?
Other than blissfully sexually satisfied, that was?
Faith could easily have felt like a fifth wheel with all the wedding activities Between Vale’s constant attention and his fa her as if she’d been a part of the faued her Sharon Wakefield had been a doll, enuine and kind than Faith would have believed possible of someone so physically flawless
Most of the day had been planned to a T, but not long after lunch Faith had ti to walk on the beach She hite Capris, a silky green top the sales clerk had said
perfectly matched her eyes, and sandals she could easily kick off for a beach walk
First telling Virginia that she was going to take a walk, Faith weaved her way through the flowers, chairs, and wedding regalia, to head down the path toward the water
Once barefoot on the sand, she opted to head in the opposite direction froht before She’d had enough proble herwalk on the beach would do her good, would help clear her ht
“Hey, wait up”
On hearing Vale’s voice, she bit back both a sigh of appreciation and a wince at not having theappeal
“I thought Sharon needed you?” She waited while he rolled up his pants tohis legs Faith gulped back another sigh, staring down at his bent head Sunshine glistened off the natural lights in his thick locks, off the flexed muscles in his neck