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Only she hadn’t quite figured out how she was going to convince her body that she was no longer allowed to ignite froh prior to the having made love

Now that she had experienced the wealth of his knowledge, she wasn’t sure she had the strength to deny how her body danced to the music of his touch She didn’t fool herself otherwise, that somehow she was different from every other woman Vale had cast his spell over

His gaze went out to the ocean

“Most ofa sip of his juice “Now that the wedding is over, they’ll be anxious to start plotting their next big event” His face wrinkled with displeasure “I’d rather not be around for that”

Hisabout us?”

He finished off his glass of juice “You caught Sharon’s bouquet Of course they’ll be plotting To no avail, but they’ll be plotting”

To no avail There it was A reed between them He was her boss She was his employee When they returned to the office, they’d pretend they hadn’t kissed every inch of each other’s bodies At least, she’d try

Vale no doubt had enough experience eekend-afters that going back to the norm would be no problem

He leaned across the table, brushed his finger at the corner of her mouth Ack! Had she had a crumb on her face? He just smiled “But if you’re not in a rush to return to the city, we could drive to the lighthouse”

His unexpected offer caught her off guard, had her gaze shooting to his “The lighthouse?”

Faith had barely set foot outside Manhattan and had never had the tihthouse in real life”

“Never?” His brow rose “That settles our plans for the day, then We’ll drive to the state park where the Cape May lighthouse is located, and go up”

Delight filled her “We can go up it?”

“All the way to the top,” he said in a teasing tone “A hundred and ninety-nine steps”

She gave him a quizzical look “A hundred and ninety-nine steps? You know that how?”