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"I could watch hi wo about the dolphin"

"Mether, giggling

Perusing the group, Carson couldn’t help but notice how azes not on the dolphins but on the handsome trainer With her camera she captured hisswiood looks, his raceful like a dancer’s Whatoblivious to the attention he was receiving His focus was solely on the dolphins

Carson lowered her caling attraction to the ex-Marine She was only hu face popped into her head, and she felt guilty that the first ti

Carson covered her lens and hurried back to the other side of the pavilion to Nate’s dock She quickly took several photos of Nate chest-deep in the water, grinning ear to ear while confidently giving signals to a big dolphin Then she went back to the bench and, pulling out her phone, placed a call to Blake She wanted to hear his voice Blake had been out doing fieldwork for the past several days, out of phone range Once again, her call was sent to voice , she looked up to see Nate engaged in a splash battle with the dolphin Clearly the dolphin inning and Nate was loving it As she watched, her mind drifted back to Blake She’d never been in love before, but she thought what she felt for Blake

"Still stalking me, I see"

Carson whipped her head up to see Taylor standing by the bench, a crooked grin on his face He held on to a thick, black "Service Dog" harness attached to the black dog she’d seen on the dock The dog was so big that, sitting on the bench, she was eye to eye with it

"Taylor!" she exclaimed a little too loudly, rattled that he’d snuck up on her just as she was thinking about hiain And certainly not training dolphins"

Taylor’s grin widened as he took a seat on the bench beside her He seemed more relaxed today, and she wondered if it was because of his session with the dolphins or because he ith his dog

"Didn’t I tell you I was having sessions here?"

"You did, but I thought you were doing what Nate’s doing, not training You looked good out there, by the way," she said, then blushed slightly at the double entendre "I took some pictures Here, take a look"

He leaned closer to look into her caain she felt a jolt of attraction She flicked through the photos, enjoying the sound of his deep laughter and his occasional "That’s a good one"