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“There’s so What is it?”

She shook her head

“Zoe, look at me”

She didn’t want to How could she look his for him?

“Zoe, don’t do this Don’t avoid talking to me because it’s easier Don’t run away from us”

“I’ht here”

“And you can’t even look atdown the beach, but inside you’re hiding fro honest with me”

She faced him “What do you want me to say?”

“I want you to tellback all of this ti special and it isn’t all in ination I want this—” He swept her into his arms

The surprise of his actions had her dazed for a moment He pulled her close and without a ht hers out Her lips rily beneath his This kiss wasn’t sweet and innocent His actions were full of raw eether

And what surprised her ry for hied for him And this past month, he’d been so close and yet so far away What would it hurt if they shared this one special moment? They both wanted it—needed it

Tonight they would create a hts when he was no longer hers That hat this was—a passionate goodbye

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

WHAT HAD HE DONE?

Deh his hair as he lay back on the couch Zoe’s head rested against his bare chest When this whole affair had begun, all he’d intended to do was get sootiate an annulment that would keep their past out of the tabloids When had he lost control?

Tonight he’d abandoned his resolve to hold her at arth He’d tossed aside the walls he’d worked so hard to build between him and Zoe When her lips hadhimself to keep his distance from her seemed so important