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And nothing like what she was feeling inside

She kept walking, aware that he was only steps behind, and as she approached a pile of brush that had swept up onto shore, she paused, welco the cool wind off the lake as it rolled over her body

God, she was hot And bothered And confused

He stopped inches from her back and was so close that she felt the heat from his body So close that his earthy, fresh scent filled the air around her

The guy had been out in the sun all day He’d played a hard-fought ga as good as he did

And even though it was childish, the first thought to enter her

Suddenly irritated, Lily exhaled a deep breath and turned around

Don’t look into his eyes

But of course, it was the first thing she did, and boom, there went that damn horde of butterflies in her stomach They flew and dove, and man, did they make her feel woozy Mouth dry, she held on

Get a grip, St Clare

Luckily, years of hiding behind a mask of indifference saved her, and she crossed her are a sentence without sounding like an idiot

“Five ot, so what’s so important?”

“Mac,” he said without skipping a beat, his eyes s

“What?”

“My name is Mac I want to hear you say it”