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warm enough?” he asked, suddenly seeming concerned.
    “I’m fine,” she said, wishing she’d thought to wear jeans at least.  Bare feet, shorts, and a tank top didn’t seem quite appropriate for a fall beach bonfire.  Oh well.  Too late now.  She’d just leave if she got too cold as the night wore on.  She unwrapped her sweater from around her waist and tugged it over her head, suddenly feeling naked beneath Mike’s penetrating gaze.  The heat that filled her chest was from the warmth of her sweater—not her reaction to Mike.  Not at all.
    Mike was watching her closely when she re-emerged.  “Can we talk for a minute?” he asked, looking uncomfortable.  He shifted from side to side.
    “Kenley, over here!” Lexi called, waving a skewered hot dog in the air.  Christopher grabbed her from behind at that exact moment, and she shrieked happily.
    Kenley glanced back at Mike, feeling like the few feet between them was the expanse of the entire ocean.  Aside from the pool this afternoon, she’d seen him exactly once since their encounter at the condo, and it had been just as awkward as tonight.  The fact that her heart was skittering to a stop in her chest as she gazed up at him wasn’t helping matters.  Why was her body responding to this man whose aggression and assertiveness was so completely wrong for her?  Maybe she was interested in dating someone different, but he was too many steps in the wrong direction. Way too far off the course she’d planned for her life.  “Uh, maybe later.  See ya.”
    She turned and hurriedly walked away, Mike’s spicy scent still lingering in the air.  That man smelled positively scrumptious.  How was she supposed to relax and enjoy the evening knowing he was here—and worse, knowing he thought they needed some heart-to-heart?  She wasn’t even sure what he wanted.  Was he going to apologize?  Call a truce?  Haul her off into the dunes and kiss her senseless?
    She flushed as she imagined Mikes lips on her skin, the scruff of his five o’clock shadow rubbing against her sensitive flesh.  His thick arousal rubbing against her sex was still fresh in her mind, and a part of her wanted to continue exactly where they’d left off.  To see just how good Mike could make her feel.  Not that that was ever, ever going to happen.  This afternoon was a one-time deal, and the sooner she communicated that to Mike, the better.
    So naturally, she was walking away from him and toward her best friend.  Because that would resolve everything.
    Lexi was getting some food for her, so Kenley grabbed a beer from the open cooler and sank into the sand beside her.  The wall of heat that washed over her from the bonfire felt good.  She stretched her legs out in the sand, enjoying the warmth on her bare skin.  Lexi handed her a plate, and she could feel Mike’s burning gaze from behind.  No time like the present to start ignoring him.  It might be easier to ignore the sun in the sky than the way his presence lit up her world, but she was willing to try.
    “What was that about?” Lexi asked, nodding in Mike’s direction.
    Kenley blew out a sigh.  “Who knows.  He said he wanted to talk.”
    “About the condo or the pool?”
    “Don’t know.  Don’t care.”
    “He is sorry, you know.  About the condo, I mean.  Christopher said he was really worried he’d scared you.”
    Kenley let out a bitter laugh.  “He sure had a damn funny way of showing it.  Your fiancé had to order him to release me—and I was in my own home!”
    “I know.  Those guys are used to neutralizing the threat, controlling the situation.  He reacted without thinking.  They were just worried about me, you know?”
    Kenley wrapped an arm around her best friend’s shoulder.  “I know.  So was I.  That didn’t mean I appreciated him scaring me like that.”
    “Ladies,” Christopher said, approaching them with two cooked hotdogs, still sizzling on the skewers.
    “Such a gentleman,”