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off, tumbling and tripping over the rough grains.
    Nate’s here. He’s done with Australia and he’s here. Delighted astonishment gripped her once more.
    Australia sounded amazing. Listening to Nate’s animated rush of stories during their lazy lunch had been pure pleasure and, as always, he’d made sharing her news and comments easy. He had a knack for bringing his wanderings to vivid life and made zipping off and living somewhere far away and new look stress-free. Someday she would go to all the places she wanted to visit.
    A shiver prickled over her skin.
    No, how likely was that, honestly? The Boston disaster and other, less dramatic attempts at a more geographically varied life proved hopping off on a whim into the unknown never worked for her.
    Come on, stop. Don’t spoil this. No obsessing about work, fears, or failures. None of that matters at this moment .
    Nate breathed deep and stretched lazily. The man made happy relaxation an art form of its own. His hand brushed over her hip, paused, and returned for a possessive caress. A smile ruffled his lips, and he opened his eyes.
    The hungry heat in them launched Kay’s pulse into a giddy skip and flutter.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Three
     
    If anything could beat waking to the sight of Kay’s beautiful face and breasts, at that moment Nate didn’t care.
    She blushed and brushed a curl back from his forehead. “Hi there, sleepyhead.”
    “Sorry I crashed on you.” He swept his gaze over her, enjoying how she flushed even deeper and her nipples tightened. Kay was a delicious mix of bashful and bold. “I’ve been seriously jet-lagged and road-lagged for days. Any phone calls or messages while I was out?” Guessing by the shifted shadows, he’d been out cold for a couple of hours. Not the most romantic move, but he felt rested.
    His lame joke nudged a smile out of her. “Not a one.”
    “One of the sincere advantages of no phone service.”
    “You’re a nut, you know?” She leaned over and hesitantly kissed him. “I know I said it before, but I’m glad you’re here.” Kay was always soft-spoken, but the vulnerable note in her voice this time seized his heart hard.
    With the I love you he wanted to say straining at his throat, Nate tugged Kay down into his arms and drifted his fingers over her spine. He had to do something about the tension gripping her. She’d stayed with him while he slept. That was a change, a very good one, but he still needed to soothe and distract her before she slipped away and disappeared into her thinking, planning, and painting. He let his hand circle in an easy, undemanding caress.
    Why not say it? Doubts? No, no doubts at all. He felt it, he meant it, he’d even typed it into e-mails, but why keep swallowing his I love you now?
    “So, you missed me?”
    Her elusive grin flashed. “Well, it’s nice having someone else clean the fish for a change.” Soft giggles escaped her, and her tension released under his hand.
    “Ah hah! An ulterior motive all along. Here I just thought you wanted my body.” He chuckled and tickled her side, and dove in for the sneak assault of kisses on her sensitive ears.
    Want me for more.
    Stifling her giggles, she caught his hand to her side. “Hmm…it is such a lovely body. I’m very fond of it.” She made a playful show of ogling him head to toe, her glowing smile making his formerly sated body wake right up and his heart crack with joy.
    He stroked his thumb over the lush handful of her breast, teasing the pert nipple, smiling at her catch of breath. “I may have mentioned I had some fantasies…” He tugged her over to straddle him and stroked his hands over the soft curves of her bottom.
    “Anything in particular?” She leaned forward with her hair spilling over her shoulders, her breasts playing hide and seek behind the silky locks, and she teased her body over his rapidly hardening shaft. Her eyes filled with laughter, and the sweet curve to her mouth was pure feminine