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the button on my shorts pocket, it did nothing to quell the multiplying butterflies invading my body.
    Where was a fringe to hide under when you needed it?
    Aware of his presence, I couldn’t help but look over again and again. He would pretend to be talking to his friends and turn to lock eyes with me. His face was the most superb thing I had ever seen. It almost looked too perfect. He’d captured me.
    The minutes ticked away. The remains of my dinner was getting cold. My body tingled at the mere sight of him. What was happening? I needed to slink away somewhere quiet to compose myself.
    Escaping to the bathroom seemed like the only option to conjure up some rational thoughts and stop the hammering of my heart. Even as I detoured the longest way possible to the restroom, I knew he was looking at me. I could feel his eyes like targeted laser beams.
    He must be looking at me out of sympathy. He’s probably wondering why the poor forlorn-looking woman has no friends. After all, he seems to have plenty!
    It was certainly a new experience, gaining the attention of a handsome stranger. I’d met John at school years before we became an item. Back then though I’d been a little bit desperate. Okay, a lot desperate. All of my friends had hooked up with their sweethearts and were either engaged or married so I had yearned for the same security. After accepting John’s offer to go on a date, he’d manipulated me into seeing him more and more. He’d had a way of doing that. Before long he’d made his way into my bed and the rest was history.
    Forcing the heavy bathroom door open, my thoughts morphed to the mouthwatering American. His eyes differed from John’s. I felt joy looking into them, not terror. His face shone when he’d smiled, not contorted into a sinful, demonic picture of pure evil. How could the two even compare?
    If my mother were here now she would be begging me to forget about him and just concentrate on the rest of my holiday. I wanted more than anything to do that but he was in my thoughts now and there was no stopping it.
    On my way out, I quickly looked in the mirror. My cheeks really couldn’t have reddened any more than they were in that moment. A mixture of sunburn and embarrassment was not a good combination. My hair shimmered like a glistening millpond on a lively summer’s day. John had continuously called me ugly but I was starting to wonder if he was a very reliable source. His whole world was ugly. I would never go back to that.
    Tidying up my hair a little, it was time to go back out and face the Adonis.
    Scoping the entire restaurant, I was disappointed, to say the least. The group had gone. New diners had already filled their spot and were ordering. It was like the herding of cattle. Next!
    Well, it was either stay and attempt to finish the food on my plate or quietly slink out into the night and sleep off my displeasure. I opted for the latter.
    Tossing and turning in bed, my mind was alive with thoughts and images of the brown-haired, blue-eyed guy who had tweaked my interest.
    Why would he even be interested in me? Just because he had smiled at me didn’t mean anything. Could I have been any more gullible? Could I have read into something that just wasn’t there? Am I so desperate and needy that I’ve mistaken a simple smile for something more? A man so attractive would certainly have a girlfriend.
    She’s a lucky person, whoever she is. I wonder if she knows how blessed she is? Then again, being in the twenty-first century, maybe she is a he. That would be a definite waste. Will I see him again? How long will he be on the island?
    These were all questions that couldn’t be answered, so finally after a lot of tossing and turning, sleep overcame me .

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Two
     
     
    Dakota
     
    As my eyes opened, I expected to be back in Australia waking up at my parents’ house, hoping with all my might that this day would be better than the last.
    The roar of the