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interested in her?
    Resisting the urge to shrink behind Rachel’s tall figure, Natalie quickly ran through the titles in her head, trying to remember which one he was completely clothed throughout the entire film. “ Night Blooming .” Ha.
    His eyes focused in on her lips and she realized she was smiling. His comment earlier froze the smile on her face. What if he really liked her?
    “Don’t be silly, Natalie. Of course, she loves Riddle Beach . I mean who doesn’t.” Rachel’s eyes practically devoured Chase. “After all, how often does a woman get a feast for her eyes?”
    Screw the papers; maybe the floor would swallow her whole. She tugged on Rachel’s arm, trying to get her to back off and just go, but Rachel jerked her arm back.
    “I figured Natalie’s favorite would be If Only .”
    Her eyes snapped up to Chase’s face in amazement. Tobe honest, it was her favorite. She loved the story. The love, the purity, it gave her body tingles just thinking of the kiss at the end. Such perfect buildup, such beautiful emotions. Such an unattainable love.
    Her mouth opened, a thousand questions on her tongue tumbling over each other to find their way to the surface. She clamped her mouth shut before they spilled out.
    She managed to get out, “We should go.”
    “Natalie, stop being rude. Of course, Natalie loves that one, too. It never leaves the DVD player. That last scene…Natalie, what’s that last line?”
    Natalie pressed her lips together. Not that Rachel would notice, as her full attention remained on Chase.
    Rachel continued without even blinking an eye. “Oh, what is it? There’s that song going on in the background, and she’s almost out the door, but she stops when he says it? Natalie, you know what it is.”
    “‘I can’t lose you.’”
    Natalie’s head jerked up at Chase’s voice. He wasn’t looking at Rachel. He was looking at her. His green eyes touched her so deep. Her breath caught in her throat.
    “Yeah, that’s it. But there’s more,” Rachel said.
    Chase continued as if Rachel weren’t there. “‘I’d give up my entire world for one more moment in your arms. One more night by your side. I want it all. All of you. I want you to have it all. All my love, all my heart, all of me.’”
    Her purse hit her foot, jerking her out of the moment. It felt like he was really saying it to her, not Elizabeth, the heroine in the movie. Which was ridiculous even to think. Actors acted. He was just acting. She pressed her glasses back up her nose and reached down to pick up her purse.
    “Wow, you are good.” Rachel’s appreciation was too much for Natalie. This whole situation was too much for her.
    “Let’s go, Rachel. Chase has more important things to do.” Again Natalie took hold of Rachel’s arm. “’Bye, Chase.”
    “Okay, okay, I’m coming.” Rachel finally took the hint. “It was nice meeting you, Chase.”
    “Natalie?”
    She risked looking at him again. The flames engulfing her face hadn’t died down the entire time. “Yes?”
    “Think about what I said.” He nodded to Rachel and headed down the hallway.

Chapter Four
    T hink about what he said? How could she think of anything else? Even with Rachel prattling on across the table about how surprised she was that Chase looked that good in real life, she couldn’t get those words out of her head.
    Maybe he didn’t mean to make her obsess about the ending lines that gave her that feel-good feeling when she needed a pick-me-up. Seriously, the man did not need writers making him sound romantic when he could just say “come here” to a woman and she’d be all over him. But if it wasn’t that, what else had he said?
    Besides, the kind of love found on the movie screen was nowhere near what real life was like. Men like Chase didn’t go for women like her unless something more was going on, or it was part of a script.
    “Oh, on the blogosphere this morning, Chase and Alexis were seen at Hyde on Friday night and at