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tossing her napkin onto her empty plate.
    "I'm sure I would have," Kyle said, not even knowing what he was agreeing with. God, but she's got a beautiful mouth, he thought, knowing that if he didn't stop staring at it, he'd only succeed in resurrecting everything he was trying so hard not to think about. But the thought of those soft lips moving beneath his, caressing him the way he wanted to caress her, was causing problems with more than his concentration. "Let's go for a swim."
    He'd found swimming a very effective way to cool off.
    Toni's dark lashes narrowed. "But we just ate."
    Kyle's napkin fell over his half-eaten dinner. "You won't sink."
    "That's not what I meant," she returned, eyeing him dully. "You get cramps if you swim too soon after..."
    "Then let's get into the spa."
    "I told you that I don't have a bathing suit."
    She would have to remind him of that. He was trying not to think about her, and now all he could picture was her naked body glistening. . . . "Then let's. . ."
    "What's the matter with you, Kyle?" Toni's brow lowered as she looked across the table at him. He'd been acting so strangely during dinner. She wasn't even sure he'd been listening to anything she'd said, though he hadn't seemed to take his eyes off her for more than a few seconds. Maybe he was still preoccupied with the seminar. "Why are you so antsy? Am I that boring?"
    "Boring?" he repeated dryly, scraping back his chair. With an exaggerated stretch, he cleared his throat. "No, it's ah . . . I just need to do something physical." Deliberately he avoided her eyes. "Sitting on the plane for three hours finally got to me, I guess."
    "Well," she suggested, following him with her plate to the sink, "why don't we go for a walk then?"
    Her hand was snatched up the second she put her dishes down.
    "Let's go," he said, practically hauling her across the floor.
    "Kyle!" Toni had hardly expected the sharp jerk he gave her arm, and she slammed right into the middle of his back. It was only by bracing herself against those rigid muscles that she kept from landing in a heap at his feet. "A walk! Not a . . ."
    At the same time she had balanced herself, Kyle had turned to catch her. Finding herself smashed up against his chest now, her eyes only inches from his throat, the rest of her words suddenly forgot to come out.
    Kyle's arms were around her, and she was so close that she could feel the heat of his body radiating against her. A sharp intake of breath did nothing to stabilize her already rubbery legs. His scent, that warm blend of musk and something that was unmistakably Kyle, filled her nostrils and set up a chain reaction of tremors that started at the top of her head and ended somewhere at the tip of her toes.
    "Sorry," he mumbled, pulling his arms away to jam his hands into his pockets. "I take it that you weren't ready to go?"
    "You never were very patient," she managed, determined to sound as casual as he looked. "And, yes, I am ready. Just as soon as we get the dishes done."
    "Leave them." His instruction was tossed over his shoulder as he headed through the living room. "Madeline can take care of them in the morning."
    Taking a deep breath and telling herself quite firmly that she had felt nothing, nothing, just a moment ago, she followed Kyle out the front door.
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    When Toni awoke the next morning, she swore that she'd never go for another walk with Kyle. She had expected a nice quiet little stroll down the street. Not a four-mile marathon down the hill and back up again.
    One thing was painfully clear to her as she stumbled into the shower—other than the fact that her legs ached like crazy, that is. She was definitely getting out of shape? It had only been a month since she'd abandoned her twice-weekly visits to the health club back in New York, but she had to get started on some kind of exercise program soon. Kyle had quite unnecessarily pointed out as much last night, politely suggesting that she might want to use his pool to swim