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would fight. For some reason, she thought that they might.
Not all the time, of course, but imagine the amazing make-up sex
when they did. Given the level of comfort she already felt with
him, it seemed like they’d each feel safe enough to give their
opinions on things regardless if the other agreed. Isn’t that
how most fights start anyway? she wondered.
    She needed to stay focused on Andrew. Nicole
still wasn’t completely sure what to think of the fight they had
when she was packing. Even if Derek wasn’t in the picture, would
she still be mad enough to break it off? That may be the question
that would answer everything.
    She forced herself to stay calm while
running; she didn’t want to overheat. She decided it was a good
time to turn around and make this the halfway point of her run. It
had been half an hour so she had gone maybe two miles? It was
harder to run in the sand so, even with the sprint, she knew her
pace had to be slower.
    She knew she wasn’t mad that Andrew didn’t go
with her. She couldn’t have expected Derek. Regardless, she was a
grown woman capable of traveling on her own. It was that Andrew
left the apartment as if she would be home that night to work
everything out. He stayed away long enough for her to leave.
    That was the kicker. That wasn’t right. If
people should live their lives by the old rules that you don’t go
to bed angry or say something you can’t take back, this was pretty
bad. What if the plane crashed? What if something horrible
happened? He’d have no idea. He should have at least made her tell
him where she was going. If he didn’t care, that spoke volumes. And
what she heard was that it was over with Andrew. She couldn’t
imagine going back to the life they led together. She needed more
excitement, more passion now.
    She needed Derek. Or at least someone like
Derek. She tried to remind herself again that she had only known
him for three days. It was way too early to know if he was “ the one.” Nicole thought back to her previous boyfriends
before Andrew, the guys that were more like Derek. How did their
relationships feel in the beginning?
    Nick had been funny and they laughed a lot.
Mike was exciting and kept her on her toes (as it turned out, he
had kept a lot of other girls on their toes as well). Jason was
sexy and mysterious, but moody. None of them seemed to have all of
the characteristics she was looking for. And none of them were
successful like Andrew. She had given up that excitement for a type
of dependability. She never wanted Andrew for his money, but she
had liked that he was stable. All of the bad boys had broken her
heart and she had had a nice guy in Andrew. Derek seemed to have
all of these qualities rolled into one sexy package. But still,
none of her relationships had seemed as intense this early on.
    Had Kate been right? Did her dad send her to
Vallarta to meet Derek? Was that even possible? She liked the idea.
She knew her dad would have loved spending time with Derek over
Andrew any day. He hadn’t spent lots of time with Andrew. Her
father loved Andrew for loving her, but she could always tell that
he didn’t quite see what the appeal was. They were very different
from each other. Her father never showed his success in how he
dressed or carried himself. He liked it better that way. It seemed
blaringly obvious right now that maybe Derek could have been sent
to her so she would see what she was missing. Maybe he wouldn’t end
up being the one. But he had shown her that Andrew wasn’t either.
Andrew was a good person and he would be perfect for someone else.
Could her dad have known that? Did he now have the power to show
her through Derek?
    Thinking about her father made her sad again.
She was finally here in Puerto Vallarta and yet she hadn’t spent a
lot of time focusing on him. She had initially imagined this trip
as a time to soul search by herself in a place where she could feel
closer to her dad. She hadn’t even found the King’s