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Carly,” he said as they continued walking. “Let it out.”
    She cleared her throat. “I was just thinking about how much fun I’ve had today.”
    “And you want to do it again.” He smiled. “You don’t like the idea of this being the last time we’ll be together.”
    She felt a little warmer. Must be the sunburn.
    She looked away from him then met his gaze. “It’s been fun.” She hesitated. “But anymore… I don’t know about that.”
    He came to a stop and took her hands. “You do know. It feels right, doesn’t it? We’re having fun, so why call it quits?”
    “I told you that night at my house.” She took a deep breath. “I’ve been burned. I make bad choices. I think I’m making a good one and then something happens and I’m sitting there wondering what in the hell just happened. It’s not a good feeling to keep going through that.”
    “Do you want to talk about it?” Dillon asked as they started walking again.
    She pushed her hand through her hair. “I’ve just been cheated on, not once but three times, including the man I married.” Her gut twisted. “It makes me wonder if there’s something wrong with me.”
    “Absolutely nothing is wrong with you, Carly.” He took her hand and squeezed it. “You’re a beautiful, amazing woman. You just got stuck with the wrong guys.”
    “Like I said, I make bad choices.” She looked away. “I can’t seem to make a good one for the life of me.”
    He brought her to a stop again and made her face him. “I’m not one of the men you’ve dated in the past.” Dillon reached up and pushed loose strands of her hair behind her ear. “Follow your instincts this time. And don’t tell me your first instinct is to run because I don’t believe that.”
    “If I agree to see you again, then we take it slow.” She almost couldn’t believe she was saying this. “Okay?”
    “Slow it is.” He leaned down and kissed her, making her want to forget all about taking things slow.

Chapter 11
    The rest of the day with Dillon’s family was fun all the way down to the barbeque they’d had in the evening, which included hamburgers, hotdogs, and steaks. Everything seemed to taste even better cooked in a campfire in the great outdoors.
    Zane and Jessie left before dark to go pick up their baby and head home. Danica’s boyfriend also left early because he had to catch his flight back to San Diego.
    “It’s so different now that we all have a niece,” Danica said as she smiled. “Hard to believe how our family has grown over the past couple of years.”
    Carly was grateful no one made a comment about maybe something serious going on between her and Dillon. The brothers did tease Danica, though, telling her that they needed to check out Barry thoroughly. At least Carly thought they were teasing.
    “I’ve already looked into the guy,” Dillon said and Danica looked appalled.
    “He’s good at that kind of thing,” Danica said to Carly with a frown. She turned to Dillon. “You didn’t really, did you?”
    He just grinned and everyone laughed.
    Danica shook her head. “You better not have.”
    The remaining seven of the group hung around telling stories and laughing as they made s’mores with marshmallows they’d toasted along with graham crackers and chocolate.
    Even when everyone was ready to go, Carly was still wired from all the fun they’d had that day. The drive back to her house took no time at all.
    “Come on in.” She unlocked the door to her home and held it open. “I have beer and wine coolers in the fridge.”
    Dillon gestured for her to go before him and then he entered and closed the door behind them. He set her duffel bag on the floor and then followed her into the kitchen. She grabbed a couple of beers out of the fridge and handed one to Dillon. He cracked his open and handed it to her then took the one she was holding and opened it, too.
    “I could really use a shower,” she said as she wandered into the living room and sat