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strangers in a strange town between two strange buildings.
    They kissed for a few seconds, and
then Colby pulled back. “ Let ’ s finish that up on the beach. ”
    “ I
think I can handle that, ” Tessa said.
    “ Oh,
pretty eyes, you don ’ t know
what you can handle just yet. ”
    Colby watched Tessa gasp and then
he started to walk again.
    They got to the beach a few minutes
later. Tessa took two steps in the sand and then stopped to take her heels off.
When she bent to take them off, Colby watched the way her dress tugged up her
body. The way it inched up the back of her legs. Her calves looked smooth and
sexy.
    Calves? Colby thought to
himself.
    He had no idea he had interest in a
certain part of a woman ’ s
leg. Then again, no woman he ’ d
met in a long time was as interesting so far as Tessa. Just the fact that they
met up again by accident meant something.
    Yeah, fate. Right.
    Tessa held her heels and stuck her
hand through Colby ’ s arm.
They walked up over a sand dune and onto the beach.
    Colby took Tessa right to the
water. He kicked off his socks and shoes and put his feet to the wet sand in
the water. They stood there, letting the water splash up to their ankles.
    “ This
is my favorite, ” Colby
said. “ Of all things,
right? A guy like me who loves the road, the noise, the fans. This … this just works. ”
    “ The
ocean? ”
    “ The
everything. The end of the world for me. Something about it is cool to think
about. ”
    “ You
know this isn ’ t the end of
the world, ” Tessa said. “ The world is round, rockstar. It
just keeps going. ”
    Colby looked down at Tessa. “ You know, when I usually give
that line, most women lose their mind. It ’ s
romantic, isn ’ t it? The end
of the world. And you ’ re
standing here with me. You want to kiss me again. ”
    “ Your
taste in women is wrong. ”
    “ What
does that say about yourself? ”
    “ So
I fit the bill? ”
    The breeze tried stealing a few
pieces of Tessa ’ s hair.
Colby reached out and tucked the hair behind Tessa ’ s ear. He then touched her cheek.
    “ Actually … you ’ re the opposite of fitting the bill. And it ’ s driving me mad. ”
    “ Well,
there is one thing that ’ s
right, ” Tessa said.
    “ What ’ s that, pretty eyes? ”
    “ I
want to kiss you again. ”
    Colby smiled. He turned and faced
Tessa. He pulled her right in. Never a man to miss an opportunity or hesitate.
Especially when he finally tasted Tessa ’ s
sweet mouth. Her thin lips pressing to his lips, her tongue trying to dart into
his mouth, but only losing control to Colby ’ s.
He was in control and would stay in control.
    But Tessa was fierce. She fought
back, turning her head, groaning. She moved to her toes and dug a hand to the
back of Colby ’ s head.
    Colby had to admit it to himself
how much it turned him on. To have a woman try and take charge like Tessa did.
Normally women just went along for the ride. The only time they took any sort
of control was when he told them to do so.
    Tessa was damn different and it was
intriguing.
    As Colby felt his hand sliding down
Tessa ’ s back over the curve
of her ass, she pressed forward to him. Her other hand touched his chest and
clawed. But then she started to push at him.
    Ah, hell no, pretty eyes … I ’ m not having that …
    Colby reached up and grabbed Tessa ’ s hand and tore it from his
chest. He interlocked his fingers to hers and he was the one who broke the
kiss.
    “ You
pulling away from me again? ” he whispered. “ Leaving me
hanging? ”
    Tessa looked at him, her lips
looking so beautifully delicious. She then looked down and around.
    “ Shit.
My heels …”
    Colby looked and then pointed to
the water and laughed. “ Sorry,
pretty eyes. They ’ re going
for a swim. ”
    Tessa groaned. “ I ’ m
going to get them. ”
    She took a few steps into the
ocean. Colby considered the sight of Tessa in that black dress, soaking wet.
How it would hold to her body,