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the restaurants in Batsi and see a film, thus the reason they’d be home late.
    At four, when she drove into the paddleboat parking area with the boys, Theo was waiting for them in thigh-molding jeans and a creamy cotton crew neck sweater. He looked so striking her pulse ticked right off the charts.
    He put his hands on the door frame next to her. She felt his gaze wander over her, missing nothing. The smell of the soap he used had a familiar tang, causing her to tremble. “We’ll be back at ten. Will you plan to join us for a light dinner afterward?”
    “I don’t think so.” She looked at Ari who was still sitting next to her. “This is your night with your father.”
    “But I want you to come, Mom.” He leaned closer and gave her a kiss on the cheek. On that note he got out of the car with Dax.
    “You may be too tired to eat a meal that late. Why don’t we see what happens.”
    “I’ll take that as a yes” came Theo’s low, smooth rejoinder before he put an arm around Ari’s shoulders.
    Stella didn’t know her son, who laughed freely before the three of them hurried toward the waiting helicopter. She stared after them. Was that Theo’s first physical gesture of affection toward their son? If so, Ari appeared to welcome it.
    The two of them seemed to be bonding before her very eyes. If things continued like this, then she had to facethe truth. Theo planned to be Ari’s father in every sense of the word, something Ari obviously wanted. That meant Stella needed to grow another skin to survive.
    Last night he’d told her he wanted them to have a relationship, but she was terrified. Right now the lines were blurred because she had an undeniable fatal attraction to him. Stella feared that given more time, she’d be right back where she’d started—madly in love with Theo.
    On a groan, she walked toward the little town of Batsi where she would while away the hours until their return. She heard the helicopter pass overhead. The sound caused her to quicken her pace so she wouldn’t think about the excitement she was missing by not being with them.

CHAPTER FOUR

    T HAT night Theo took the hostess aside and slipped her a tip. “Can you put us in front where the boys can watch the dancing up close?” He’d picked a taverna in Batsi that was tourist friendly regardless of ages.
    “If you and your wife will follow me, I’ll seat you.”
    “Thank you.”
    Stella had to have heard what the other woman said, but she pretended not to notice. Ushering the boys forward they moved through the crowded terrace to a table overlooking the bay. How many years had he dreamed of being with Stella like this, knowing he could take care of her and his own….
    Several couples were already on the dance floor moving to the live band. He was aching to get her out there. Once he got the boys started on some snacks, he planned to steal her away where they could keep an eye on them while he held her as close as decency allowed.
    Once a waiter came for their orders and the boys had told Stella about their outing, he asked to be excused before grasping her hand.
    “Dance with me?”
    “Do it, Mommy. I’ve never seen you dance before.”
    “She’s an expert,” Theo murmured. Without waiting for a yes or a no, he drew her out of the chair onto the floor.
    Her body was stiff. “I haven’t danced in years.”
    “Neither have I. The last time was at a church dance with you. Do you remember it was in the basement? Everyone was afraid with all the adults watching. I stepped on your foot.”
    “No, you didn’t. I was the one who stepped on yours several times. I was so embarrassed I wanted to die.”
    He caught her close, pressing his cheek against the hotness of hers. “All I remember was that I was in heaven because Stella Athas, the most desirable girl in the world, had agreed to dance with me. I was the envy of all my friends who laid bets you wouldn’t let me get near enough to touch you.”
    “Was I that