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either. Looking back on all the research she’d done on him, all the pictures she’d looked at… She never expected she’d ever meet him, let alone spend all this time with him. The more she had found out about him, the more intrigued she became, so she did more and more research until she felt she was at creeper level, and then she was embarrassed about it all. She knew she hadn’t spent that much time with him, but he actually seemed better than everything she’d read.
    The men led them a short distance away from where the vehicle was parked. There, laid out before them, was a picnic overlooking Los Angeles. It made a breathtaking picture with the sun starting to set across the ocean.
    They spent an enjoyable evening together, sharing food, stories, and laughter. It was all so easy and comfortable between the four of them. When the sun went down and Hannah became cold, Lissa watched as Royce ran up the trail to get her an extra blanket. Hannah had been pretty closed-mouthed when she’d asked her what she thought about Royce, but it looked like she was going to have to press the issue to find out what Hannah really felt. Lissa didn’t want to see her friend hurt, but she’d been so closed-off to men for so many years, she could only hope at some point Hannah would want to have another relationship.
    Will stood up and held his hand out to her, and without asking any questions she placed hers in his and he helped her stand. They walked, hand in hand, a little further down the hill. Since the moon was almost full, they had no problem walking on the trail. She didn’t think the view could get any better, but it did.
    When they stopped, he pulled her in front of him and wrapped his arms around her stomach. She leaned back into him and rested her head on his chest. There, in that moment, she knew it was the right time to open up to him. “Will, I don’t know where to begin. Everything since I turned around in the restaurant and saw you has been like a dream come true for me. Yesterday and today has been…” She shook her head. “Here I am, an author, and all I can come up with is ‘amazing’. I should have bruises up and down my arms from pinching myself because I didn’t believe it was real. I’m so grateful, and so happy I met you.”
    “Me, too, darling. When you’ve dreamt of someone for so long and you finally find her, it takes your breath away. You want to fall down on your knees before her and offer her the world.”
    Tears blurred her vision as she overcame her fears and whispered, “I never believed in love at first sight, but could we really even call this first sight? We both did our research before we met, we were both curious, and, what, half in love with what we found on the internet? For sure attracted to what we knew of each other.” She turned in his arms. “Even now, with these feelings racing through me, I worry, I wonder… what if it’s all an illusion? What if it’s something I’ve created in my head? I don’t know if I could bear it.”
    Gently, he wiped a tear away from her cheek. “Melissa, we’re not inexperienced teenagers, or even brave twenty-something-year-olds. We know there are no guarantees. All I can do is offer you my heart and soul, knowing deep down I have never felt this way before, and I’m not letting you slip through my fingers. I will do everything in my power to make you believe in me and the feeling which courses through my soul for you.”
    His arms tightened around her waist, slightly lifting her up. As his mouth came closer her eyes drifted closed, hoping she was going to feel his lips on hers again. She wanted to open herself up to him, to completely be lost in him, feel him, allow him to devour her.
    When he finally kissed her, she could swear she heard the angels sigh and every other overused cliché around. As his lips slid across hers, his fingers tangled in the back of her hair while she clawed at his shoulders. Without heels on, she couldn’t