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“I don’t know who you were before. All I know is who you are now. And from the first moment we met, not five hundred yards down this exact stretch of beach, you have been the only thing I see. I see you, Tess, I see you. I can’t stop seeing you—your wit, your beauty, your grace. You’re so goddamn graceful. I watch the way they dance through your hair, taming your curls away from your face.”

“It’s all I’ve ever known. Everyone who was meant to love me, people I needed to care, people I needed to protect me…they all closed their eyes. They didn’t see me, Ryan. I was just a child, and they didn’t care.”

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“Now that star forward, No. 20 Ryan Langley, has a four-year contract and a three-mil signing bonus, you finally gonna invest in some curtains?”

I grin from ear to ear. “You know my number.”

“I’ve watched you play, remember? I was in L.A.”

“Oh, I remember. At the wedding, you told me I was your favorite Ray to watch.”
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“For one night, and one night only, yes, Ryan Langley. I’m taking you out on a date. Let’s go celebrate your big contract news.”

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“Hmm. That’s it.”

“That’s what?”

“The scent that’s been haunting me since beach day. In my mind I was calling it piña colada. It’s coconut. My coconutty dream girl.”

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“For Mars, it’s the start of something new. For me, it’s the end. He gets to walk in there and say ‘hello’ to his new wife. I get to walk in and say a tearful ‘goodbye’ to my friend, the woman who has been the only home I’ve ever known.”

“I want to know what you taste like.”

“Ryan—”

“A kiss. That’s my secret. I want a kiss. One kiss. From you.”

“And what would a guy like you do with one kiss from a girl like me?”

“Savor it. Cherish it. Save it for a rainy day.”