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“I’m sorry, Owen. I don’t see how this can work.” “Now or ever?” “You can’t understand.” “Then help me, Charlie. Explain it to me.” “I don’t think I can.” “And that’s it?” She’d knocked him flat. How could he have thought he could make her love him as much as he loved her in two days?

We’re getting to know each other,” he said and pressed a kiss to her lips. “I don't want you to think you don't know me. I don't want you to feel that way. Because I don't want you leaving tomorrow thinking this didn't mean anything.” He took her chin, his intense gaze holding hers. “It did. It does. And I want you to know that I know the difference.

The second time was faster, more desperate, then in the early hours of the morning, it was slow. Achingly so, as they discovered each other, kissing, whispering, loving. Finally exhausted, they lay with their bodies wound together in the tangled sheets and slept as the sun broke over the sea and sand.

He brushed his lips over hers, and she opened to him. He deepened the kiss, kept his hands on her back, in her hair, though she ached for him to touch her other places. Gradually, he pulled back then pressed another kiss to her lips. “That whole crashing thing is about to become a problem again.” Right, Charlotte thought. We’re on a moving boat. Good thing one of us is keeping their head.

And every so often, she and Owen exchanged brief glances that made her breath catch. Innocent—maybe—brushes of his denim-clad thigh against her knee made her pulse skip and her cheeks go hot. Even though she felt out of her element, the little thrill in her belly made her more than glad she was there.