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good.'
    'It is, well I think it is.'
    We were almost back at the house
and I was a little sad that our time alone was coming to an end so soon. The
dogs had already disappeared over the dune and were probably waiting at the
back door, tongues lolling out the side of their mouths as they panted to catch
their breath. I held my hand out as soon as we reached the bottom of the dune
and noticed this time that April didn't hesitate to slip her own, even colder,
hand into mine. I tugged her along behind me then helped her down the other
side then releasing her hand we walked back along the path to the house. I
wanted to spend some more time with her and talk to her more, she fascinated me
in a way no woman has before and I was very much looking forward to the next
few days.

Chapter Six
    April
    Oh God, why had I told him I had
never been in love? Why? I just felt so comfortable around him which thinking
about it seems ridiculous; he is Nate Hamilton and I don't know him.
I had thought about him, I had dreamed about him, but just because I had seen
every movie he had ever been in, and watched a ton of videos on YouTube, does
not mean I know him. But I really want to.
    I rolled over onto my back. As
soon as we had gotten back from our walk Nate had excused himself and
disappeared into what I guessed was the office. The rest of the house was empty
so I had made my way upstairs and flung myself unceremoniously face down onto
the bed. I lay now looking up at the light fixture and wondering what to do
with all my free time. I let out a snort of laughter and sat up; I had brought
about six books with me in the hopes that I would get some time to read them
and the large armchair by the fire in the living room was calling to me.
    I kicked off my boots and pulled
out some extra thick socks from one of the drawers in the vanity and pulled
them on, picking up the first book off the pile I had placed on the night stand
I headed down the stairs.
    There was still no sign of Ella
or Maggie, and the office door was firmly shut as I walked past it. I stopped
off in the kitchen first and poured myself a mug of coffee then walked into the
living room.
    The fire had died down a little
but the room as still toasty warm, and making a mental note to remember to
place another log onto it in about half an hour, I settled myself in the arm
chair closest to the window, tucking my feet underneath me and placing my mug
on the small table strategically placed next to me. I snuggled into the chair
and began to read. I was completely engrossed in my book by the time Ella and
Maggie came home and started to prepare dinner, they had refused my offer of
help and I got caught up in the story again.
    The
characters are sneaking around at midnight, searching for each other, finally
they are alone, and they are so consumed with lust that they strip each other
in a frenzy. I bite down on my bottom lip as I read how the characters made
love to each other, out of control at first then slowly and passionately.
    ‘Must
be a good bit.’ I almost jump out of my skin and I look up into Nate's bemused
face.
    'Shit! Sorry.' I placed a hand
over my heart and could feel it beating quickly in my chest. 'You scared me.'
    Nate chuckled and sat down on the
sofa opposite me. 'So, is it? A good bit, I mean,' he gestured to the book now
resting in my lap.
    I looked down almost forgetting
that the book was there and then looked back up at him. I returned his smile,
'It was actually.' 
    'Is it...' He lowered his voice,
a wicked glint in his eyes, and I could see why he had been chosen to play a
bad guy, ‘a bit naughty?'
    I leaned forward and looked him
right in the eye, lowering my voice to match his own, 'That depends on what you
think is naughty.'
    I sent him a smirk of my own then
giggled. God, I had wondered what it would be like to flirt with this man and
now I had the opportunity; it was thrilling, and even though my heart rate had slowed
down it was still drumming faster than