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tended not to place the same importance on an affair as women did. She, of all people, should know that.
    And how dare he compliment her on her dimples at a time like this and in the mood she was in. She had to work with him, but she was convinced she didn’t even like him anymore. Yet in all fairness, she shouldn’t be surprised by the comment about her dimples. He’d told her numerous times that her dimples were the first thing he’d noticed about her. They were permanent fixtures on her face, whether she smiled or not.
    And then there was the way he’d looked at her when he’d said it. Out of the clear blue sky, he had turned those gorgeous bedroom-brown eyes on her and remarked on her dimples. Her stomach had clenched. It had been so unexpected it had sent her world tilting for a minute. And before she’d recovered, he’d turned back around and closed his eyes.
    Now he was reclining comfortably beside her. All man. All sexy. All Westmoreland. And seemingly all bored…at least with her. She had a good mind to wake him up and engage in some conversation just for the hell of it, but then she thought better of it. Micah Westmoreland was a complex man and just thinking about how complex he could be had tension building at her temples.
    She couldn’t help thinking about all the things she didn’t know about him. For some reason, he’d never shared much about himself or his family. She knew he had several brothers, but that fact was something she’d discovered by accident and not because he’d told her about them. She’d just so happened to overhear a conversation between him and his good friend Dr. Beau Smallwood. And she did know his parents had died in a plane crash when he was in college. He’d only told her that because she’d asked.
    Her life with her military father was basically an open book. After her mother had died of cervical cancer when Kalina was ten, her father had pretty much clung to her like a vine. The only time they were separated was when he’d been called for active duty or another assignment where she wasn’t allowed. Those were the days she spent on her grandparents’ farm in Alabama. Joe and Claudia Daniels had passed away years ago, but Kalina still had fond memories of the time she’d spent with them.
    Kalina glanced over at Micah again. It felt strange casually sitting next to a man who’d been inside her body…numerous times. A man whose tongue had licked her in places that made her blush to think about. Someone who had taken her probably in every position known to the average man and in some he’d probably created himself. He was the type of man a woman fantasized about. A shiver raced through her body just thinking about being naked with him.
    Up to now, she had come to terms with the fact that she’d be working with Micah again, especially after what he’d said in his office earlier that morning. He didn’t want to become involved with her, just as she didn’t want to become involved with him. So why was she tempted to reach out and trace the line of his chin with her fingers or use the tip of her tongue to glisten his lips?
    Oh, by the way, you still have the cutest dimples . If those words had been meant to get next to her, they had. And she wished they hadn’t. She didn’t want to remember anything about the last time they were together or what sharing those two months with him had meant to her.
    And she especially did not want to remember what the man had meant to her.
    Having no interest in the movie currently being shown and wanting to get her mind off the man next to her, she decided to follow Micah’s lead. She tilted her seat back, closed her eyes and went to sleep.

Four
    M icah awakened the next morning and stretched as he glanced around his bedroom. He’d been too tired when he’d arrived at the private villa last night to take note of his surroundings, but now he couldn’t help smiling. He would definitely like it here. Kalina’s room was right next