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she
gasped at the desire she saw in their brown depths.  He cupped her jaw in
his hand and tilted her head up to receive his kiss and Sarah was lost. 
She would have given him anything at that moment, and while that frightened her
some, she decided she wasn’t going to over-analyze or limit herself. 
Relationships were non-existent in her world so she decided she was going to
embrace this and ride it out for all it was worth.
    Colt groaned and wrapped both arms
around her, pulling her fully onto his lap and forcing her mouth wide with his
tongue.  Sarah could barely breathe around the kiss and found she really
didn’t care.  All that mattered was this moment and this man.  She
could feel his arousal pressing against her hip and it thrilled her to know she
could cause that in such an incredibly sexy, handsome man.
    After what seemed like hours, he
pulled back from the kiss and pressed his forehead to hers, each panting as if
they’d just sprinted the length of a football field.  Sarah was surprised
to see she had his shirt balled in her fist and released it, smoothing her hand
over the wrinkles in his shirt.
    “You take my breath away, Sarah,” he
said against her ear. 
    “As you do to me,” she replied, “I
can’t…wow, yeah.”
    He pulled back and smoothed his hands
over her hair, cupping her face in his hands and giving her a quick, tender
kiss.
    “How about a movie tonight?” he
asked, tracing his thumb over her lower lip.
    “OK,” she sighed.
    “Why don’t you look up show times
while I take us back to the marina?”
    She nodded and started to stand but
couldn’t resist giving him one more quick but searing kiss.  The low growl
that sounded deep in his throat sent shivers down her spine as she stepped away
from him and settled on the seat beside him.
    The rest of the day and evening, they
both took a big step back, seeming to agree that things moved a bit too fast
out on the boat.  They went to an action movie and spent hours sitting out
on his back deck by a fire in his patio fireplace just talking and getting to
know one another.  When Sarah finally left that night she felt like she
was walking on the clouds.  Colt had walked her out to her car and kissed
her breathless before opening her door and helping her inside.  He told
her he had plans to spend the day with his nieces tomorrow but would call or
text her often during the day.  She couldn’t freaking wait!

Chapter Three
     
    Sarah had barely made it out of his
driveway before Colt’s phone started buzzing in his pocket.  He dug it out
and then sighed when the display read Claire Calling.   Sometimes,
living next door to his sister was not always a good thing.
    “What’s up?” he answered.
    “You tell me!  Do you know how
hard I had to fight with the girls to keep them from running over to your house
when they saw you sitting outside by the fireplace?”
    He headed back around to his back
patio and sank down on the outdoor sofa, pulling a beer from the cooler next to
him.
    “I’m sure it wasn’t easy. 
Thanks for that, though.”
    “What is the story with the woman who
was over?”
    “I’m really tired, sis, can we
–“
    She cut him off.  “Uh uh. 
No way.  Spill it, Colt.  You haven’t really gone out with anyone
since you moved here.  Who is she?  How did you meet her?”
    He really didn’t want to get into all
of this now with her but knowing his sister, he knew he wasn’t going to be able
to get away with not answering.  So he told her about how he met Sarah and
how they met for dinner and again at the baseball game and that he took her out
on the boat and to a movie.
    “Wow.  That’s a lot in a short
amount of time.”
    He sighed.  “Yeah, I know. 
That’s why I told her I was spending the day with the girls tomorrow. 
Don’t want to overwhelm her.”
    There was silence on the other end
for a few minutes, to the point that he was beginning to wonder if Claire was
still there.  Then he heard