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wanted to weep for my friend and his people. I’d always known Dante had a strained relationship with his dad, but the truth of it made me angry for him.
    Letting my chin drop, I considered his request. A child from my womb in exchange for his guaranteed safety. A baby conceived by the two of us to help replenish a dying breed. Could I be that selfless?
    “Hey. Hey. ” His fingers cupped my chin, directing my eyes back to his face. “I don’t want you to feel as if you have to do this for me. You don’t. None of this is your problem, and it was stupid of me to even bring it up.”
    “Bullshit. You’ve been thinking about this. You planned things out, Dante. All of this to break some sad news to me about you leaving? You were hoping I’d ask if I could help. You arranged this to butter me up and you had Teo’s help,” I accused.
    “I did hope you would ask,” he admitted. “But the rest of my statement still stands.”
    “Why me?” I was afraid of the answer, but I had to know. Was it because I was convenient? Was it some sort of pity play because I was single every summer since we had first met? Did he simply not know anyone else? Or did I seem desperate enough to birth a kid for him and just let it go?
    He didn’t answer.
    “Why me?” I repeated. “Why not Judy? Why not some beach bimbo? Your clients like you enough. You’ve screwed some of them.” More than a few over the years. At least one out of five women taking his classes weren’t interested in learning to surf.
    Dante remained silent.
    “Answer me!”
    I had more to say, planning to call him a coward and any other word that came to mind, when Dante shoved me against the wooden beam and pressed his lips over mine.
    His tongue plundered my mouth, and then one of his hands slid over my thigh. I let him raise it to his hip, and then without warning, he hoisted me up.
    The finesse was lost as our kiss deepened, but he made up for it with raw hunger and his animal instinct. Hints of rum flavored his tongue, delighting me when I gave the tip a playful suckle.
    Dante met my flirt with a nudge of his hips, grinding his erection against me with exquisite friction. I nibbled his lower lip and drew back for breath to find his dark blue eyes trained on my face, watching me closely while his chest heaved.
    “Whoa.” He made me feel feather light, both of his hands on my ass, one palm on each cheek.
    “You wanted my reason. That’s my reason. Because I’ve wanted to do that ever since I saw you in the mermaid tank. Because I can’t get you out of my fucking mind and you’re there all of the time now. Because you’ve been my best friend, and I thought if I had to go away into the ocean forever and never see you again, I’d want to take some part of you with me.” He paused, the look in his eyes so intense I could drown in it. “Because I’m falling in love with you.”
    I couldn’t breathe, but our lips still found each other for a shyer, gentler version of our first kiss. “Okay,” I whispered against his mouth.
    “Okay what?”
    “I’ll do it.”
    I’d have his baby, if it meant he could come back to me again.

Chapter 5
    ~Alessa~
    I took the rest of the month to consider the gravity of the situation. During those days, we restricted our time to casual outings with our mutual friends but never risked being alone together. The sexual tension between us reached an all-time high when I came within one breath of ripping his clothes off at a beach party. My friends sensed a change in us, which they ignored until I rushed away to wash my face in the bathroom.
    “Alessa? Are you okay, sweetie?”
    “I’m fine,” I called through the door.
    Dante’s touch inspired the worst kind of thoughts, even a hand to my elbow felt charged with electricity. I’d had to get away before impulsively kissing him became my only option.
    “Oh... well, okay,” Pam replied.
    I didn’t want a random case of the hots for his body to influence an important,