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nice.”
    “Yes.” She swallowed and turned away. “But, I think it’s time to go now.”
    He looked a little disappointed. “You’re in charge.”
    They didn’t say a word as he helped her off the chair. She exhaled deeply just as she made it to the lady’s locker room to change.
    No man had ever kissed her like that. What they’d shared on the chaise made her realize that there was such a thing as the perfect kiss.

Chapter Five
    Alexia kicked off her sandals and leaned back in the pool side chair. She tilted her straw hat at just the right angle so that it blocked the torturous rays of the sun. These relaxation breaks were fast becoming a habit of hers, but they made her time working at the shop less nerve wracking. Pretty soon, her life would get hectic. She’d find out whether the day to day grind working behind the counter of Reilly’s and under the hood of a car was more difficult than sitting behind the desk as the owner and CEO of her newly formed company.
    She couldn’t wait to put the final plans to action.
    David, who’d agreed to become her CFO, would be in town any day now to complete the formation process. It was the perfect role for him, and despite living hundreds of miles apart, they’d managed to grow bits of ideas into a viable business plan. With him taking care of the finances and leaving the operations to her, she hoped they launched a new corporation with a future of continued business growth. Together, she and David had over two decades experience in the business. How could they fail?
    If her parents were here, they’d be so proud. She’d probably be on the other side looking in. Her father had always wanted the business to grow into something bigger, so he’d most likely be at the forefront doing all these things that she was. What took her several years of procrastinating would have been done by her parents in months. With her father’s go-getter attitude and her mother’s supportive ways, Reilly’s might have already been a public company.
    She missed them so much. How had she ever survived without them?
    “Alexia.”
    The voice above her sounded exceptionally familiar. It was the deep, smooth tone that she had found herself reminiscing on this whole week.
    She opened her eyes to find Shawn standing over her, blocking the heat rays. It was no surprise that seeing him brightened her spirits, but how long would he stick around? How long would he choose to remain in her life before he moved on to the next hopelessly lucky woman? “What are you doing here?”
    “I came to see you,” he said, nonchalantly.
    She removed her stray hat, and looked around at her surroundings. Besides a couple on the far side of the atrium and the two ladies who sat across from her, there was no one else around. “We have guards and top security access. How did you get in?”
    His lips twitched into a smile. “I was very polite to the guards.”
    She should have known. This man would do anything, even use his art of expert persuasion, to get what he wanted. His gaze swept over her body, and she wrapped the long towel tighter around her midsection. “Now that you’ve breached security, is there something I can do for you?”
    He sat down on the lounge chair next to her. “I don’t appreciate my voicemails being ignored and all my calls going unanswered.”
    “I’ve been extremely busy,” she said.
    He clasped his palms together. “Okay. Maybe I’m being a little selfish here, but I was beginning to worry.”
    “Worry about what?”
    “I was worried that maybe I did something wrong.”
    Alexia opened her mouth to ask him to explain, but then it dawned on her that maybe she was the one who’d been in the wrong. After thinking of one reason why she hadn’t returned any of his calls, she couldn’t think of a plausible one.
    “It wasn’t you,” she said.
    “Okay, then what was it?”
    “It’s just…” she shrugged “…I don’t know how to handle everything at once. The anniversary