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magazine. Kayla’s beauty completed his vision.
    “Thanks,” Nico said. His love for the outdoors had inspired his work. He’d poured a lot of sweat into it, but it had been well worth it. He spent most of his free time out here.
    “I can’t believe you have a swimming pool.” She dropped his hand, walked to the edge of the water and squatted to dip her fingers.
    His house looked deceiving from the outside. It appeared smaller, but once inside, took on a life of its own. That’s what had sold him on the home. He wouldn’t take credit for the kidney-shaped swimming pool because it had already been in place. But he’d had the concrete resurfaced and now the pool gleamed. “I redid all the tiles around the perimeter,” he said, proud of the finished product. He’d been right to go with royal-blue tiles. The contrast with the turquoise water looked really cool.
    “You even have a tiki bar!”
    “Yep. I built it.”
    “The swing, too?”
    “I bought the swing. But I built the trellis above it.”
    Kayla went to the swing and scooted into it. She rocked back and forth, grinning the whole time. “I love it out here,” she said, tossing her head back and letting her mass of curls flow with the breeze.
    See? Chicks liked to swing. Main reason he’d put it there. Of course, he’d never imagined Kayla would be the first to enjoy it. Okay second, after his mom, who loved the swing too. “Yeah, this is where I come after work to unwind. Can’t wait to get this cast off so I can swim again.”
    He’d stayed out of the pool because he didn’t want to get the thing wet. He didn’t need a smelly cast. His mom had tried to convince him to do what he did when he took a shower–put a plastic bag over it. He couldn’t be bothered. The heavy weight of the damn thing would’ve probably drowned him, with his shit luck.
    “I can make it so you can swim now,” Kayla said.
    When had she developed the ability to crush a man with one look? And how come, all of a sudden, he didn’t give a rat’s ass about wetting his cast? What was a little funk if it meant getting Kayla in the water? Maybe even naked. What were the odds that she’d packed a bathing suit? Even if she had, Kayla in a steamy bikini didn’t seem like hardship. Nope.
    “Yeah?” he said, open to the idea, even when he knew what it would lead to. Trouble with a capital T. For a while there, he’d lived for trouble. He hadn’t totally become a pillar of society. Every now and again, he still raised a little hell.
    “Get me something plastic and I’ll hook you up,” Kayla said. She stopped swinging and leveled a look at him.
    Her wicked smile could’ve shattered the defenses of Homeland Security, let alone his. Kayla didn’t just want to hook him up. She wanted to hook up. Period.
     

 
    Chapter 5
     
    Kayla watched the tall palm trees sway gently with a night breeze. Tropical flowers, cheery hues and aromatic scents encircled his lush patio. The gorgeous landscaping, his stunning craftsmanship had taken her by surprise. What else did Nico have in store for her?
    God, she could swing here all night and be perfectly content. Or she could coax Nico out of his clothes and into the swimming pool, which would also make her happy. No. Scratch that. She’d be ecstatic. He acted all hard, but Kayla had already pierced his armor. Her female powers of persuasion were weakening him, and she’d barely done a thing. Imagine if she got him in the pool. Two words came to mind: wet sex.
    He ambled over. “Want to go in the pool?” His eyes turned darker, almost as black and dreamy as the night.
    Kayla thought she’d come prepared, but she hadn’t packed a bathing suit. Of course, she hadn’t expected him to have a swimming pool. She could take a dip in her undies. On the other hand, lace and thong didn’t leave much to the imagination. Did she really want to put it all out there so blatantly? No. Kayla had a little more class than that. She wanted Nico’s