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couple she'd seen him with
last night. Emma's fingers clenched on the table, she sat
straighter in her chair. She didn't want to look in case he caught
her staring, but she couldn't tear her gaze away from him. His head
turned toward them, his eyes latched onto hers and a smile tugged
at the corners of his mouth.
    He was mouthwateringly gorgeous with his
tousled hair and that endearing smile. Emma shifted in her chair,
heat crept into her cheeks but she knew it wasn't just from her
embarrassment over staring, but also from the desire she felt
growing within her. She'd never experienced anything like this
before but just looking at him made her heart race and caused her
palms to sweat. She had to wipe her hands on her dress as she
averted her gaze.
    Jill and Mandy were both grinning annoyingly
at her when she picked up her drink and took a sip. She couldn't
stop her gaze from going back to him as the couple he was with
settled onto stools at the bar. Ethan crossed his legs, rested his
elbow on the bar and leaned against it. She felt it when his eyes
came to rest on her but she didn't look in his direction again.
    "I think it's you that has the crush," Jill teased.
    Emma shot her a look but she didn't say
anything as she took another sip of her drink. She was looking for
something to cool her off but it wasn't having the effect she'd
been hoping for. Taking a deep breath, she placed her glass on the
table and focused on the dazzling array of pinks, oranges, and reds
that the setting sun cast over the ocean.
    His approach was so discreet that she wasn't
aware he had left the bar until a chair from the table next to them
was settling beside her. "Do you mind?" he asked when her eyes shot
to him.
    "Not at all," she managed to get out.
    He settled his large frame into the chair and
stretched his long legs before him. The muscles in his forearms and
biceps rippled when he leaned toward her. Heat seemed to radiate
from him, she'd thought her palms were sweaty before but they were
even worse now as she was drawn toward him like a magnet to
metal.
    Jill lifted her glass and chugged it down. "I
think I'll get another. Want to come with me Mandy?"
    "Sure," Mandy said and pushed herself to her
feet. "You need anything Emma?"
    She reluctantly tore her eyes away from Ethan
and shook her head. "No, I'm fine."
    Ethan folded his arms over his chest and
leaned back in the chair as her not so subtle, but extremely astute
friends, hurried to the bar. Emma swallowed heavily when she
spotted Isabelle and Stefan watching them raptly from the bar.
"Just ignore them." Ethan told her, hoping to ease her discomfort.
Her eyes came back to him. "My sister is just nosy."
    "That's your sister?"
    "My younger and highly annoying sister,
Isabelle, and her even more annoying husband, Stefan." He grinned
as the couple at the bar scowled at him before turning away. She
thought they were too far away to have heard his words, but their
reaction to what he'd just said made her wonder if perhaps they
had.
    "I don't have any siblings," she said.
    "You can take a few of mine."
    She laughed as she began to relax a little.
"How many do you have?"
    "Nine."
    " Nine ?" she
blurted.
    He chuckled. "Yep, nine. It's quite the
brood."
    "Sounds like it."
    "My brothers Aiden and Ian will be joining us
in a couple of weeks. They decided to return home after they were
done with college before coming here."
    "They graduated?"
    His hair fell around his forehead as he shook
his head. "No, they still have some time left; they're just
finished for the summer."
    "We just graduated," she said and gestured at
her friends.
    He glanced at where Jill and Mandy were
standing by the bar; their heads were close together as they not so
secretly kept glancing at them. It was amusing but he really wished
he could have some time with her away from the prying eyes of
friends and family. "What are you going to do now that you've
graduated?" he asked.
    Emma shrugged as she twirled her glass on the
table.