Ocean's Breath Plateau shady grove

His smile broadened when she questioned him. Dutch suffered through a pang of unrealized regret as he imagined how things could have gone — but the result was that he felt more helplessly grateful than ever to have stumbled into his current circumstances.

"I'm glad that I came to my senses before I had the chance to introduce you to him," he admitted, just a little sheepish. It was clear from the gleam in his eyes that he meant this earnestly, and then perhaps even clearer by his next suggestion of, "Let's go back to bed."

It was a slow-motion tackle, then, as Dutch tried to entice her back to the soft furs from which he'd first disturbed her rest.