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“I got it,” she replied to him. “I’m proud of you, Zack. For not cowering and turning tail. It was only a suggestion. But I’m glad you decided to stay in the game.”
Zack could feel the coolness of the water bathing his skin, heat shot through his muscles as he worked his body in the water. It was as if he was competing. He had a whole lot of time to think.
Then his gut clenched at the thought of some creep trying to snuff out Blue. If he ever caught who was trying to do that…
Zack shifted his focus. He had to focus. What was he going to do about Blue and his feelings for her?
He had the documentary to finish and to ensure that Blue had full access to all the winery's facilities for the production and enough background information in their library. But he still hadn’t sat down with her for a heart-to-heart profile to be filmed. A personal question and answer period where she would get to ask him everything about his life growing up and about what it meant to run one of the country’s most elite family-owned wineries and vineyards.
When he was done with forty laps in the pool, Zack climbed out at the side and grabbed his towel to dry his face.
He paused when he saw the silhouette of a woman in the moonlit darkness wandering in the near distance. A curvaceous woman. Her wavy dark pair pinned up in a loose ponytail. She was petite in height. That walk. He could recognize the distinctive sway of each woman he’d ever met. He had that recognition gift.
Blue?
What in God’s name was she doing up at this hour?
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Blue didn’t know what got into her that night but she felt compelled to seek out the fresh summer night’s air and inhale the aroma of the vinery that lingered in the atmosphere. She looked up at the dark night and captured the splendor of the tiny dots of white stars glowing against the backdrop of the sky. It was weird but she felt comforted being outside, under the canopy of the heavens. She was glad that she—and her sister, got a chance to get away from the city and stay in Mayberry Hill where she could finish her film project.
Just as Blue walked out to the pool area, her heart jumped.
Zack.
Zack had been swimming; he was sitting at the side of the pool, dripping wet. A towel slung over his shoulder. Oh, my.
She hadn’t really seen him semi-naked before—not in person, anyway. But he saw her. He got up and walked over to her.
The saltwater pool was illuminated by glowing nightlights, so Blue could see the crisp blueness of the water against the darkness of the night. Trees stood as sentinels around the patio. It looked more like a holiday resort than a private home pool. She loved the night illumination of pools. There was something calming, soothing, romantic about it. The Romeros lived very well!
“What are you doing up at this time?” he said in a low voice, slightly breathless after swimming laps she guessed.
Blue could see the ripped muscles on his moist chest, so sculpted and prominent. The excess water glistened on his smooth skin. She fought the urge to reach out and glide her fingers down his taut, sexy muscles to enjoy the silky feel of his smooth, wet skin. The guy was fit like an athlete and ripped like a medium-weight bodybuilder. His muscular body and biceps were to die for. Zack was perfect.
“I was…I…I couldn’t sleep,” she fumbled with her words. Her gaze dropped slightly to the growing bulge in his swimwear shorts. His dark, sexy hair was moist and sexily wet.
His well-built legs looked the athletic type, muscular and powerful. Holy crap! The man was built like a sex god!
There was a massive whirlpool hot tub adjacent by the pool that was activating a continuous flow of water. She found the gentle swishing of the water as romantic as the dim ambiance of the area.
She wondered how many women had Zack or his brothers taken here at night by the whirlpool or in the hot tub after a swim. She was never much into swimming since she often got "swimmer's ear."
Her heartbeat galloped harder and actually increased. She was ever conscious of breathing hard and a trembling desire slithered through her. She was glad it was dark enough that Zack could not see her aroused nipples through her nightshirt.
Now she was more intimidated seeing him like this.
“You couldn’t sleep?” he echoed, his voice smooth and deliciously deep.
