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“No way!” Jeez, she sounded sixteen. Definitely the tequila.
He held out a well-manicured hand. “Miguel d’Oro, at your service.”
She shook it, using her practiced business shake—not too limp, not grasping. “Tilda Campbell.”
Tilting his head, he studied her. “You don’t look like a Tilda.”
She made a face. “Matilda. Which is the name of your grandmother. Tilda is a poor second-best choice.”
“My grandmother’s name is Sofia, actually.”
“Lucky her.”
“Why not Mattie?”
“You’re seriously asking me that?”
He chuckled. “No, I see your point. No family nicknames?”
“Not that I’m going to tell you.”
“Oh, come on. We’re friends now, yes?”
She rolled her eyes up to the ceiling and huffed out a breath. “Roo.”
“Roo.” He repeated it, rolling the word in his mouth, making it into a question.
“You know—Waltzing Matilda, Australia, kangaroos...”
“Roo. I like it.”
She shook her head at him. “I’m going to regret telling you that.”
“Does that mean I can see you again? Perhaps a late dinner at the hotel after we get in. Would your friends mind that?”
Her friends? She frowned. Oh, right! Her imaginary safety-net friends. Patti-Kay and Mary Sue-Ann. They’d be blonde identical twins from Mobile.
“Did you say they’re meeting you at the airport?”
“Oh right. I did say that.”
“There are no friends, are there?”
She groaned and thumped her head against the headrest. “No. I was supposed to be going with my asshole now-ex-boyfriend, but he dumped me right before the flight. How pitiful is that?”
“Sounds lucky for me.”
She rolled her head to look at him. “Oh yeah?”
“Perhaps I could entice you with an offer—one you won’t want to refuse.”
“From what you say, you’re talented at setting things up that way.”
“I am.” His smile slid into sexy. “A vacation rebound fling could be what you need. Think of it as one of the many rejuvenating spa experiences Oro Beach Resorts offers our guests.”
“With a personal touch from one of the original d’Oros?”
“Exactly.” He flashed that smile again, now decidedly sexual. “A vacation experience to fulfill your wildest fantasies. No strings attached. No one from home will ever know.”
