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“I like you, Jerrod. I get the sense you like me.”

Dawn shook her head. “What I mean is, are we ever going to acknowledge this thing between us?”

His head jerked back. In an instant, the air around her changed. The sound of the waves lapping the shore grew louder.

“Say something, will you?” Was he going to leave her standing there feeling like a fool?

“I don’t know what to say, except that I’m sorry.” He took a couple of steps away from her. “You don’t want to like me in any way other than as a client and casual friend.”

In for a penny, in for a pound. In an instant that old saw had popped into her head. Why? Maybe because she was trembling and wasn’t thinking straight. But the adage fit. She’d taken a chance and might as well commit to it all the way. “Is that so? Well, then tell me, why is that?”

“Because the good things about you don’t make up for what’s missing in me.”