he said.And a finish, she wanted to reply, but she wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to be with him. He was smart, sexy, intelligent, and to hell with his being younger.She shot to her feet, grabbed her beach wrap, and slipped it on while he pulled on his shirt, tossed the lotion into her beach bag and then handed her the bag. She slung it over her shoulder and he shook out the blanket, and then wadded it into a giant ball against his midsection, hiding his arousal.She held her hand out to him, inviting him yet again to take this step, and he twined his fingers with hers. Together they walked toward Zack’s van and waved goodbye to the friends who were just arriving at the beach. She ignored the self-satisfied smirk on Mark’s face, as if he’d had something to do with what was about to happen.She pushed on, picking up her pace, but when Zack stumbled beside her and muttered a curse, she glanced over at him.“Something wrong?”Zack forced a smile, hiding the pain shooting up lefty from his awkward slip in the sand.
