Touching Paradise
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The door next to the library was open, allowing a cool breeze into the halls. She paused at the threshold.
Koenraad stood at the surf line, staring into the ocean. He was shirtless, the board shorts low on his hips. The muscles of his back, shoulders and calves looked like carved stone. The rigid way he held himself, it seemed like he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. Work problems. She sensed it was much more than that.
She wished she could help him. Maybe she couldn’t fix anything, but she was a good listener. It might make his troubles easier to bear.
He turned, his gaze going directly to hers as if he had known she was there all along. It was the stare of a hunter, a predator.
Her heart pounded so hard that she thought it might bang a hole through her chest. He was gorgeous. Untamed. And yeah, incredibly scary. The wildness inside him was dangerous, no doubt about that.
But nothing felt so right as being in his arms.
She stepped through the doorway.
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