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again, and finish my third drink.
    My head is getting fuzzy and I know I’d better stop with the alcohol.
    “Another drink,” Luke starts to call for Miss Flirty, but I shake my head.
    “I’d better go back to water.”
    “Of course. More water for my lady friend and I, please.” The overly friendly
    waitress
    saunters
    away,
    deliberately swaying her hips, hoping to get Luke’s attention, but he’s staring at me, ignoring her.
    “What kind of movies do you like?”
    Huh? Is he asking me out to the movies?
    “I don’t watch a lot of movies.”
    He tilts that beautiful head to the side and looks at me like I just told him that pigs fly. “Really?”
    “I don’t have a lot of time for it.”
    “Who’s your favorite actor?” He smiles, and I feel like this is some sort of test, but I haven’t been given the study notes.
    “I don’t even know who’s popular right now.” I sit back into the booth seat and purse my lips, thinking about it.
    “When I was a teenager I loved Robert Redford.” I shrug.
    Luke looks like he’s been kicked in the
    stomach
    and
    I’m
    suddenly
    embarrassed. Then that beautiful face transforms into his smile and his eyes soften as they take me in. “Why? Isn’t he a little old for you?”
    I giggle. “Yes. But I saw The Way We Were with him and Barbara Streisand when I was fifteen and fell in love with Hubbell. He was dreamy. I don’t pay a lot of attention to movies.
    There’s too much drivel out there.”
    Luke laughs. “Drivel?”
    “Yes! If I see a trailer for one more stupid vampire movie, I’m going to kill myself.”
    He frowns again, looks around the bar and back to me, his eyes narrowed and apprehensive.
    “What? What did I say?”
    “Nothing.
     
    You’re
    just
    very
    unexpected. What are you, twenty three?”
    Why does he want to know my age?
    “Twenty five. You?”
    “Twenty eight.”
    “So, you’re old then.” I giggle.
    “You have a great laugh.” His eyes are shining with happiness and I mentally hug myself again, forgetting to be nervous and I realize I’m just really enjoying him. He’s just so easy to talk to.
    I check my watch and gasp at the time. We’ve been sitting here for three hours!
    “I should go.” I smile up at him.
    “We’ve been here a long time.”
    “Time flies when you’re with someone beautiful.” He leans over and grabs my hand and I am so caught up in his spell right now. My eyes focus on his lips and he licks them, making me squirm. Before I know it, he retracts his hand and I’m left feeling frustrated and missing the warmth of his touch.
    “Right back at you.” I put my sassy smile back on my face and reach for the check.
    “Oh no. That’s mine.” Luke pulls the check from my fingers and digs out his wallet.
    “I’m happy to pay for my own drinks.”
    He glares at me, and I’m stunned that he looks genuinely mad. Whoa.
    “No.”
    “Okay. Thank you.”
    His smile is back as he says, “You’re most welcome.”
    Luke settles the bill and we head back out onto the sidewalk. He hastily puts his sunglasses back on, and is visibly aware of who’s around us. My heart flips as he takes my hand and we start to walk toward my car.
    The sun is just starting to set and I look out over the gorgeous Sound, the blue water, the boats and the mountains and long for my camera. I glance up at Luke and his jaw is tense, he’s looking down and we’re walking briskly.
    “Hey, slow down.” I tug on his hand a bit and deliberately slow my steps.
    “Are you in a hurry to be rid of me?”
    “No, not at all.” He looks around us again, then grins down at me, slowing his pace.
    “It’s going to be a great sunset.
    Wanna walk along the water? I promise, no camera.” I hold my free hand up to show him it’s empty.
    Luke smirks, and then looks around once more, and I follow his gaze. There are a lot of people out and about enjoying the beautiful day on Alki Beach. Luke shakes his head and looks forlorn for a moment.
    We