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are no words capable of describing how your charm warms my heart. In your lips I can feel the radiance of your smile. I could lose all sense of time if held in your arms -”
    “- Bullshit.”
    “OK, you got me on that one. But over the years, a little bit here and there, I saw those things. And I thought to myself, if I could only have one night with her at dinner, I could see if she could ever be someone I could share my time with.”
    “You really think you could share part of your life with me?”
    “Probably wouldn’t be a happy life.”
    “You know, you almost had me for a moment.”
    “Abbey, you won’t let anyone have you. If not for this mishap, you would never have given me the time of day. Most of the time you make my skin crawl. But there are times when I imagine us together. Why? You’re a beautiful lady. I can’t help thinking something underneath has to reflect a little of what’s on the surface. But I know you’ll never feel that way, even if I could muster the nerve to ask.”
    “No, because then I’d have to fire you.”
    “You’d actually fire the one guy willing to take the time to get to know you?”
    “You really think I’d ever date a guy like you?”
    “Maybe not a guy like me. But me.”
    “I wouldn’t date you if you were the last guy left -”
    “- I am the last guy left. At least for now. Abbey, are you gonna have breakfast in the morning?
    “If we can get another coconut.”
    “By yourself?”
    “Maybe.”
    “There’s no one else here. I have to assume you’ll be eatin’ with me, right?”
    “Probably.”
    “And you plan on that?”
    “Yes.”
    “Then I’d say we just made a date.”
    “How embarrassing.”
    “Don’t worry. I’ll get over it.”
    “You’re nothing but a - a -”
    “- a frog. I know.”
    “It’s just that - well -”
    “- Come on, Abbey. I kid myself thinkin’ I have a chance, because women like you, I know what they’re like.”
    “You can’t possibly know what I’m like.”
    “You think your job makes you better than me. But I don’t even care. I’m not afraid to say -”
    “- Say what?”
    “Abbey, do I make you crazy?”
    “Certifiably.”
    “Do I make you laugh?”
    “Sometimes.”
    “Am I the only one you’ve ever been stranded on a desert island with?”
    “Yes. No. I mean, - uh, - what I meant to say was -”
    “I’ve known couples who started out with less.”
    “Look at us. What do you think could ever work out between us that you couldn’t find with someone closer to your -?”
    “- Out of all the ladies in the office, you’re the only one I wish I could be with, but I can’t.”
    “Don’t tell me you’re actually serious.”
    “Dinnng! No off position on your genius switch.”
    “I sure didn’t see this coming.”
    “Of course you didn’t. You have your secret diamond decoder ring to prevent it.”
    “Why me?”
    “The sweetness inside the coconut shell.”
    “We’re so different.”
    “Are we really, Abbey? I mean, besides our jobs?”
    “You don’t know me at all.”
    “But at least I’m willing to try. I don’t see anyone else hangin’ out at your door.”
    “I used to get asked out quite often, you know.”
    “Where? In a men’s prison?”
    “I - I -”
    “I didn’t think so.”
    “I’ve been hurt so many times.”
     
    Jake looks deep into Abbey’s eyes. He can see her fighting what’s really inside her soul. She wants so much to have someone care about her and love her, but she is not about to break down and admit that to Jake. He knows it isn’t because he’s any better or worse than any other man in Abbey’s past. It’s just that he’s willing to put up with her long enough to see the real Abbey when no one else is.
     
    “Abbey, I promise you that I will never hurt you. But please don’t punish me for the misdeeds of others.”
    “I just wish - we weren’t stuck here overnight.”
    “I’m kinda glad we are.”
    “Why on Earth would you be