She wasn’t sure any man had ever said that to her. Talk about a turn-on.

All those grunts that Van normally made she felt herself emitting as she worked up to find that damn pleasure she was dying for.

Then it hit her. Just as if she was smacked upside the head without warning.

She sat up straight trying to get him as deep as possible as she was throbbing around his cock.

He grabbed her hips, held her in place and was rising into her hard and heavy, let out a few grunts, then pulled her down to land on his chest.

The two of them were breathing faster than she’d ever heard two people do.

“I’m not sure I could go much harder than that, but I’m willing to try if you are.”

He laughed. A true honest-to-God laugh that might be coming from his belly.

“I don’t know why you’re good for me, but you are,” he said.

“Fate of the island,” she said and was shocked those words slipped out of her mouth. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to say that.”

“Don’t be sorry for saying what comes to you,” he said. “My mother used to tell me that. Maybe I need that reminder in my life too.”

“Now that we’ve got a good understanding of each other, we should at least plan date four, don’t you think?”

“Sure,” he said. “We can do that.”

This night turned out better than she could have ever expected.

Which was a good thing because three dates in, she was wondering if she just fell in love.

How the hell was that possible?

13

RULES OF DATING

“Iowe you an apology,” Van said on Saturday afternoon.

“You do?” Kelsey asked. “Come in and explain to me why.”

They had no specific plans today, but she’d told him to come over around two and that was what he’d done.

After he’d spent most of the night lying in bed and replaying their few hours together.

Frankie came charging him from the nap the puppy had been taking.

He picked the little fluff ball up and gave him a few pets and then set him down.

“I was a little rough last night.”

She laughed and lifted her eyebrows at him.

“So?”

“So,” he said. “That was wrong of me.”

This time she let out a big sigh. “Van, am I going to have to let you in on a little secret?”

“Maybe,” he said, scratching his chin.