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off my trust fund but I prefer to dabble."
"Dabble?"
"In nano technology. That glass is one of my inventions." He spoke with pride. And
she didn't blame him. His invention would make him even wealthier.
"I'm impressed, but until you just mentioned them, I didn't know you had a family."
"I have parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents. My
family is huge. The entire population is related if you go back far enough. That's why
we need new blood. That's why we need you."
"Your entire family lives on New Atlantis?"
"Most of us. But we all like our privacy so you needn't worry about "
"A large family sounds wonderful but you keep missing the point. I don't know what
you like to do for entertainment" her stomach growled "or what you like for
breakfast."
He chuckled in delight. "As for breakfast, I believe I'd like to have you."
"I'm serious. I'm starving."
"So am I." He wriggled his brows suggestively.
Samantha decided she could wait to feed her belly. Leaning forward, she kissed Ari
with an abandon that surprised her. She'd never been so relaxed with a man and
suspected his simple admission of his feelings for her had a lot to do with it. Ari had
the courage to say what he felt and go after what he wanted her and she admired
him for it.
That he'd been willing to risk his life to save her from that horrific fall out of the sky
proved he spoke the truth. For the first time in her life, she felt unconditionally
loved and not for her wealth or her looks but for her true self. Ari's love was a truly
liberating feeling and it transferred to making love.
Samantha suddenly wanted to try everything she'd ever fantasized about with Ari. She
wanted to spend as much time as possible with him today and tomorrow and as long
as it took to be sure she'd never have regrets.
His powerful arms closed around her and his clever fingers skimmed up her back,
shooting tingles into her core. He surprised her when he broke their kiss and gazed at
her with a twinkle in his eyes. "I have a surprise for you."
"I'm not too certain how many more of your surprises my heart can take," she teased.
"I want to show you the force field that protects New Atlantis."
She narrowed her eyes on him. "I thought you were starving for me."
He chuckled. "I am. I can do two things at once."
"I don't understand."
"You will," he promised and went right back to kissing her, leaving her curiosity
aroused while he worked on exciting the rest of her.
Between the magic of his lips and hands, it didn't take long for them to come together
physically, but in another way that was totally new. Seemingly in no rush, Ari stoked
her embers, until fire licked into a blaze of need.
And then as if she'd always lived in isolation, her mental bubble broke. She sensed
thousands of people going about their daily lives and gasped. There was warmth,
humanity and love keeping up the force field. And she could feel this elemental
connection to others of her kind that didn't intrude or overwhelm but shined down on
her like the sun, bathing her in a oneness.
And when Ari wrapped his arms around her and held her close, as he moved inside
her, building the tension, taking her with him, she'd never felt so close to anyone in
her life. There was intimacy of mind and body. There was sharing, caring. And love.
Later, Ari cooked her breakfast. They ate in silence on his back deck that overlooked
the sea, sharing waffles and fresh strawberries and sliced pineapples. She contentedly
sipped her coffee, listened to the birds caw, the sea lap to and fro over his pink sand
beach, but most of all, she enjoyed looking at Ari.
She didn't think she'd ever met a man so sure of himself, who was both simple and
complex. Ari had told her that what he did for a living didn't matter, but his nano
technology that kept her coffee hot and her juice cold impressed her as much as the
house he'd built with his own hands.
She almost hated to break the perfect morning by speaking. "Can we stay here today
instead of going into town?"
"We can do whatever you like, but I thought you were eager to see the island to see if
you could live here?"
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