Her Love Lost (Love Shattered Series Book 1) by Unknown

note to look it up when I got back to the hotel later. I like to know what types of shells I had in my collections. This shell was a creamy white coloring with brownish orange spots on it.  It fit perfectly in the palm of my hand.
    Dexter walked up behind me while I was admiring my lucky find. He placed his arms around my waist and rested his chin on my shoulder and began rubbing just under my belly button with his thumb, sending a tingling sensation throughout my whole body. Goosebumps prickled all over my skin. I hoped he didn’t notice. If he did he didn’t say anything about it.
    “Ahh I see you have found a Junonia Shell. That is one of my favorites to find here. That’s a pretty good size one too. Lucky find.” I peer up at him and with his chin still resting on my shoulder I only had to go about one more inch and my lips would meet his. My face turned red at the thought of kissing him. I cleared my throat.
    “Yeah I was wondering what this was. I was going to look it up when I got back to the hotel later, but it seems I have my very own shell encyclopedia on hand here. I have never found one of these in North Carolina. It’s beautiful.”
    “Not as beautiful as you are.” He turned me around in his arms so I now facing him and grabbed my face with both hands and slowly he leaned down and kissed my lips. This kiss was different than last night. It was deep and sexy. The whole time he kissed me he kept his hands in my hair and he rubbed the nape of my neck. He deepened the kiss running his tongue across my lips and I opened up and let him in. He tasted of coffee and mint. Suddenly remembering where we were I took a step back looking around nervously to see if anyone was paying any attention to us.
    “Wow that was some kiss. I don’t think I have ever felt anything like that before by just kissing.” My face heated up and I stared at Dexter feeling ashamed I just admitted that out loud. I feel like I am betraying Dave when I say things like that.
    “I would have to agree with you on that one Courtney. I am sorry I took advantage of the moment like that. I only meant to turn you around and ask you to come to dinner with me tonight at my place, but you looked so fucking sexy that I couldn’t resist kissing you.” He rubbed his thumb over my cheek. Should I say yes to dinner? Did he mean dinner alone with him? I don’t know if I can be alone with this man. If this is what happens on a beach in public with people around, what would happen if we were alone together at his house?
    “You want me to have dinner with you tonight?” I manage to squeak out.
    “Yes, and before you say no because of Lillian, I already asked her if she was okay with it and she said she was, that she would just hang out at the hotel tonight, and that she would be going to bed early as she is sure to be exhausted after being at the beach.”
    “If Lillian said it was okay then sure. I would love to have dinner with you tonight. What time should I be ready?” I asked.
    “Actually I was kind of hoping we could spend the whole day together. When we are done here we can take Lil back to the hotel and you can grab a change of clothes. Then you can come home with me and grab a shower if you want. I am sure my shower is a hundred times better than the shower at the hotel.”
    Well it seemed like he had it all figured out. Who was I to say no? He is putting so much effort into spending as much time with me as possible this week. Maybe he is just trying to get into my pants? No, no I couldn’t think like that. He really seemed like a nice guy. I just didn’t know how to act around guys anymore. Dave is the only guy I have ever dated. He’s the only man I ever had sex with and I made him wait forever, so even if that was Dexter’s plan that wasn’t going to happen.
    “Okay sure, that sounds like a good plan. However I will not be staying the night with you or having sex with you. So, if either of those things are on your agenda tonight