Chapter 6

He hadn’t moved, only watched her. He said nothing until she finally glanced up at him. He gave her a long look she would have to be blind not to understand.

And she got it. Her face flushed and she looked down quickly, rubbing the hell out of her legs so she missed the grin he had to bite to hide. She straightened then, still holding the towel. She raised her chin a little, defiant and challenging, the Kitty Kat he remembered. He smiled.

A moment passed. A minute or two. Neither said anything. They just stood on the dock and looked at each other under the warm and unpredictable sunshine. He felt like a thirsty man staring at an icy cold beer.

She returned his look, then whispered his name in that raspy grown up voice he felt go all the way through him.

“Jensen,” she said softly.

Just Jensen — his name was all she said.

And he was lost.

“Hey, Kitty,” he said.

“You don’t have to ca