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eyebrows. “Shower? As in wedding shower?”
    She took another long sip of her drink, which he thought might be starting to make her more relaxed. “Yeah—Diana’s the family wild woman, and I’m just the opposite, so she thought the shirt would be funny.”
    He glanced down at her left hand, but no ring resided there. “So, are you married yet?” Don’t be married , he thought. He’d done a lot of wild things in his day, but he didn’t do married women.
    She shook her head. “Not even engaged anymore. That’s why I’m here. I’m technically on my honeymoon, but I don’t have a husband.”
    Thankful but curious, he tilted his head. “Uh, what happened?”
    His angel sighed and lifted her gaze to his, suddenly looking frank. “Well, I was at the church yesterday, wearing my wedding gown, ready to walk down the aisle. But I misplaced my bouquet and when I started searching for it, I opened a door and found one of my bridesmaids giving my fiancé a blowjob.”
    He blinked and pulled back, stunned, and hoped his eyes conveyed his condolences. “Damn, that’s brutal.”
    She shrugged, now peering down into her drink as she swallowed another sip. “Yeah. It was pretty awful.”
    “What did you do?”
    She took another deep breath, and he felt sort of bad making her talk about it, but on the other hand, he wanted to know. “Well, it was chaotic, as you can imagine. I ran out, he chased me and begged my forgiveness, and I told him to go to hell. Diana threatened to kick him in the balls, and my other sister, Liz, took care of announcing that the wedding was cancelled.”
    He set another drink in front of her, even though she wasn’t quite finished with the first. “Here. You need this. Hell, you deserve it.”
    “Diana talked me into coming on the trip anyway, since it was already paid for.”
    “But no one came with you? One of your sisters couldn’t tag along?”
    She shook her head. “They both had to fly home for work tomorrow. But I thought maybe that was for the best, that maybe I could use the time alone to unwind.”
    “You know, Key West is a great place to do that. A great place to just forget about your problems and have a good time.”
    She gave a wry chuckle. “Well, I don’t think I’ll actually have a good time, but I can at least sit by the pool and clear my brain.”
    He gave his head a knowing tilt and hoped she would take his next words to heart. “I seriously suggest you try to have some fun here. That’s the best way to get that jerk off your mind.”
    She glanced down, looking slightly bereft, and Chris was trying to think of something else comforting to say when he caught sight of Scott waving him over. They were ready to depart.
    Reaching down, he closed his hand gently over hers. “Hey, excuse me for a few minutes, okay? I have to go help with the food. But I’ll be right back, so stay put.”
    Carrie watched him walk away, her hand still tingling from his touch, her heart beating slightly faster than normal. The juncture of her thighs rippled when she remembered her fantasy from earlier, imagining him watching her masturbate, imagining him doing the same. She bit her lip, aware that her nipples had gone hard as pebbles against her bra.
    She couldn’t believe she’d just spouted out the tragic results of her wedding day like that, but he’d seemed so nice and earnest, and…well, clearly, the rum punch was going to her head.
    She knew it had to be, because she was actually beginning to wonder if maybe Chris was right, if maybe she should be working harder to have a good time. Sure, she’d come on this boat, but the truth was, it had probably been mostly to see him again. Maybe she should use this time on her own to just…cut loose a little, try some new things. Could she transform herself, even for a night, into Diana, the wild child middle Marsh sister? Of course, it sounded like Liz had been getting pretty wild, too, lately. And if straitlaced Liz could come out of