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even more time doing more than kissing Sela"s mouth.
    But he wasn"t going to get a single moment with Sela if he didn"t step up his
    game. He unconsciously tightened his fingers into a fist when he considered the
    reality that Sela may already be slipping away from him.
    He was entirely out of his element.

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    Rome watched Sela laugh at something the blond man whispered into her ear.
    He watched her eyes light up with mirth and her face soften with pleasure. The
    knowledge he could have been the man making her laugh burned in his gut. He"d
    had his fair share of women. Hell, he"d been called a playboy and a womanizer by
    more than one person, but the one woman he wanted would not give him a single
    moment of her time.
    She was making him work for it.
    Irony didn"t even begin to describe his situation. Ten years ago, Sela had been
    at his beck and call, just as he was at hers, but he"d let her slip through his fingers.
    Never again, he thought as he watched her beautiful face. This time he was
    playing for keeps.
    He had his priorities in order. When Rome contacted his assistant to let him
    know he was going to be gone—for as long as it took to accomplish his goal—his
    assertion shocked the man. He tried to get him to change his mind. After all, Rome
    had a new show opening in less than two weeks. He couldn"t just take off for upstate
    New York. Rome simply responded that some things were more important than a
    career.
    Sela was one of those things.
    He glanced back at the blond man standing next to her, whispering into her
    ear.
    At one time he was that man. The man Sela let her guard down with, the man
    who had made her smile with a word, brought her pleasure with a simple touch.
    He turned and strode out of the gymnasium. He hoped by the end of the
    weekend, he would become that man.
    Sela"s best friend. Her lover. Her soul mate.
    Rome hadn"t taken more than four steps out of the gym when he was forced to
    a halt. A tall, statuesque brunette stood before him, hands on her hips, smirking
    smile on her full lips. Her honey brown gaze looked him over, taking in every inch of
    his tall frame before returning to look him in the eye.
    “Long time no see, lover.”
    He stared at her, trying to place her. Unlike Sela, he hadn"t returned to
    Brushwood since graduation. And he"d purposely cut off ties with his classmates
    once things fell apart with Sela.
    “It"s me, Jana.”
    Rome plastered a smile to his face even as he felt his gut tighten. Jana was one
    of those people he"d purposely avoided. She was bad for him in high school. Very
    bad.
    He looked on the bright side. That had been years ago. He wasn"t the same
    roughneck kid he once was. No doubt she"d matured too. “You look gorgeous, Jana.”

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    “Same to you, love. I almost can"t believe how long it"s been. I"m so proud of
    you, Rome. I knew you would make it.” She opened her arms and beckoned him into
    a hug.
    He stepped into her arms. After only a moment he moved back and looked at
    Jana. The look in her eyes was unlike any he"d seen before. She appeared to be
    genuinely happy.
    The decade had done her well.
    “You really do look good.” And he meant it. She looked better than ever.
    She flashed him a devastatingly smile filled with such joy he could feel it
    pouring off her. “A good woman will do that to you.” She held up her left hand to
    reveal a simple white gold or platinum ring on her fourth finger.
    “Congratulations,” Rome said automatically, and then the importance of her
    words actually registered. Jana was a lesbian. “Oh.”
    If anything her smile widened, but it had a devilish tilt to it. “Explains why
    senior prom night was so bad for both of us, huh?”
    Rome blushed, thinking back to the time when he was more concerned about
    bedding the best-looking girl in the class than listening to his heart. “That wasn"t
    the reason, not for both of us.”
    She gaped at him. “Don"t tell me you"re