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  “Will you play for me tonight?” Piper asked, nodding at Flynn’s guitar leaning against an adjoining rock.

  “Of course. What do you want to listen to?”

  “Something that makes me think of him. I’m feeling melancholy. Do you mind?”

  “No, of course not. Filling my head and ears up with his favorite songs makes me feel like I’ve spent time with him.”

  “I know what you mean.” She paused. “It’s good to get on with things, not mope, but sometimes I can’t help it.”

  “That’s fine. We miss him. If we didn’t it would mean we hadn’t cared and we did…we still do.”

  “A lot.”

  “Yes, a lot.” There was so much to miss about Sera, from his long, dark hair that he was fond of twisting into a knot on the back of his head, to his lean, strong body and his intricate half-sleeve tattoo on his right arm. And damn, the guy knew how to use what he had, spectacularly, when things had got hot and carnal.

  “Shall we head to the caravan?” Flynn said. “I’d rather play there. I’ve got a numb butt sitting here.”

  Piper sighed. “Yes, I suppose so, though I hate that my day off is nearly over.”

  Flynn wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. He set a kiss on her head, enjoying the smell of her sweet hair and the way it tickled his face. “But at least we’ve had a day off together this week, and besides…” He lowered his voice. “It’s not over yet. There’s still more time to have fun.”

  Piper looked up at him and a smile tugged her mouth. “Yes, you’re right.” She set a firm kiss on his lips—a kiss that said she loved him, wanted him, needed him.

  Flynn held her a little closer. Their lovemaking had been all the more intense since Sera had left. As though their need to cling to each other, what remained, was all the more important now they were a twosome again and not a threesome.

  A small shiver went through her body.

  “You okay?” Flynn asked.

  “Yes.” She pulled back and reached for her thin sweater. “Just cold now the sun has almost gone.”

  “Come on. Let’s get you warmed up.” He stood, held out his hand and helped her stand from the rocky outcrop where they’d enjoyed an evening picnic.

  Piper slipped the sweater over her head and pushed her arms through the material.

  Flynn was always amazed how good she looked in everything she wore. Piper wasn’t one to spend her meager bartender wages on designer goods. Her clothes were cheap and cheerful, many of them cast-offs, but still, she looked hot, sexy and stylish in them all. Her tall, long-boned frame helped, as did her sun-kissed wavy blonde hair that hung down her back, but still, she rocked the beach-chick look effortlessly. Something not many girls from the East End of London could do.

  If only he could make that one thing right for her again. What he’d do to see that smile. That I’m-satisfied, I’m-complete smile, one more time. But for that to happen he’d have to find Sera.

  It would also make things right for him—there was no denying that.

  He grabbed his guitar and settled the strap over his chest so it hung on his back. Piper linked her arm through his and they headed down to the waves, their bare feet sinking in the soft sand.

  “Maybe we should go,” she said suddenly.

  “We are.” The sand underfoot grew hard and cool.

  “No, not like this, not just back to the caravan. I mean away from here. Go.” She gestured at the Mediterranean Sea. “Maybe that’s us done with Spain now, Flynn. We’ve been here since April. Working at El Ultimo Guingueta is getting old.”

  “But I thought you liked it, and Jose said he’s going to be open in the winter months. That’s the beauty of this part of Costa del Sol, it’s year-round. We can stay and—”

  “And what? Wait and see if he comes back?”

  Flynn hesitated. That was exactly what he’d meant.

  “But how long do we wait?” Piper went on. “He said he was going to see his parents a month ago. We haven’t heard anything from him since, his phone isn’t working and we have no address for him.” She sighed and squeezed his arm. “Sometimes I think we imagined him. That he was just a beautiful vision, an angel who breezed into our lives and bound us together when we needed him most.”

  “That’s very poetic. That second cerveza in the sun is getting to you.” Flynn chuckled.

  “You know I can drink plenty of cerveza in the sunshine, and that was hours ago. I just mean…” She hesitated. “We came out to Marbella to inject some excitement into our lives, do something that was just for us. Be somewhere everyone didn’t know our name and have new exotic adventures away from London.”

  “I’d say Sera was a definite adventure.” Flynn blew out a breath. He’d never been with a guy before, but when enigmatic Sera had swept them both off their feet and into his bed, everything Flynn had thought he’d known about himself had been turned upside down. Sure, he’d had a crush on the captain of the local cricket team—which he’d kept to himself—had even had a drunken snog in a Soho club with a cute bloke who looked like Liam Hemsworth. But actually shag, fuck, go for it, and with Piper too—at the same time—he hadn’t done that before. No bloody way.

  Jesus, it was every fantasy he could ever imagine rolled into one. While it had lasted, he’d thought he was in heaven. What could be better than sun, sea and sex with not one but two beautiful people he loved with all his heart?

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  About the Author

  Lily Harlem lives in the UK with a workaholic hunk and a crazy cat. With a desk overlooking rolling hills her over active imagination has been allowed to run wild and free and she revels in using the written word as an outlet for her creativity. Lily’s stories are made up of colourful characters exploring their sexuality and sensuality in a safe, consensual way. With the bedroom door left wide open the reader can hang on for the ride and Lily hopes by reading sensual romance people will be brave enough to try something new themselves? After all, life’s too short to be anything other than fully satisfied.

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