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I just don’t want to complicate things.

Our relationship here makes sense. It filled something brewing between us, and it convinced everyone around him that this is real. That he’s a changed and committed man who deserves to lead the company his father built.

We had a plan, and we stuck to it.

I can’t deviate from it all because I caught feelings. Can I?

“Has anyone ever told you that you’re incredibly sexy when you think too hard?” Preston saunters over to where I’m standing in the lobby of the resort.

I roll my eyes playfully at his comment.

“Only you.”

“Good. Because it is.”

“You might be the only man to tell a woman she’s sexy when she thinks,” I say, and he tilts his head, a small smirk.

“Lucky me that every man before me is a complete and total dumbass.”

I laugh at that and then straighten when a man approaches us. His hat and tan attire scream tour guide.

“Mr. King, the car is ready to take you on your tour.”

“Thank you. Lead the way,” Preston says with his hand at the small of my back as we walk side by side.

“How many people do they take on this tour at once?” I ask.

“I’m not sure what they normally do, but today I booked a private one.”

“What? Why?”

“Because it’s my last day with you. I’m not sharing it with anyone else.”

Everything about his admission sends my heart fluttering, but instead of thinking about it too much, I choose to say, “Well, you’ll have to share me with the tour guide.”

Preston lets out a snort-like noise.

“Did you just snort?”

“No.”

“I think you did.”

“I didn’t.”

“You totally did.”

“I did not.”

This time, instead of answering, I snort back, and the noise stops my fake fiancé in his tracks.

The guide opens my door, but Preston just stares at me with wide eyes. “Did you just snort at me?”

I shrug. “I did, and as a mature adult, I can admit it. Unlike you,” I say in my flirtiest tone and get in the car.

The guide closes my door, and I wait for Preston to get in.

I know the moment his door closes that Preston is staring at me, but I avoid looking at him. A little bit of teasing never⁠—