Over the next few hours, Zach watched Lexi unwind, losing herself in music, memory, and more than a little bit of alcohol. Why not? He was driving, and he suspected she cut loose little enough in her day-to-day life. It was the reason he’d brought her, hoping to coax her into relaxing and remembering the easy friendship they’d all shared for years. That and he’d wanted to spend time with her. As if in one night he could make up for years of distance.
But the night hadn’t done for him what he’d wanted. It hadn’t reminded him that they were friends. Hadn’t neatly nudged her back into that box and locked any kind of a door. Because he couldn’t take his eyes off her. Couldn’t stop soaking in the sound of her laughter and the way the firelight illuminated that gorgeous, bronzed skin. Skin his
