MaryBeth sank gratefully down onto the warm sand and sighed as it conformed to welcome her weight. She peered through sunglasses disguising crystal blue eyes the same color as the raging ocean before her.
The beach practically belonged to her on the hot August morning. She had beaten the crowds of mothers with their screaming children and the teens out of school for summer vacation. She did see a group of coeds playing volleyball but didn't pay them any mind, until he came up to serve. He was not her usual style but something about him made her take a longer look.
His hair was scruffier than she liked not to mention bleached a pale blonde from the sun. Still, she imagined tangling her fingers in it to pull him towards her. His mouth, now turned up in a grin, looked masterful, as if it had known the lips of a lot of lovers.
MaryBeth watched the muscles in his arm ripple as he served the volleyball but didn't notice as it arced perfectly over the net. Her mind was running her hands down his beautifully bronzed chest. Her breath hitched in her throat at her thoughts as she struggled to tear herself away from her stare. The last thing she needed was another man in her life she thought as she rolled over onto her stomach and tried to drift away.