CHAPTER 21 Grace’s exit from the crowded bar full of admirers was less exhilarating than her entrance. When the smiles and cheers and kind comments had risen to meet her and Zac at the front door, Grace had felt the familiar lift in her spirits. There were many things about being an actress that she liked, adulation from strangers was one of them. All of that had fallen away when she saw Lincoln. Not simply saw him, but stood directly next to him, just like they had on the boat, bodies pressed together, him looking down into her eyes as if he was about to kiss her. She had lost all ability to think straight, let alone pay any attention to her fans. ‘Hi’…that’s all he had said, but to hear the sound of his voice again…she hadn’t been prepared to see him nor could she have known how the

